Stories from the Attic - by Marcina Foster (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>From a mysterious letter found in the attic come the riveting stories of four prominent families at the turn of the last century. Love, adventure, intrigue and scandal are set against a vivid description of days gone by.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Stories from the Attic is a collection of family stories and photographs from 1887 - 1927. Historically accurate, the author's ancestors are brought to life with description, dialogue and a pinch of imagination. This book takes you through the lives of four families in the small town of Fenton, Michigan at the turn of the last century. These are stories of everyday life: courtship, love, success and tragedy. Young Emma waits in vain for her beloved to return from California, but are the town gossips right? Has his social climbing mother made a better match for him out west with a senator's daughter? Everett has plotted his life carefully - graduating law school at such a young age he has to wait until he turns 21 to take the bar exam, setting up his law practice and making all the right social and political connections . He has aspirations to the governorship or Supreme Court; appendicitis was not in his plans. Grace, a young lady from a prominent family, was not going to let social conventions keep her from doing the things she loved. Against her mother's wishes she performs in the Fenton Ladies Coronet Band and works as a milliner at the local department store. Finally married and settled down in her "Dream Victorian" she finds herself a young widow with two small children to support. Charlie Scott leaves the family farm to seek fame and fortune. A stow-away on a train he's caught and thrown off in Fenton. With no friends, money or connections can he overcome his shyness and stammer to become a prominent citizen? Bill and Nellie have known each other since the day she was born. He always knew she was the girl for him. But when his family moves to Redford will his best friend George move in on Bill's girl? These are the moving, true stories that will give you a peek into one family's past.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A gracious book about a gracious time and place... and some people who lived there. It is rare to come across a debut, self-published book by an author who is a natural-born story teller. Yet that is what we have in Marcina McKeon Foster's <em>Stories from the Attic. </em>She has a gift for unwinding narrative line, for introducing and interacting characters, for vernacular speech and period-appropriate dialogue, for using atmosphere and settings as players in the story and for raveling and unraveling character conflicts, both internal and interpersonal. <em>Stories from the Attic</em> is as refreshing and sprightly as a tall, crystal glass of thickly-iced lemonade in the shade of a well-leafed tree on a humid August afternoon in Michigan. It recalls a period of gracious mores and manners and-in the cool shade of time and place-introduces us to some people we are glad to have met. - Timothy Broderick</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to Bessie's letter, old family pictures and interesting memorabilia discovered by the author, the reader is introduced to four generations of two prominent families in the quaint Village of Fenton, Michigan towards the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Over the span of 40 years we see relationships between the two families develop and ripen. The author introduced totally convincing characters as they married, bore families and suffered death. Her detailed descriptions of fashions and grand homes are perfect. This is a book with wide appeal and will be enjoyed by many. - Virginia McKaig</p><p><br></p><p>This was a fun read. A good look into life during the late1800s and early 1900s through a brief glimpse into the merging to two families. Using faily documents, pictures and research the author has woven a story that many families may have experienced. I thoroughly enjoyed it. - Rebecca Horvath</p><br>
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