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Beyond A Thousand Words
Freelance photographer Coty Fine falls in love with her traveling companion as they escape 1954 Hanoi. Spanning multiple decades, this four-part, cross-generational novel follows Coty and her progeny—strong women each—as they navigate their strained relationships and, assisted by the revelation of a once forbidden photograph, make halting steps toward reconciliation and redemption.
PRAISE FOR BEYOND A THOUSAND WORDS
“Michael Rose has again gifted readers with a stirring and poignant family saga. Beyond A Thousand Words is a grand sweeping tale―its characters leap to life as they grow, grasp, love, and yearn, in locales as disparate as Hanoi, Lagos, and San Francisco. The prose is beautiful―each scene vibrant and teeming with authenticity. The story is at times sad, funny, and inspirational, but unfailingly engrossing and insightful. A wonderful read.”
Robert Steven Goldstein, author of the novels Enemy Queen, Will’s Surreal Period, and Cat’s Whisker
Read an Excerpt
As 1954 Vietnam roils from its conflict with the French interlopers, American photographer Coty Fine leaves Hanoi in a rush on the flatbed of a truck. Also on the truck is French priest Laurent Sabatier—a man who will forever change the course of Coty’s life. Get a sneak peek at Beyond a Thousand Words.
The Sorting Room
A girl coming of age during America’s Great Depression, Eunice Ritter was born to uncaring alcoholic parents and destined for a life of low-wage toil—a difficult, lonely existence of scant choices. This epic novel—which spans decades—shows how hard work and the memory of a single friendship gave the indomitable Eunice the perseverance to pursue redemption and forgiveness for the grievous mistakes she made early in her life.