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A Tiny Piece of Blue
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The Unveiling of Polly Forrest
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Threads A Depression Era Tale
A Tiny Piece of Blue
During the throes of the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Silstice Grayson finds herself homeless, abandoned by her parents. Nearby, aging midwestern farmers Edna and Vernon Goetaz are pillars of the community, but when do-gooder Edna takes up Solstice's cause, Vernon dies in his heels. Theirs is a quiet seeming community, but danger lurks beneath the bucolic facade and Silstice and her two spirited young brother soon find themselves in the sights of a ring of kidnappers and their lives go awry.
A Tiny Piece of Blue
Rural Michigan 1934
Thirteen-year-old Silstice finds herself homeless with no one to take her in. Set against the backdrop of a devastating depression and band of kidnappers, Silstice must learn many life lessons order to survive.
Charlotte Whitney grew up on a Midwest farm much like the one in my novels. She has authored two nonfiction books and three historical novels, set in the rural midwest during the Great Depression. They include, A Tiny Piece of Blue, The Unveiling of Polly Forrest, and , Threads: A Depression-Era Tale. Before writing full-time, she was Associate Director of University of Michigan’s Lloyd Scholars for Writing and Arts.
The Unveiling of Polly Forrest
When her new husband Sam perishes in a bizarre farm accident, would-be milliner Polly is secretly delighted to be released from his cruel clutches. However, Polly soon becomes the prime suspect in his murder. As she digs for evidence to clear her name, Polly falls into a sinister web implicating her in a nefarious crime ring being investigated by the White House Police. Polly’s life and those of her family are at stake. Narrated by Polly, her self-righteous older sister, Sarah, and Sarah’s well-meaning, but flawed husband, Wesley, a Methodist minister, the story follows several twists through the landscape of the rural Midwest.
The Unveiling of Polly Forrest
Rural MIchigan, 1934
During the throes of the Great Depression Polly marries for money.
Such a smart move.
Such a harrowing outcome.
AWARD WINNING SEMI-FINALIST
2024 Chanticleer International Book Awards
AWARD WINNING FINALIST 2023
National Indie Excellence Awards
Mystery
AWARD-WINNING FINALIST
2022 American Fiction Awards
Quarter-finalist in the Publishers Weekly Booklife Fiction Contest
Honorable Mention in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards 2020
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BOOKLIFE PRIZE
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READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020
Honorable Mention
Threads SA Depression Era Tale
A historical novel set in 1934 on a Michigan farm. Narrated by seven-year-old Nellie and her two older sisters, it is a story of hardship, crime, fantasy, and love. Each girl has her own distinctive voice and interpretation of events.This starts when Nellie discovers the tiny, blue-black hand of a dead baby. The story follows the sisters as they encounter a patchwork of threatening circumstances and take it upon themselves to solve the mystery.
Threads A Depression Era Tale
It's a boring, hardscrabble life for three sisters growing up on a Michigan farm in the throes the of the Great Depression. But when young Nellie, digging for pirate treasure, discovers the tiny hand of a dead baby, rumors begin to fly.
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Charlotte is interviewed by Linda Thompson of The Authors Show for a ten minute Q and A about The Unveiling of Polly Forrest.
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