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Title: The Thing With Feathers
Author: Anne Sweazy Kulju
Genre: Historical Fiction/Saga
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises,
LLC
Format: Paperback, Ebook
Length: 328 pages (85,000+ words)
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Book Description:
When an
itinerate Baptist preacher arrived with his baby daughter and a wife lost on
the trail, there was no one prepared to suspect what lurid secrets and
heartbreak he might be concealing. As the preacher sets his sights against
those who might oppose him, the names, reputations, even the very lives of the
good people of Cloverdale may not be spared.
Yet in the
midst of the machinations of a mad man, virtue and valor can persist. The Thing
with Feathers is known to fly through wars, depressions, and natural disasters.
But will the Marshall
About the Author:
ANNE SWEAZY KULJU has won awards for editorials and
honors for short stories; she now writes historical fiction page-turners. Her
first novel, “the thing with feathers,” debuted in 2012, via Tate Publishing.
“Bodie,” is expected in early spring 2013. Anne lives near
Review of THE THING WITH FEATHERS by Mallory Heart Reviews:
Review of The Thing With Feathers
5 stars
A complex historical novel, “The Thing with Feathers” has a
multi-character cast, each of whom are brought into sometimes painfully vivid
life. Set primarily in the beautifully scenic Tillamook area of Oregon, with an
additional extended story line in Chicago, the novel views the early 20th
century and illustrates that folks then were just like people today, dealing
with the same real life issues, the crises, the emotions, the danger of nature’s
ire, and also the eternal conundrum of good vs. evil. Certainly that continuum
is well-represented here, with some characters who are just about irredeemably
evil (yet, when we look at their background, as the author does, we can see why
their feet turned on to the path of the wicked). Yet these are balanced by
characters who couldn’t put a foot wrong, but occasionally misstep out of
foolishness or out of sheer bad luck. I rate this novel at 18+ since the author
deals with issues that are purely evil, yet very prevalent in real life. I find
I can’t stop thinking about this story line and characters.
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