NEW RELEASE
winter flower
Charles Sheehan-Miles
Edited by Lori Sabin
Genre: Literary/Contemporary Fiction
Release Date: June 4, 2019 print, June 11, 2019 ebook
Audible.com release scheduled late July 2019. Narrated by Erika Cockerham
Cincinnatus Press
430 pages / 167,000 words
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From the bestselling author of Just Remember to Breathe and The Last Hour, a shocking and poignant story of a family on the brink of destruction and the transformational events that could bring them back together—or tear them apart.
Every day, Cole Roberts reminds himself that life wasn’t always this bleak. He was once passionately in love with Erin. Sam used to be an artistic and lively kid. They hadn’t always lived in a shabby two-room house in rural Alabama, where he runs a mediocre restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
That was before Brenna disappeared. It was before Cole lost his job and they lost their home.
Every day it gets worse. Erin drinks wine out of the bottle and spends her days with a tormented expression, searching the web for signs of their daughter. Sam hides in his room and rarely speaks. And Cole works himself to a stupor for a paycheck a fraction of the size of his old salary.
Until one day a phone call changes everything.
winter flower is at once a tragic tale of the disappearance of a child; struggling with gender identity; of the dark world of sex-trafficking and the transformation and healing of a family. Sheehan-Miles’s longest novel delves into the depths of family life—and how, sometimes, we can heal and find restoration.
MY REVIEW
I’ve read and absolutely loved previous books by this author so I was super excited to read the authors latest novel. Let me say I wasn’t disappointed.
As with a lot of my reviews I’m not going to go into the storyline. This is another book that you need to feel the story, be with the characters.
I didn’t read this in one sitting as it was a heavy kinda read. It was one of those stories that had me stop and think.
This was a big read which was great. The pace was on point with no lagging.
Let me just say this book pulled on all my emotions
I did hope while reading this that the characters would find some hope, that they’d find peace.
Charles has written an amazing story about a family that will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommend this gem.
About the Author:
Charles Sheehan-Miles has been a soldier, computer programmer, short-order cook and non-profit executive, and is the author of several fiction and non-fiction books, including the indie bestsellers Just Remember to Breathe and Republic: A Novel of America's Future. Charles and his wife Andrea Randall live and write together in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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