Our Orbit
By Anesa Miller
Genre: Mainstream/Literary Fiction
Synopsis:
In Anesa Miller’s new book, Our Orbit, nine-year-old Miriam Winslow has never worn new
clothes, was not permitted to cut her hair, and believes that children must
repent their sins with major displays of remorse, or harm will come to their
loved ones. Barely half a year after her mother’s death, Miriam is thrust into
a different world when her father, a militant tax protester, is jailed on
weapons charges.
Miriam finds herself in foster care, her
teenage siblings sent to other homes.
College-educated Rick and Deanne Fletcher
quickly come to love their “new little girl.” Then they encounter the rest of
Miriam’s family: Uncle Dan believes he was abducted by aliens. Sister Rachel,
just out of juvenile detention, harbors many painful secrets. Brother Josh is
outraged that the Fletchers disrespect Christian teachings. When his plan to
remove Miriam from their home fails, Josh reacts with growing hostility to
outside interference in their way of life.
Anesa
Miller bio:
A
native of Wichita, Kansas, and longtime Ohio resident, Anesa Miller is a writer
with training in Russian language and literature. Her work has been published
in The Kenyon Review, The California Quarterly, the Southern Humanities
Review, and others. Her debut novel, Our Orbit, is a story of
cultural conflict set in Appalachia in the 1990s.
Links:
Bill Larkin is the author of Detective Lessons, and several crime thriller short stories, including The Highlands, OC Confidential, The Deep End, and Shadow Truth. In addition to working in commercial real estate, Bill previously served as a Reserve Deputy with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, then the Los Angeles Police Department where he last worked in a detective assignment. Bill is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. He lives in Orange County, California.
