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Swimming Middle River
In this first book of short stories, Leah Holbook Sackett creates characters in search of independence, fighting family, society, and self to reach their goals.
You Don't Know Who You Are Until You've Gone Too Far
A woman unable to face her lover's death, a boy who puts up with and accepts his mother's burning him with curling irons and waffle makers, a young girl who must save her father from a desperate hunter-these are just some of the many characters presented by Leah Holbrook Sackett in You Don't Know Who You Are Until You've Gone Too Far. And, yes, many of them go too far and put up with more than they should, but, almost without fail, each one gains some small understanding, some peace, and is able to move forward even if only by inches. It is that forward movement provides the hope found in the collection.
White Knight Escort Service
In this short story collection, White Knight's Escort Service, Leah brings forth a series of Coming of Age stories. This work reflects the role of the White Knight in Alice Through the Looking Glass, where the White Knight is responsible for escorting Alice safely to the end of the wood and into puberty. Leah breathes new life with a wonderland quality to relevant characters in this timeless genre, painting a coming of age ensemble with a vivid and realistic palette.
Catawampus in Sweetgum County
Sweetgum County is a place where death lingers on the doorstep of the soul. Nostalgia holds the residents in its fist allowing time to stand still for a moment, embracing the lonely. All while small town motions are a place of entrapment that resolve in renewal.Welcome to Sweetgum County. Population: one more.Leah Holbrook Sackett's books include Swimming Middle River and White Knight Escort Service. In Catawampus in Sweetgum County, Leah unwraps a small town's sprawl and the indelible mark left by its people. This well-woven collection lays bare the residents struggles and victories over time.
Raising St. Elisabeth - Novella
This novella fans the flames of many genres including fantasy, romance, and fairytale. This compact tale is a coming of age story with a long-churn of the seven deadly sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. St. Elisabeth is born into a world of understated magical realism with a slow-burn of incidents that confuse evil and the miraculous. Raised by an unconventional family consisting of her adoptive parents and her resurrected father, life is unusual and bears secrets in an apple orchard of Yakima, Washington in the late 1800s. St. Elisabeth can taste others emotions, which lends to revealing their intentions. A gift or curse, her family attempts to obscure her talents. As the gift grows, St. Elisabeth is marked with healing faculties. The efforts to hush her abilities weakens as she matures and confronts manifestations of the seven deadly sins. Raising St. Elisabeth is a reflection of a time where the rustic and futuristic are played out, just as the family struggles with their own feelings of insecurity at leaving the past behind and the temptation of the new. When evil comes to town in the form of a dark stranger, St. Elisabeth will have to make very real and life altering choices.
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