Mama's Shoes
From Publisher's WeeklyThe tragic and troubled history of the Richardson family is the backbone of this WWII-era coming-of-age tale...Filled with a cast of eccentric bucolic characters and meticulously built scenes, this novel creates an intricate and beautiful landscape...this is a well-tuned and complex work.Amazon.com ReviewThis family saga told through the eyes of a young imaginative girl (Sassy), on the cusp of puberty, and her other female relatives. Sassy reminds me of the young heroine of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in her ability to convey all the little details of her world, and make them as magical for the reader as they are for her.From Writer's DigestRebecca D Elswick's debut novel, "Mama's Shoes,"has been chosen to receive the prestigious "Mark of Quality" distinction. The "Mark of Quality" is reserved for books published through Abbott Press that come highly recommended for style and literary merit by the Writer's Digest editorial staff.