Author Elaine Hussey
has double cause for celebration! Her latest novel, THE OLEANDER
SISTERS (MIRA, July 29) has landed in bookstores everywhere and is garnering
rave reviews. NE MS Daily Journal reviewer Leslie Criss calls the novel, "Hussey
at her finest... Anyone who has loved a sister will understand the complex – and
very real – relationship between Sis and Emily Blake. Hearts will break, mend
and break again as Sis, the older of the two watches her baby sister, Emily,
make choices that...take her to dangerous places... You won't be able to put the
book down."
Because of her "substantial contribution to the literary community" Elaine Hussey has
recently been invited to join PEN, the prestigious world-wide
organization of literary writers that includes acclaimed authors such as Toni
Morrison and boasts PEN Presidents in Memoriam, Robert Frost, Arthur Miller,
Norman Mailer and Susan Sontag.
An emotionally riveting tale of the bonds of family and the power of hope in
the sultry Deep SouthIn 1969, the first footsteps on the moon brighten America with possibilities.
But along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a category five storm is brewing, and the
Blake sisters of Biloxi are restless for change. Beth "Sis" Blake has always
been the caretaker, the dutiful one, with the weight of her family's
happiness—and their secrets—on her shoulders. She dreams of taking off to pursue
her own destiny, but not before doing whatever it takes to rescue her sister.
Emily Blake, an unwed mother trying to live down her past, wants the security of
marriage for the sake of her five-year-old son, Andy. But secure is the last
thing she feels with her new husband. Now she must put aside pride, and trust
family to help her find the courage to escape.
With Hurricane Camille stirring up havoc, two sisters—each desperate to break
free—begin a remarkable journey where they'll discover that in the wake of
destruction lies new life, unshakable strength and the chance to begin again.
Dreams are reborn and the unforgettable force of friendship is revealed in The
Oleander Sisters, an extraordinary story of courage, love and sacrifice.
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