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Will Lindstrom was only sixteen when he traveled with his father from their farm in southern Minnesota to the "godforsaken" wilds of eastern Montana in 1919 to claim the body of his Uncle Amer. All these years later Will reveals the truths he learned about his beloved uncle and the prejudice that killed him and wounded his family.
span style="font-size: small;">i>A Stone for Amer, /i>Heron Bay Publishing, is Connie Claire Szarke's new novel and companion book for i>Delicate Armor/i>, a 2012 double finalist in the Midwest Book Awards: historical fiction and YA fiction. /span>span style="font-size: medium;"> /span>
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p style="margin-right:-508.0pt" class="MsoNormal">span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-size: small;">span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In the late 1800s, the Transcontinental Railway opened up massive sections of the West for homes | |  | | Delicate Armor
A lovely look backward at a tender father/daughter relationship. Callie Lindstrom is a sun-browned, scratched-up, feisty and fearless girl. The reader will experience the world through her alert and inquisitive eyes.
Set against a lovingly depicted backdrop of the natural world,i> Delicate Armor/i>, a penetrating coming-of-age novel, captures the complexities and tensions of a rural American family. With the loss of his baby boy, Will Lindstrom places his energy in young Callie, teaching her his love for the outdoors. Accepted into the world of men within her family and privy to their dreams and struggles, she learns to navigate waves of conflict and loss while realizing her own place in the world. The reader grows up alongside Callie as she reaches adulthood.
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Trilogy - Third novel in the Callie Lindstrom series, following Delicate Armor & A Stone for Amer.
div class="column">span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">Callandra Mae Lindstrom, a once feisty girl grown into a promising young woman, approaches her middle years altered by an abusive marriage. While coming to terms with her own struggles, she reflects on the lives of others, including former residents of Masterton, her captivating hometown in the Upper Midwest. /span>
span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family: 'Cambria'">“Callie Lindstrom expresses remarkable empathy and insight in telling the stories of troubled others,” said | |  | | Omertà
Stand-alone short story:Gloria Spencer travels to Sicily and learns the meaning of "omertà." Code of silence.
Gloria Spencer had been warned about Sicily—mobs of sinister men with murderous minds. Still, when she crosses the Strait of Messina with her friend Kathy, Gloria never dreamed she'd get an offer she can't refuse.
"Omertà" is a stand-alone short story available only through the publisher or the author:
www.heronbaypublishing.com
www.connieclaireszarke.com
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After sailing from the west coast of Ireland to the wind-swept Aran Islands, Gloria Spencer, injured and alone, is prepared to spend her first night on Inishmaan propped against the stone wall of an ancient cemetery. That is, until Martin Faherty happens upon her.
i>Stone Wall/i> is a stand-alone short, a love story set in Ireland.
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