The Dream Bucket and Manuela Blayne, combined in one e-book, are free on Amazon June 26-June 30, 2023.
The Dream
Bucket shows life in a
simpler time–1909–and yet the Cameron family’s problems resemble those we face
today when things go wrong. This novel, told from two points of view, portrays
mystery, romance, grief, and courage.
International Writers Alive Contest Winner
Audio Creation Exchange Stipend Recipient
(ACX)
Qualified Independently Published Status for
Author
(QIP, ACFW)
Living in a Shack
As long as she can remember, Trudy Cameron has
adored Papa, who calls her his little princess. In the night when the moon is
going down, she hears her father abuse her mother in the next bedroom. All Zoe,
her mother, wants to know is where he has stored the family fortune.
Trudy realizes William Cameron is less of a person than she had believed. She
wishes he would die. While she is at school, the family home burns, and Papa
dies in the fire.
Her mother takes Trudy and her brother Billy
Jack (Will) to live in a sharecroppers’ shack, and they struggle to survive
with no money. Predators, both human and animal, threaten the family. A gentle
neighbor stands by. Kind people from the town of Taylorsburg help as much as
Zoe will allow.
Manuela
Blayne is the sequel to The
Dream Bucket.
·
Tale of self-discovery,
emotional, expressive, innocence versus awakening, important (from Reader’s Favorite).
·
Story of racial
separation in the early twentieth century, when Black lives didn’t matter.
·
Clean and sparse but
loaded with meaning.
·
Depiction of hope and
love.
·
White girl’s attempt to
understand how it feels to be Black.
·
Realistic portrayal of
Southern poverty.
Kirkus Reviews
The inherent tension between Trudy’s cheery worldview and Manuela’s family’s troubled lives makes for a compelling read.
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