Gretchen Craig
Auteur de Ever My Love
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Gretchen Craig
Œuvres de Gretchen Craig
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Florida, Germany, UK, Maine, Texas
- Études
- University of Florida (BA|English), Florida Atlantic University (MA|English)
- Professions
- mother, writer, teacher
- Relations
- Craig, Steve (husband)
- Courte biographie
- Gretchen Craig is the critically acclaimed author of novels and short stories. Her ante-bellum historicals are set in Louisiana among the Creoles, Cajuns, and African slaves. Always and Forever, from Kensington Zebra, won the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence for Mainstream with Romantic Elements and was chosen as an Editor’s Pick in the Historical Novel Society reviews. Continuing the saga of the same extended families, Ever My Love won the Booksellers Best Award from the GDRWA. The last book of the trilogy, Evermore, carries the families into the early days of the Civil War.
Gretchen was born in the Florida Panhandle and grew up in St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast. She and her husband have lived in South Florida, Germany, and Maine, and are now in Texas among the mesquite and sunflowers. Maybe because she’s lived in such diverse climates and terrains, Gretchen’s novels are notable for their strong sense of place. Readers swear they can smell the bayous of Louisiana and taste the gumbos of New Orleans. Crimson Sky, a Kindle Novel inspired by the pueblos, mountains, and deserts of northern New Mexico, evoke the lives of people living under a searing sun among the stark beauty of mesas and canyons.
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 75
- Popularité
- #235,804
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 21
- Langues
- 1
The Color of the Rose by Gretchen Craig
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
This book contains three stories. My favorite by far is Summer Heat.
Two of them, Afternoon Tea and The color of the rose are focused on the relationship between Slaves and master.
Summer Heat is set in the great depression and the story is about a young woman, living with her mom who has nobody to talk to and has despaired of ever finding anyone to love. She is lonely but hard working and resigned to her fate. Until a young man appears at the door looking for work.
All three of these stories carry with them the themes of sadness, alienation and fitting in., . The writing is beautifully descriptive and as vivid as a rose in bloom. This stories are my first introduction to the works of Gretchen Craig but I can already tell she is going to be an author I absolutely love.
The stories are short but contain as much depth and wild beauty as any full length book. I was entranced. Recommended strongly for fans of Historical Fiction. You will love this delightful book.… (plus d'informations)