Please join us for a reading, Q&A, and signing with local author Nancy Stanfield Webb as she presents her newly released books, “A Woman of Marked Character”.
When: Sunday, May 4th @ 4:30 pm
Space is limited, please RSVP at hello@theyellowhouseri.com to reserve your spot.
Pre-order your copy by emailing hello@theyellowhouseri.com
In Book One 1812-1848 of this sweeping historical/biographical novel series, Sarah Ridge, the surviving daughter of a prominent Cherokee tribal leader, tells her story amid the tragic resettlement of her people from Georgia to Indian Territory during the 1830s, and its ensuing, heartbreaking aftermath.
Book Two 1848-1891 presents a different look and feel to the reader. Sarah, having left her Cherokee life and strife behind, is a divorced, independent woman living in antebellum Galveston, Texas. In 1856, she marries again and moves with her three children across the Bay. As a determined pioneer on a coastal cattle ranch, she encounters a bitter land encroachment, the privations of the Civil War, cattle rustling, and heartbreaking adversities that rip her soul.
“In her historical novel, Webb blurs fact and fiction, animating the subject and era. Well-educated and decisive, Sarah took on the role of family matriarch ... while managing her own household amid a frequently fractious marriage. The first half of Sarah' s life, which [Book One] depicts, occurs during the most tumultuous and tragic chapter of Cherokee history. ... [F]or such an important period of history often overlooked in historical fiction, this is a welcome addition. " — Kirkus Reviews
Nancy Stanfield Webb is a writer, painter, and photographer who has devoted three decades to researching and writing the two-part biographical fiction series on Sarah Ridge. A great-granddaughter of Texas pioneers and now living in Rhode Island, Webb's essays and interview articles with visual artists have been published in Southwest Art magazine and various regional magazines. She is an associate member of Western Writers of America and the recipient of a writing residency to Millay Colony for the Arts. The author of Book One of A Woman of Marked Character, in Book Two, Webb concludes the series.