Sharon Mabry

Broschiertes Buch

The Postmaster's Daughter

Beschreibung

The Postmaster's Daughter by Sharon Mabry is a 1930s murder mystery set in Appalachia. When a marriage proposal brings together two families in East Tennessee, the wealthy and powerful Cantrells and the hardworking and respected Putnams, everyone is shocked by a sudden murder that halts the union. Sharon Mabry's first novel, The Postmaster's Daughter, is a literary fiction performance that shows Mabry's ear for character details and her ability to weave a murder plot that keeps the reader's interest on the stage of the novel. The Postmaster's Daughter not only leads you into the working kitchen and tastes of cinnamon buns made by Viege Putnam, but it also takes you for a ride in Jack Cantrell's '29 Model J Duesenberg Phaeton. Mabry arranges each scene and action with precision. "The Putnams and the Cantrells: two very different families whose lives are torn apart over the murder of a young woman. This southern mystery becomes more complicated with each chapter as elements of region, family, and sordid intrigue slowly heat to a boil. Sharon Mabry's The Postmaster's Daughter is beautifully written in a clearly Southern gothic tradition. Mabry is a natural storyteller and has a distinctive, southern style that may remind readers of Flannery O'Connor or Susan Glaspell. Her rolling descriptions and emphasis on interwoven storytelling has the reader hearing characters' southern accents and leaning in to hear the many stories they tell. Readers will want to pour some sweet tea and sit down for a spell with Mabry's The Postmaster's Daughter."-Khristeena Lute, author of Finding Grace and Grit

Autor

Sharon Mabry is the author of The Postmaster's Daughter (Thorncraft Publishing, 2022), a mystery novel set in East Tennessee, and the humorous, memoir story collection, The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones (Thorncraft, 2024). Prior to creative writing, Mabry, who is an award-winning mezzo-soprano soloist and recording artist, premiered works by more than forty composers and made nine critically acclaimed recordings. She was a featured writer for the NATS Journal of Singing. Her book reviews and featured articles on women composers have appeared in several major music journals. She is the author of two books about music, Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music (Oxford University Press, 2002, 2009) and The Performing Life: A Singer's Guide to Survival (Scarecrow Press, Rowman and Littlefield, 2012). Mabry holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Florida State University, the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from George Peabody College/Vanderbilt University, and a performance certificate from the prestigious Franz-Schubert-Institut in Austria.In addition to her concert career, Mabry established a long tenure as professor of music at Austin Peay State University, where she received the university's highest award for creativity (the Richard M. Hawkins Award) and for teaching (the Distinguished Professor Award). Sharon Mabry is an East Tennessee native, having grown up in Newport, Tennessee. She currently lives in Clarksville, TN.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thorncraft Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780997968798
• ISBN-10: 0997968796
• Artikelnr.: 65496584