"It's a little history, a little (quilt) mystery, and faith, hope, and love."
"It's a little history, a little (quilt) mystery, and faith, hope, and love."
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Book 4: The Recollection is available on Amazon or Barnes & Noble online.
Book 4: The Recollection is available on Amazon or Barnes & Noble online.
My grandfather, Lee Lewis, loved his big Overland car and had several large farm trucks. In the late 1920s he took the big bench below, put it on the back of his bigger truck and built a little house around it. Then, in 1928, Lee took his mother (Eva), wife (Nellie) and three daughters on a trip west to California. They stopped in Arizona and he dug irrigation ditches for six months while the girls went to school. Then they went on to California and saw the ocean. Finally they returned home to the farm.
The truck house is down below on the right. I wish I could have met my grandfather and seen him driving that truck house! However, I have the big bench in my office. Grandma Eva slept on it while the family pitched a tent outside. Whether he was trying to invent the first station wagon, R. V., or SUV, it looks like fun.
My grandfather's truck house fired my imagination, and I used it in Book Four. Lee became Frank in the story.
Historical Fiction with dual timelines & narrators.
Historical Fiction with dual timelines & narrators.
Book Four: The Recollection
Book Four: The Recollection
A holiday themed story with the historical story set during 1933.
A holiday themed story with the historical story set during 1933.
The Dust Bowl has devastated farms across the Midwest. World war looms on the horizon. Banks are failing. The Great Depression has come to Jubilee Junction. A young farm wife, Marie, packs up what's left from the farm sale. She and her husband, Frank, have farmed with his parents and now they've lost their farm, and home. Frank and his father want to go west to work and they've been working on a truck house as a place for them all to sleep. Then they get a phone call inviting them to come to Jubilee Junction and stay with Aunt Mabel and Uncle Edward. In the end, they decide that Marie, Edith (her mother-in-law) and the two little girls, Jessie and Julia, will stay in Jubilee Junction while Frank and his father Samuel travel to Wyoming to work as supervisors at a CCC Camp.
The Dust Bowl has devastated farms across the Midwest. World war looms on the horizon. Banks are failing. The Great Depression has come to Jubilee Junction. A young farm wife, Marie, packs up what's left from the farm sale. She and her husband, Frank, have farmed with his parents and now they've lost their farm, and home. Frank and his father want to go west to work and they've been working on a truck house as a place for them all to sleep. Then they get a phone call inviting them to come to Jubilee Junction and stay with Aunt Mabel and Uncle Edward. In the end, they decide that Marie, Edith (her mother-in-law) and the two little girls, Jessie and Julia, will stay in Jubilee Junction while Frank and his father Samuel travel to Wyoming to work as supervisors at a CCC Camp.
In the present day, Gracie and her team of history sleuths have a new quilt mystery to piece together, one that will join two families together. And during both timelines, Christmas in Jubilee Junction is celebrated with new family members, new babies, old traditions, and a fresh and unexpected opportunity to practice forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace on Earth.
In the present day, Gracie and her team of history sleuths have a new quilt mystery to piece together, one that will join two families together. And during both timelines, Christmas in Jubilee Junction is celebrated with new family members, new babies, old traditions, and a fresh and unexpected opportunity to practice forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace on Earth.
Book Four grew out of wanting to explore the 1930s in Iowa and trace the impact of the Great Depression on the cities and farms of our state.
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Check out my new Author & Advocate space on Substack
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News and updates for 2025
News and updates for 2025
As an author, I'm faced with a hard choice--should I be on my computer emailing libraries to arrange for the next book talk, working on the next novel, or updating my website or Substack? I focused on getting Books Two (The Legacy) and Three (The Promise) published. So now I have a trilogy of stories to promote.
So, please pardon the fact that I didn't update this website for the past year. But I did hold fourteen events, including the Hearst Center for the Arts, Western Home's Craft Fair, several libraries, The Market, T. J.'s Christian Book Store, and The Cedar Falls Christian Writers Conference.
So, please pardon the fact that I didn't update this website for the past year. But I did hold fourteen events, including the Hearst Center for the Arts, Western Home's Craft Fair, several libraries, The Market, T. J.'s Christian Book Store, and The Cedar Falls Christian Writers Conference.
I also had several interviews. John Busbee interviewed me for Grandmother's Treasures, Book Two, The Legacy. January 12, 2024.
The Cedar Falls Christian Writers Workshop at the Riverview Campgrounds, Cedar Falls. If you're a writer, check it out next year! It was held June 6, 7, & 8, 2024 with keynote speaker Susie Finkbeiner. www.cfcwc.org
Last year, I got to meet my illustrator, Patricia Tiffany Morris (below, left).
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Grandmother treasures Newsletter Book Launch edition Nov 2022CD.docxThe Cover of The Gift
The Cover of The Gift
Look for me on Goodreads!
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23006484.Cherie_Dargan.
Below, left, the thrill of finding three boxes of paperbacks at the door!
elow, right, we had fun at a quilt show this fall. Here's my Victorian skirt and blouse, plus the cute bag I found on Etsy.
Where can you find copies of The Gift, The Legacy, The Promise, and The Recollection?
Where can you find copies of The Gift, The Legacy, The Promise, and The Recollection?
The Market, Jorgensen Plaza, the Western Home Communities, (319) 277-2141
5307 Caraway Ln, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
T. J.'s Christian Bookstore, 1806 Waterloo Rd, Cedar Falls, IA 50613
(319) 260-2160
Coming Soon: The Grout Museum Store, Waterloo -- Sunday, November 30, 1:00, Book signing.
Coming Soon: The Grout Museum Store, Waterloo -- Sunday, November 30, 1:00, Book signing.
In Grinnell, Oskaloosa, and Marshalltown, at Stepping Stones/The Eagle's Nest Bookstores.
In Grinnell, Oskaloosa, and Marshalltown, at Stepping Stones/The Eagle's Nest Bookstores.
Where can you buy it online?
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gift-California-Quilt-Grandmothers-Treasures/dp/1957344334
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gift-cherie-dargan/1142522421?ean=9781957344331
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-gift-412
Apple iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id644384777
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