Bøger af Mary Pierre Quinn-Stanbro

The Grape Farm is the sequel to The Berry-Picker House and Lace Around the Moon. Set against the backdrop of 1930's Naples, NY and New Orleans, LA, where jazz singer, Pierre calls home, the story follows her struggles and racial discrimination prevalent at the time and depicts not only her perseverance but how she thrived. Her life comes full circle when she finds the son she was forced to give up when she was just a child. The book resolves several mysteries, including who murdered the man who ravaged Pierre as a young woman. Readers will relate to the story as it showcases love between friends and family and the love between a man and woman, who thought that secure love had passed them by. It is an enticing tale that stimulates all of the senses, making you feel as though you can taste and smell the grapes.

The Berry-Picker House is a fictional story that ties together the chance meeting of two people in New Orleans during the early part of the twentieth century and a murder trial that takes place in the Finger Lakes Region of Western New York decades later. Connected through the reoccurring song "Lace Around the Moon," this novella is a tale of misguided, tumultuous, and binding love and how the choices that people make affect the lives of everyone under the moonlit skies.

Lace Around the Moon is a fictional novella, which is the prequel to 'The Berry-Picker House'. It is the story of Jazz Singer Pierre's struggles to overcome the societal barriers that were rampant in New Orleans during the Birth of Jazz. It takes you through her life and shows how she not only persevered but came to find the one thing she had been searching for throughout most of her life. This story transcends you into a different time and place in history. You will want to experience all that the Crescent City to offer... for all the senses!