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Tanglewood Plantation
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Jocelyn Miller
What’s a gal to do with a dilapidated antebellum plantation full of ghosts? Summer Woodfield is about to find out in a most unusual and ghostly fashion. Although very disappointed in the horrid condition of the manor house, she reluctantly agrees (on the advice of the estate attorney) to follow through on dearly departed Aunt Ada’s instructions: that she must remain in the mansion one full year in order to claim her inheritance. Other-worldly inhabitants bring on the hair-raising chills from the beginning of her encampment, as well as the question of her exact notch on the family tree. A treasure hunt in the attic and the discovery of old love letters, whisks Summer back in time to the Civil War, not as the mistress of manor, but as a slave on her own plantation! Jocelyn Miller’s second novel, Tanglewood Plantation, is a timely addition to historical fiction at the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War. As seen from the perspective of a young Caucasian modern-day heroine suddenly transplanted into mid-19th century slavery, Tanglewood Plantation delivers an objective view of plantation gentry and slave coexistence during the difficult times of emancipation and war. To round out the tale, an unfinished 150 year old love story rekindles, creating a historical time-travel ghostly mystery and romance that satisfies a wide variety of readers. Jocelyn Miller’s first novel, Broken Chords, a historical novel of the repercussions of a middle-aged woman’s abandonment of her family in order to set out on her own in the early 20th century, was well reviewed and received in bookstores around the United States, as well as featured at the Homesteader’s Museum in Torrington, Wyoming. Jocelyn has published in History Magazine and is an award winning costume designer.
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Press Release
Broken Chords What possesses a middle-aged woman to do the unimaginable in Victorian America--abandon her family? What happens to the people left behind? Jocelyn Miller debuts her first novel in an engrossing tale inspired by true events. Not many homesteaders came in the form of the fictitious Sally McCade. When most women in mid-life are enjoying their grandchildren, Sally McCade left her husband, children, and grandchildren, to roam the western states, finally settling on the prairies of southeastern Wyoming. Two characters share the tale of "Broken Chords", Sally McCade and her daughter, Hannah, whose stormy life runs a parallel course to her estranged mother. When the two reunite after a decade apart, Hannah strives to bond again with her mother, and mend the broken chords of the family. Jocelyn has published in History Magazine and the "Heritage of the Toe River Valley Vol. III". She is an active member, and Co-Regional Coordinator, of the Eastern Shore Writers Assoc., www.easternshorewriters.org. Delmarva Penninsula. "Broken Chords" is now available through www.jocelynmiller.com, www.amazon.comwww.barnesandnoble.com, www.iuniverse.com **Ann Stinson Book Review** For The Torrington Telegram: For the American Profile Magazine Central Edition:
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