Praise for Mama's Shoes
In Mama’s Shoes, immensely talented debut novelist Rebecca Elswick weaves an intriguing tale of buried secrets at times both haunting and humorous, with a cast of strong Southern women so real that I
could almost hear them speaking to me...
~ Amy Greene, author of Bloodroot
From Publisher's Weekly - The 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.
From Amazon.com - This 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 Digest - Rebecca 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.
could almost hear them speaking to me...
~ Amy Greene, author of Bloodroot
From Publisher's Weekly - The 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.
From Amazon.com - This 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 Digest - Rebecca 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.
Interviewed at Appalshop radio in Whitesburg, KY
I got to meet the lovely author Ann Patchett at the Martha Washington Inn, Abingdon, VA.
With amazing author, Barbara Kingsolver in Abingdon, VA.
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With Adriana Trigiani at the Writer's Digest Conference, New York
Mama's Shoes displayed at the Writer's Digest Conference
At the Writer's Digest Conference
Upcoming Events
"AWP Reunion" @ Cove Ridge Park May 31-June 2
"Map Your Novel" @ Appalachian Authors Guild Writer's Symposium June 14-15, Southwest VA Comm. College "Garden Day" June 29 @ Appalachian College of Pharmacy "Writing Fiction" @ AWP Summer Institute Breaks Park July 23 - 25 |
Rebecca Elswick is the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners. She lives in southwestern Virginia with her husband and three children and at last count, four dogs. She teaches English and creative writing and is a teacher consultant for the Appalachian Writing Project at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies including A Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers II and Christmas Blooms. Her most recent publication is in the December issue of Now and Then magazine titled "The Christmas Tree Bird."
Mama's Shoes is her debut novel.
Mama's Shoes is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Abbott Press.
It is available in hardcover, softcover, and ebook.
Mama's Shoes is her debut novel.
Mama's Shoes is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Abbott Press.
It is available in hardcover, softcover, and ebook.
Rebecca D. Elswick
Last Updated 5/ 19/2013 by Author
