Through A Glass, Darkly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	For information:
September, 2001	Mildred Wakefield
	334-834-3556
	(mildred@newsouthbooks.com)

Sequel to Best-selling Southern Saga to be Released This Month

"If you liked Behold, This Dreamer, you'll love Through a Glass, Darkly The book is a triumph of storytelling. The story is a triumph of the human spirit."--Robert Inman, author of Dairy Queen Days

Montgomery, Alabama -- The southern voice of Charlotte Miller returns in her new novel, Through a Glass, Darkly. Following the sell-out of her first novel, Behold, This Dreamer, and a successful year-long tour across the Southeast, Miller continues to tell the story of Janson Sanders and his dream to buy back the land once stolen from him.

Sanders--a part Cherokee, part white farmer--moves back to Alabama, empty-handed and with no immediate hope of reclaiming his land. Forced to leave the Georgia farm of his new wife Elise's wealthy, unforgiving father, Janson discovers that his dreams must be pushed to the side as he struggles to provide for his wife and children. Janson will do anything to support his family, even work for the man who killed his father. Initially a spoiled rich girl, Elise matures into a strong woman who stands firmly by her husband's side in the face of death, hatred, and the Depression. Janson's stubborn pride still remains, but, in Through a Glass, Darkly, his love for his family takes precedence.

The author comments that: "This second novel in the trilogy is about survival and dealing with the worst life can throw you; it is about fighting to have something better for yourself and your children; and it is about the dignity that people should be allowed even in the direst poverty."

Miller's first novel, Behold, This Dreamer, received the praise of several well-known novelists, like Melinda Haynes, the author of Mother of Pearl, an Oprah Book Club® selection, who said that Miller "has illuminated a dark corner of the American South with remarkable grace and beauty." Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife, added: "You'll stay up late turning the pages of this suspenseful and inspiring tale. Charlotte Miller has created a world rich in period-piece details." Charlotte Miller, native Alabamian, works as a certified public accountant and is presently working on her third novel, which will complete the trilogy begun with Behold, This Dreamer.

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Through a Glass, Darkly will be available in mid-September at local bookstores, through on-line retailers, or directly from NewSouth Books at 334-834-3556. ISBN# 1-58838-054-8. Retail price is $27.95 (hardcover).