There Is A River
Press Release
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | For information: |
| April 2002 | Mildred Wakefield |
| 334-834-3556 | |
| (mildred@newsouthbooks.com) |
There is a River Completes a Best-Selling Trilogy
Author on two-year tour wins praise, fans across the South
Montgomery, Alabama - Charlotte Miller takes readers on a journey into the past, to a home and a family close to our hearts, with the last book in her trilogy, There is a River. Following the phenomenal success of Through a Glass, Darkly and the first novel, Behold, This Dreamer, as well as a two-year-long tour across the Southeast, Miller continues to tell the story of Janson Sanders and his dream to buy back and keep the land once stolen from him.
Sanders-a part Cherokee, part white farmer with a will to survive-and his family, just as stubborn in their pride, have overcome the heartbreaks and the poverty life has given them and managed to make something for themselves. World War II takes sons, husbands, and brothers, leaving most women behind to raise and support what is left of their families alone. In this third and final novel, Janson is called to fight in WWII, leaving Elise and his family behind. Elise is forced to take a job in the local mill. When Janson is wounded and sent home, unable to provide for his family, it is Elise and her new-found independence and their eldest son, Henry, that hold the family together. But as conditions improve for Janson and Elise, old enemies, such as Buddy Eason, re-surface, determined to do them harm. A story that spans three generations, There is a River concludes the Sanders family saga.
Miller's first novel Behold, This Dreamer received the praise of several well-known novelists, including Melinda Haynes and Sena Jeter Naslund. Her second novel, Through a Glass, Darkly, also received praise from sources like Publisher's Weekly. Author Robert Inman called the novel ". . . a triumph of storytelling. . . a triumph of the human spirit." Former Alabama Poet Laureate, Helen Blackshear, says "Charlotte Miller knows her people, the poor white farmers of rural north Alabama."
Charlotte Miller, a native Alabamian, works as a certified public accountant and is presently working on a fourth novel, which is forthcoming from NewSouth Books.
There is a River will be available in mid-September at local bookstores, through on-line retailers, or directly from NewSouth Books at 334-834-3556. ISBN 1-58838-090-4. Retail price is $25.95 (hardcover).
©2000-2011 by Charlotte Miller.