“Annie Laura’s Gift is an elegantly written, immersively moving novel.” –Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN
Based on a true story, beautiful, tenacious Annie Laura Brock, an immigrant in the rural South of the late 1880s fights for her dream: a home in America for herself and her young siblings. She is certain that in America, anything is possible for those who work hard and believe. Despite prejudice and abuse at the hands of rich, powerful townspeople, and the loss of both her parents, Annie Laura perseveres. With the help of her friend, Morris, she carves a farm from the stubborn Florida piney woods. But darkness descends when Morris is forced from the town by his greedy half-siblings. Small-town culture is not kind when Annie Laura, the victim of rape, brings an illegitimate child into the world, and shunning takes on an entirely new and sinister meaning.
Her daughter’s wedding is less than a week away, and the groom is missing. Annie Laura’s quest to find him takes her on a perilous journey deep in the Piney Woods of Frontier Florida and a horrifying peonage labor camp. Determined to guarantee her daughter the happily-ever-after she herself was denied, she will stop at nothing to bring the groom safely home.
Annie Laura’s Triumph, was released September 1, 2016, and is available at Mercer University Press, Booksamillion.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon or your favorite Indie bookseller:
So thrilled that Parade Magazine chose Annie Laura’s Triumph as one of their 7 reads for Mother’s Day 2017!
https://parade.com/570968/tamrabolton/7-gift-book-ideas-for-the-literature-loving-mom/
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