Yours In A Hurry
My debut novel, based on historical fact and oral family history, is set in the early 20th century. Life changes for the Hartle siblings when their prosperous parents die suddenly in 1901. Now it's 1908 and the three oldest—Anna, Addison and Purl—have come of age and use their generous inheritance to leave their small Ohio village.
They are immediately immersed in the fast changing American culture of the 1910’s. Fact blends with fiction as they encounter historical events and figures from Hollywood to Europe and the Pacific Rim, including famous film stars, aviators, and American heroes. The siblings sometimes visit Ohio, but not for long. As Addison often expresses at the end of his letters, they are "Yours in a hurry."
Click the blog link above to see facts about this book, the characters, the historical period, and Ann's other writing projects which are described on the this page.
Letters from the Front (working title)
My father wrote my mother nearly every day during WW2, an exception being during the months of the major 1944 Myitkyina, Burma campaign. Mom went from girlfriend to fiancé during the war. The highly censored letters tell of routine state-side transport and materials work in several Southern United States camps before Tom was shipped to more dangerous service in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater in the MARS Task Force and afterwards. In the fall of 1945 as he awaited being listed to ship home to the United States, he and the others were barred from their daily trip from the base into Calcutta because of the riots surrounding the upcoming religiously contested Indian elections. This project includes research on the period including journals, letters and assistance from an Asian history professional to help tell my father's story in a personal and historical context.
Little Diamonds (working title)
Another work in progress takes place in the Little Cities of Black Diamonds in Southeast Ohio Appalachia. It's a period of adjustment as men return from The Great War, the rich seek ways to ensure their wealth, and life grows more uncertain each year. Young Rose, Dewey and their son Tommy are in the center of shifting Kyne family relationships, struggling to navigate through the consequences of the war's end, an unplanned pregnancy, job loss, and union troubles. Mistakes are made for the sake of staying afloat in the 1920's, as a bustling economy begins to decline.
World War 2 Memorial Tour of Europe
We took a 2018 trip which followed my father-in-law's path across Europe during the war, starting at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Fortunately, we visited several WWI battlefields and cemeteries including the Argonne Forest, site of the autumn 1918 American offensive referred to as the The Lost Battalion, which provided information about World War 1 soldiers for Little Diamonds. Maybe there's another novel here...
Click the blog link above and choose WW2 under Categories on the left hand side of the page to see the posts for insights on these periods of history in France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
My debut novel, based on historical fact and oral family history, is set in the early 20th century. Life changes for the Hartle siblings when their prosperous parents die suddenly in 1901. Now it's 1908 and the three oldest—Anna, Addison and Purl—have come of age and use their generous inheritance to leave their small Ohio village.
They are immediately immersed in the fast changing American culture of the 1910’s. Fact blends with fiction as they encounter historical events and figures from Hollywood to Europe and the Pacific Rim, including famous film stars, aviators, and American heroes. The siblings sometimes visit Ohio, but not for long. As Addison often expresses at the end of his letters, they are "Yours in a hurry."
Click the blog link above to see facts about this book, the characters, the historical period, and Ann's other writing projects which are described on the this page.
Letters from the Front (working title)
My father wrote my mother nearly every day during WW2, an exception being during the months of the major 1944 Myitkyina, Burma campaign. Mom went from girlfriend to fiancé during the war. The highly censored letters tell of routine state-side transport and materials work in several Southern United States camps before Tom was shipped to more dangerous service in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater in the MARS Task Force and afterwards. In the fall of 1945 as he awaited being listed to ship home to the United States, he and the others were barred from their daily trip from the base into Calcutta because of the riots surrounding the upcoming religiously contested Indian elections. This project includes research on the period including journals, letters and assistance from an Asian history professional to help tell my father's story in a personal and historical context.
Little Diamonds (working title)
Another work in progress takes place in the Little Cities of Black Diamonds in Southeast Ohio Appalachia. It's a period of adjustment as men return from The Great War, the rich seek ways to ensure their wealth, and life grows more uncertain each year. Young Rose, Dewey and their son Tommy are in the center of shifting Kyne family relationships, struggling to navigate through the consequences of the war's end, an unplanned pregnancy, job loss, and union troubles. Mistakes are made for the sake of staying afloat in the 1920's, as a bustling economy begins to decline.
World War 2 Memorial Tour of Europe
We took a 2018 trip which followed my father-in-law's path across Europe during the war, starting at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Fortunately, we visited several WWI battlefields and cemeteries including the Argonne Forest, site of the autumn 1918 American offensive referred to as the The Lost Battalion, which provided information about World War 1 soldiers for Little Diamonds. Maybe there's another novel here...
Click the blog link above and choose WW2 under Categories on the left hand side of the page to see the posts for insights on these periods of history in France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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