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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 552
Utgivningsdatum: 2020-12-15
Förlag: Alix Crawford Carney
Illustrationer: Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 229 x 152 x 31 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 402:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN: 9781735551326

Deplorable Tragedy

Name: Deplorable Tragedy
Price: 221.00 SEK
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Author: Alix Crawford Carney
ISBN: 9781735551326

A Family's Mystery Answered

av Alix Crawford Carney

Häftad, Engelska, 2020-12-15

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The author and her cousins grew up haunted by the knowledge that their grandmother had been mysteriously orphaned when she was a baby. Vague answers in hushed tones were the only answers they received to their questions.

Deplorable Tragedy: A Family's Mystery Answered, inspired by true events, is an unforgettable historical novel set during the late 1800s. Mitchell and May Plummer, each with their own secrets, marry, happy to begin their new lives. Due to family conflicts, they flee Bangor, Maine with their little girls and move to Scranton, Mississippi. There, they find happiness and success in a welcoming community, the newspapers often writing glowing articles about them both. They become good friends with Edgar Hamlin (E H), a reporter from New Orleans. An electric intensity simmers amongst the three in the sultry, southern town on the Mississippi Sound.

The startling discovery of two newspaper articles from 1898, led the author to piece together the puzzle of her great grandparents' lives and the lamentable choices they made- choices that had remained a secret for one hundred and twenty years.

Well researched, using newspaper articles, ancestry sites and family lore, the author has created a suspenseful and intriguing tale of love, hope and despair.

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from holland hoagland: "author, alix crawford carney has proven to be a clever investigator...[and] weaves together a fascinating tapestry of characters: portraits of anger and disappointment, conventional societal expectations and unconventional, but powerful love affairs."

from ss: "superb character character development blends into a plot that addresses family issues and human strengths and weaknesses. the plot and sub plots incorporate passion, love, infidelity, insecurity, kindness and meanness. i highly recommend this great read and look forward to the author's next book."

from bivans enterprizes: "i loved the book. alex [sic] put together a family history and wove an intriguing story around it...I loved the main characters...One felt like I knew them."

from bodiemom: "interesting family story...excellent first published novel."

from sljohnson: "the story of two people struggling to find happiness while battling mental illness, socially unacceptable sexual proclivities and individual idiosyncracies...i was left with thoughts of how much societal approval has changed and failed to change."