Deserter will be available for preview and purchase on Amazon, in paperback and Kindle formats,Tuesday July 5, 2016.
After reading Deserter, a review of the book would be greatly appreciated. I won't be able to improve as an author unless my readers are kind enough to take a few minutes to offer their opinions.
After reading Deserter, a review of the book would be greatly appreciated. I won't be able to improve as an author unless my readers are kind enough to take a few minutes to offer their opinions.
DESERTER
Preston Martin entered the world one humid August afternoon in 1853. Listening to his lusty cries, the midwife told his mother Freelove he would grow up to be a preacher. His father Joseph took a more pessimistic view. Noticing the corner of his son’s mouth slanted to one side, Joseph concluded Preston had a liar’s mouth.
Preston lives his life somewhere between his parents’ two pronouncements. He has every intention and desire to follow his mother’s wishes, but life in nineteenth-century America keeps drawing him astray.
When war brings tragedy to Preston’s family, Preston finds himself supporting his mother through a combination of lay preaching and opportunistic theft. A recommendation that he join the army turns sour when Preston chooses to desert, leaving him a hunted man for almost a decade.
Based on the life story of author K. A. Potter-Hughes’ paternal great-grandfather, Deserter paints an evocative and sometimes grim picture of love, loss, and morality in the years surrounding the Civil War. Preston’s acts may not be those of a godly man, but he never stops struggling to become one. In the long run, perhaps that’s enough for redemption.
Read more on my Blog.
Preston lives his life somewhere between his parents’ two pronouncements. He has every intention and desire to follow his mother’s wishes, but life in nineteenth-century America keeps drawing him astray.
When war brings tragedy to Preston’s family, Preston finds himself supporting his mother through a combination of lay preaching and opportunistic theft. A recommendation that he join the army turns sour when Preston chooses to desert, leaving him a hunted man for almost a decade.
Based on the life story of author K. A. Potter-Hughes’ paternal great-grandfather, Deserter paints an evocative and sometimes grim picture of love, loss, and morality in the years surrounding the Civil War. Preston’s acts may not be those of a godly man, but he never stops struggling to become one. In the long run, perhaps that’s enough for redemption.
Read more on my Blog.