Chick lit author Michele Gorman has a YA alter-ego
Known for her best-selling chick
lit (the Single in the City series and Bella Summer Takes a Chance),
Michele also writes coming-of-age fiction under the name Jamie Scott and today
sees the re-launch of her first novel, Little Sacrifices. This
atmospheric, evocative depiction of the American South may just be the perfect
summer read for fans of The Secret Life of Bees or To Kill A
Mockingbird.
ABOUT THE
BOOK
How much
would you risk to stand up for your beliefs?
When the Powell family moves to Savannah Georgia in the late 1940s, they hope against hope that they'll be welcomed. But they're Northerners and worse, they're civil rights advocates almost a decade too early. The American South is deeply segregated.
At first their daughter, May, can pretend they're the same as everyone else. It means keeping quiet when she knows she should speak up, but it's worth the sacrifice to win friends. Unfortunately her parents are soon putting their beliefs into action. And when they wake to find that they're the only family on the block with a Ku Klux Klan cross blazing on their front lawn, the time comes for them to finally decide between what's easy and what's right.
When the Powell family moves to Savannah Georgia in the late 1940s, they hope against hope that they'll be welcomed. But they're Northerners and worse, they're civil rights advocates almost a decade too early. The American South is deeply segregated.
At first their daughter, May, can pretend they're the same as everyone else. It means keeping quiet when she knows she should speak up, but it's worth the sacrifice to win friends. Unfortunately her parents are soon putting their beliefs into action. And when they wake to find that they're the only family on the block with a Ku Klux Klan cross blazing on their front lawn, the time comes for them to finally decide between what's easy and what's right.
Click here to download the free mini-book.
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Bella Summer Takes a Chance
Sometimes the life you walk away from doesn't let you walk away
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