Kate’s War
With the threat of invasion and bombing by German handing heavily over England at the start of World War II, twenty-year-old Kate is devastated when she’s forced to postpone her dream of a singing career to help out at home. When she finds herself responsible for the well-being of a young Jewish girl her priorities change in ways she never imagined.
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Waterbury Winter
Barnaby Brown has had enough of freezing winters, insurmountable debt, a dead-end job, and his solitary life as a young widower with no one but his beloved parrot Popsicle. He yearns to move to California and reawaken his long-lost early life as an artist. But new troubles come in threes. His ancient car crashes into a snowbank. Popsicle escapes through a window carelessly left open. A New York gallery owner offers to represent Barnaby’s paintings—but is he on the up-and-up? All of it serves to shock Barnaby into confronting how low he has sunk, and he vows—again and again—to change. He has a few obstacles, starting with his heavy drinking and long-term neglect of his ancestral home. As he takes steps toward a better life, he re-discovers the value of old friendships and latent talents seen in new light, and finds the courage to consider a second chance at love. Rejoining the mainstream of life presents several startling mysteries he must unravel, with a few mortifying but enlightening stumbles.
A heart-warming novel about ordinary people reclaiming their dormant potential, Waterbury Winter celebrates the restorative value of art and the joy to be found in keeping promises.
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Estelle
Estelle, Edgar Degas’s cousin and sister-in-law, tells the story of Degas’s five-month visit with his Creole relatives in New Orleans in 1872-73. The artist arrives without paints or ambition and Estelle is worried. Despite problems of her own, she encourages him and he eventually paints several family portraits, one of which assures his fame. A century later, Anne Gautier struggles to start a career as an artist in the city while restoring an old house that she inherits. From an old journal she learns about Estelle, Degas, and her Creole ancestors. A portrait of Estelle causes trouble, and Anne is forced to confront truths about people she knows as she establishes her life in the 1970s. This historical fiction novel includes history, romance, family saga, mystery, art, and a touch of humor as events unfold.