Sunbird Press Announces Books Completed: a Trilogy with a Prequel in the Historical Saga Genre Page-Turners / Fiction
Today’s newspapers prominently feature: abortion, mental impact on raped women, alcoholism, homosexuality, and infidelity in marriage. The stories in this Trilogy personalize the possible consequences of these situations; for example, “Hatboxes” reveals the anguish women and their families experienced before abortion was legalized in the Roe v. Wade case.
St. Louis, MO, July 28, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Readers find RC Marlen's mysteries/family sagas to be unforgettable. The books blend the accurate history of the times into the lives of two families, and the stories span over one hundred years.
“Inside the Hatboxes” A story of two families – Bartletts and Scagliones – whose fates become inextricably intertwined by love, birth, death and abortion. Within this compelling family saga, a fortuitous crime in 1932 leads to a mystery that forever binds the lives of these two families.
Tony Scaglione is a firefighter, bringing excitement and tension to the pages as he lives his fearless life. Late one night, a little girl climbs into his car and he leaves with her, not knowing that her parents are the Bartletts.
Claire Scaglione, his vibrant wife, finds her life changes when she moves from California to St. Louis; several tragedies, including a devastating encounter with a cab driver, remove all her happiness. The fun-loving and outgoing woman who was Claire ultimately is transformed into a secretive wife and misunderstood mother of Suzanne.
John Bartlett, the owner of the drugstore near the Scagliones’s home, becomes enchanted with the precocious Suzanne Scaglione. The two families become friends, and their children fall in love; this begins a collision course with fate and leads to a surprise ending.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-2-8 348 pages $18.00
“The Drugstore” In 1955, John Bartlett realizes that his drugstore and the neighborhood are going downhill. There is a rash of holdups and burglaries and then an elderly man is murdered after cashing his Social Security check in the drugstore. But that is just the beginning. John fears his daughter is going to be raped by a robber, who escaped from the police. Another robber empties his gun into his son Billy! As if this isn't enough, the police suspect that someone in the family or working in the drugstore is leaking details to the robbers.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-0-4 276 pages $15.00
“Tangled Threads” This is the story of Ellie Bartlett, the wife of the pharmacist, and is based on the life of the author’s mother. One day Ellie bumps into Al Capone on the street, and she sees an opportunity to fulfill her dream of writing newspaper stories. Capone starts making advances and she encourages him, hoping for an inside story. But Capone often was volatile and attacks Ellie; as she struggles to escape, she snatches Capone's lucky rabbit's foot. In the following years, she must watch over her shoulder, waiting for the day he'd find her. And he does.
ISBN# 978-0-9779752-1-1 332 pages $18.00
“Drop of Fire” This prequel takes the reader back to 1846 when Antonio, the father of Tony Scaglione, flees Italy after stealing a ruby necklace with a Gypsy’s death-curse. Antonio becomes a courageous firefight in St. Louis but cannot stop the deaths from the ruby. Just when he thinks he has hid the necklace forever, it reappears and so does the owner from Italy.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-6-6 213 pages $18.00
About the Author:
RC Marlen was raised in St. Louis, Missouri where her father owned a drugstore; through her experiences in the city and the drugstore, ideas for these stories developed. However, it wasn’t until she moved from Missouri to California to Chile and finally Argentina that she had the time to finish her manuscript. Now she lives in Oregon and is working on her fifth novel “GRIST: A Story of Life in Oregon Country in 1835-1854.” Google author for more info.
Books (Trade Paperback, 6”x 9”) are available from Ingram and any bookstore. Also, ebooks are available in Kindle and on other ebook sites. Publisher: Sunbird Press, Oregon.
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“Inside the Hatboxes” A story of two families – Bartletts and Scagliones – whose fates become inextricably intertwined by love, birth, death and abortion. Within this compelling family saga, a fortuitous crime in 1932 leads to a mystery that forever binds the lives of these two families.
Tony Scaglione is a firefighter, bringing excitement and tension to the pages as he lives his fearless life. Late one night, a little girl climbs into his car and he leaves with her, not knowing that her parents are the Bartletts.
Claire Scaglione, his vibrant wife, finds her life changes when she moves from California to St. Louis; several tragedies, including a devastating encounter with a cab driver, remove all her happiness. The fun-loving and outgoing woman who was Claire ultimately is transformed into a secretive wife and misunderstood mother of Suzanne.
John Bartlett, the owner of the drugstore near the Scagliones’s home, becomes enchanted with the precocious Suzanne Scaglione. The two families become friends, and their children fall in love; this begins a collision course with fate and leads to a surprise ending.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-2-8 348 pages $18.00
“The Drugstore” In 1955, John Bartlett realizes that his drugstore and the neighborhood are going downhill. There is a rash of holdups and burglaries and then an elderly man is murdered after cashing his Social Security check in the drugstore. But that is just the beginning. John fears his daughter is going to be raped by a robber, who escaped from the police. Another robber empties his gun into his son Billy! As if this isn't enough, the police suspect that someone in the family or working in the drugstore is leaking details to the robbers.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-0-4 276 pages $15.00
“Tangled Threads” This is the story of Ellie Bartlett, the wife of the pharmacist, and is based on the life of the author’s mother. One day Ellie bumps into Al Capone on the street, and she sees an opportunity to fulfill her dream of writing newspaper stories. Capone starts making advances and she encourages him, hoping for an inside story. But Capone often was volatile and attacks Ellie; as she struggles to escape, she snatches Capone's lucky rabbit's foot. In the following years, she must watch over her shoulder, waiting for the day he'd find her. And he does.
ISBN# 978-0-9779752-1-1 332 pages $18.00
“Drop of Fire” This prequel takes the reader back to 1846 when Antonio, the father of Tony Scaglione, flees Italy after stealing a ruby necklace with a Gypsy’s death-curse. Antonio becomes a courageous firefight in St. Louis but cannot stop the deaths from the ruby. Just when he thinks he has hid the necklace forever, it reappears and so does the owner from Italy.
ISBN#978-0-9779752-6-6 213 pages $18.00
About the Author:
RC Marlen was raised in St. Louis, Missouri where her father owned a drugstore; through her experiences in the city and the drugstore, ideas for these stories developed. However, it wasn’t until she moved from Missouri to California to Chile and finally Argentina that she had the time to finish her manuscript. Now she lives in Oregon and is working on her fifth novel “GRIST: A Story of Life in Oregon Country in 1835-1854.” Google author for more info.
Books (Trade Paperback, 6”x 9”) are available from Ingram and any bookstore. Also, ebooks are available in Kindle and on other ebook sites. Publisher: Sunbird Press, Oregon.
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