A TINY PIECE OF BLUE: A Novel
by Charlotte Whitney
(She Writes Press, pub. date. February 18, 2025)
She Writes Press, Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Historical Fiction
321 pages; Paperback; 5 .5 x 8.5”;
E-book ISBN: 978-1-64742-837-2, $12.99
For fans of Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds and Lisa Wingate’s
Shelterwood comes a heartwarming historical novel
following a homeless young girl as she struggles to survive
during the Great Depression.
Rural Michigan, 1934. During the throes of the Great Depression, thirteen-year-old Silstice Trayson finds herself homeless, abandoned by her parents after a devastating house fire. Nearby, aging midwestern farmers Edna and Vernon Goetz are pillars of the community, but when do-gooder Edna takes up Silstice’s cause, Vernon digs in his heels, displaying his true nature as an ornery curmudgeon.
Theirs is a quiet-seeming community, but danger lurks beneath the bucolic façade. With so many youngsters leaving home to make it on their own, child trafficking has grown rampant, and Silstice and her two spirited young brothers soon find themselves in the sights of a ring of kidnappers that’s exploiting local children into forced labor—and worse. Meanwhile Vernon finds himself at risk of losing everything.
During the Great Depression in 1934, a house fire leaves thirteen-
year-old Silstice (Silly) Trayson homeless, until Edna Goetz and her
farmer husband, Vernon, step in temporarily. But soon a shocking
change to their household forces everyonto make hard decisions,
underscored by the disturbing news that vulnerable and abandone
d children are at risk of child trafficking, even in their humble rural community.
Told in three voices, A TINY PIECE OF BLUE is a gripping and heartwarming story about the meaning of family.
CHARLOTTE WHITNEY grew up on a Michigan farm and often heard stories about the difficult years of the Great Depression.
Her widely acclaimed debut historical novel, Threads: Awhite Depression Era Tale was followed by the historical mystery
The Unveiling of Polly Forrest, which won multiple awards.
She is also the author of two nonfiction books
and a romance
novel. https://www.
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