UNRAVELED by Jo
Huddleston
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JO HUDDLESTON - BIO
Jo Huddleston is a multi-published author who writes novels inspired by
her fascination with the 1950s and her love of her native American South.
Novels in her endearing Caney Creek series, her West Virginia Mountains series,
as well as her stand-alone release, Tidewater
Summer, are sweet Southern
romance novels. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and the
Literary Hall of Fame at Lincoln Memorial University (TN). Visit Jo at her
website (www.johuddleston.com) where you can sign up for her mailing list and read the first chapters
of her novels and novellas.
Unraveled Back Cover Blurb:
In 1954, twenty-six-year-old Alice Patterson
undergoes a pregnancy loss that affects everything and everyone she touches.
Emotionally and physically drained, she must come to terms with her traumatic
loss or risk losing her husband, her best friend, and her sanity.
Her best friend JayNell and her husband Paul
offer Alice support and comfort. She persists in her grieving, which hinders
her healing. The doctor advises there is no normal
recovery period for what Alice has undergone. Time is her best ally.
In her small southern Mississippi town, her
church Sewing Circle’s new project triggers an unsettling setback to Alice’s
recovery. Afterward, she succumbs to suspicions of Paul’s infidelity that
causes her collapse, from which she may not recover.
Paul’s
unspoken goal is that they will recapture
the love they held for one another on their wedding day. He’s hopeful that the
approaching spring season will bring a reawakening of the Alice he married, as
it brings a newness to all living things.
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Excerpt:
Chapter
1
Tuesday,
March 2, 1954—Talasia, Mississippi
Alice
Patterson bolted upright in the bed and listened for what had awakened her. She
heard nothing out of the ordinary. Only the hushed, even snores from her
husband Paul’s side of the bed. The black hole in her recurring nightmares must
have invaded her subliminal mind—again. She had awakened before she sank into
its depths. Paul still slept. Obviously, she hadn’t screamed out this time.
She
eased from beneath the covers, pushed her feet into house slippers, and grabbed
her pink terry cloth robe lying across the foot of the bed. After stepping into
the hall and pulling the door shut, she stuffed her arms into her robe and tied
the sash around her waist. She knew her house, even in the night, and walked to
the darkened bedroom next to hers and Paul’s.
Pale light from the street lamp outside
huddled beyond the curtains covering the lone window. Standing in the middle of
the room, she peered toward the baby bed,
then her gaze focused on the rocking chair with the golden cushions padding its
back and seat. She went to the small chest placed against the wall across the
room and opened the music box sitting atop it. The tiny box played its shrill
rendition of “Brahms’ Lullaby.”
Alice
sat in the rocking chair and idly moved it with one foot grazing the hardwood
floor, her arms empty. She remained there even after the music box played its
last note. Blinding light burst from the
hall and pierced the darkness of the room to reveal the baby bed. Empty.
Paul’s
voice reached her through the night. “You all right?”
Would
she ever be all right again? She turned toward the open door where her
husband’s silhouette stood in dark contrast to the brightness behind him. “I
couldn’t sleep.”
“It’ll
be daylight soon. Come on back to bed. If you can’t sleep, at least you can
rest your body. You need to conserve your energy to help regain your strength.”
Paul
repeated what Dr. Stallings had told her before he released her from the
hospital ten days ago. But what did she need her strength for? She no longer
carried the baby they’d both dreamed of. Her body was now empty like her arms
and the baby bed.
9 comments:
You are a new author to me, and I would love to read your book. Thanks for a chance to win a book!
VanG, you're very welcome. Glad you found a new-to-you author here on Laura's blog. Thanks for commenting.
Unraveled sounds like a wonderful read. I've enjoyed other books by Jo Huddleston.
Marilyn, so glad you've enjoyed other books by me! Thanks for commenting.
would love to own one of your books.
This book sounds like something I would love to read! As a new author to me, it would be great to win a copy! Thanks for the opportunity!
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