June Fifteenth: A Collection of Short Stories

Jennifer McGraw - Miceli, author of Captain Tom and Franny, invites you to enter the world created by six short stories. The stories will transport you through time and offer you a glimpse of life in America and around the globe. As you travel with her characters and experience their unique lives, you will, perhaps, recognize yourself and gain a new perspective of the humanness that separates us and, ultimately, brings us back together again. June Fifteenth, 1855, a birthday shared by Hannah and Bessie, two very different children. One born to loving parents living a lavish life in a plantation home in Georgia. One born in the slave quarters behind the majestic home. This is a story of the unlikely bond between these two children. It is a story of friendship that is stronger than war or society or the secret that they both share. Always Flowers, This is the story of Isabelle Adams and the life that will transport her from her comfortable Southern home, to the world of Hollywood and Broadway and the life of the USO that will take her on a journey from the shores of the Pacific to war-torn Korea. Throughout the changes that occur in her life, however, one thing remains constant. Every home, every apartment, every tent that will become her home will have the one thing that will help to bring peace and serenity to her surroundings. Flowers. Isabelle will gather flowers to grace each and every room and hear her mother's words echo in her ears, "always have flowers. Always flowers." Four Words, "Get in the boat." These are the last words that Daniel's father will ever say to him. Daniel obeys his father, climbs into the boat with his mother and sister, and watches as the giant ocean liner sinks into the icy sea. Daniel carries the guilt of these four words and the loss of his father on his shoulders until the day that a stranger shares with him the story of his father's act of heroism aboard the doomed ship that night in April. Daniel's violin will act as his source of comfort as he learns to let go of the nightmare of that long ago night. Every note that escapes from the strings will serve as a tribute to Daniel's father and all of the other souls whose ghosts still haunt the ship that lies at the bottom of the sea. Also includes, Joe, Chords of Voices, and The Eleventh Chromosome

• | Author: Jennifer McGraw-Miceli
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Mar 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 268 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1986127451
• | ISBN-13: 9781986127455