About the book, from the publisher:
My dad, Bill Doughty, made a Christmas card every year. Each year he thought of new ways to present his family, proudly celebrating what it was like to be a Doughty (which was just being an ordinary middle-class American, but that did not dim his pride.) His everyday scenes included one of the eleven of us gathered around a birthday cake. Another showed us celebrating the seasons, some of us swinging tennis rackets, others in Halloween costumes, he himself pushing a lawn-mower. He told a story in pictures of his deep appreciation for his riches, which he always measured in family.Learn more about the book and author at Lynn Cullen's website.
It has occurred to me that I'm doing something similar with The Sisters of Summit Avenue. A departure from my previous books because it centers around a fictitious family instead of a historical figure, (although there's plenty of Depression-era history in it,) I call it my It's a Wonderful Life. As in that favorite old film, the sisters in the book stand to lose what they do have because...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: Mrs. Poe.
The Page 69 Test: Mrs. Poe.
The Page 69 Test: Twain's End.
The Page 69 Test: The Sisters of Summit Avenue.
My Book, the Movie: The Sisters of Summit Avenue.
--Marshal Zeringue
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