Adrienne Morris

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About Adrienne Morris
Adrienne Morris is author of the novel The House on Tenafly Road (selected as an Editors' Choice Book by The Historical Novel Society and a Notable Indie Book of the Year) and The Tenafly Road Series, the continuing family saga of the Weldon and Crenshaw families of Gilded Age Englewood, New Jersey.
"I write family sagas because I love people. I love their flaws. I love their dreams and deceptions. Historical fiction allows me to reckon with thoughts and feelings I'd rather not address in the here and now. There's a certain safety and freedom in placing personal revelations one hundred years behind you."
Musty old libraries, abandoned houses and corsets bring to life the many characters crowding Adrienne's imagination, but it's the discovery that people, no matter the century they live in, share the same struggles, hopes and desires (the greatest desire being love) that keeps her up at night writing. Adrienne's novels are love letters to those of us who feel less than perfect. They are an invitation to love ourselves and others despite our many imperfections.
Adrienne also milks goats, chases chickens and sometimes keeps her dogs off the table.
"I write family sagas because I love people. I love their flaws. I love their dreams and deceptions. Historical fiction allows me to reckon with thoughts and feelings I'd rather not address in the here and now. There's a certain safety and freedom in placing personal revelations one hundred years behind you."
Musty old libraries, abandoned houses and corsets bring to life the many characters crowding Adrienne's imagination, but it's the discovery that people, no matter the century they live in, share the same struggles, hopes and desires (the greatest desire being love) that keeps her up at night writing. Adrienne's novels are love letters to those of us who feel less than perfect. They are an invitation to love ourselves and others despite our many imperfections.
Adrienne also milks goats, chases chickens and sometimes keeps her dogs off the table.
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Blog postI’m one of those people who spends a lot of time complaining about the state of education in America yet fails to attend even a single PTA or school board meeting. My only excuse is that I’m too tired in the evenings because I get up at five A.M. My husband likes to point out that the family members from the 1800’s I’m researching for my next book probably got up even earlier to milk cows and probably went to school meetings, but he doesn’t go to PTA meetings either.
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Yesterday was the beginning of Lent for Christians.
This was the first time in years (or maybe ever) that I was excited to get the ashes smeared on my forehead. Going back to Confession was a big step for me since for the longest time I hated the idea of a priesthood set apart. I wanted to be on equal footing with everyone and liked the idea of having “accountability partners” who basically were just as flawed and untrained as me.
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Blog postSince you all know I love history and historical fiction, I thought I’d share some lists of my favorite books by topic that I used when writing THE TENAFLY ROAD SERIES. I hope research geeks will use these posts as a good place to start on the subjects I will feature and that readers of my fiction who have had their appetites whetted for the time period will enjoy the lists as well.Yes, I will put my own books on the lists —
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The Gilded Age saga of love, friendship and redemption continues!
The shocking illness of a parent forces the Weldon and Crenshaw families to reveal their hidden desires and to consider what it would take to forgive themselves and others.
In the fourth book of The Tenafly Road Series, Lieutenant Fred Crenshaw’s young wife dies in childbirth and secrets are exposed. At the funeral, the Crenshaw and Weldon families confront mortality but also find hope in new romance.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
The shocking illness of a parent forces the Weldon and Crenshaw families to reveal their hidden desires and to consider what it would take to forgive themselves and others.
In the fourth book of The Tenafly Road Series, Lieutenant Fred Crenshaw’s young wife dies in childbirth and secrets are exposed. At the funeral, the Crenshaw and Weldon families confront mortality but also find hope in new romance.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
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Heartbreaking and inspiring Civil War saga (Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice).
When morphine-addicted veteran John Weldon falls in love with his best friend’s sister on the eve of Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, life gets complicated. How will Weldon hide his addiction from the family he resents and admires, keep his standing in the army and find the strength to endure life’s tragedies?
John Weldon spends a lifetime journeying across the prairie frontier of America only to find that he already has a home. The House on Tenafly Road is the first book of The Tenafly Road Series about the Weldon and Crenshaw families of Gilded Age New Jersey.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Civil War Love Stories) (Civil War Fiction)
When morphine-addicted veteran John Weldon falls in love with his best friend’s sister on the eve of Reconstruction and the Indian Wars, life gets complicated. How will Weldon hide his addiction from the family he resents and admires, keep his standing in the army and find the strength to endure life’s tragedies?
John Weldon spends a lifetime journeying across the prairie frontier of America only to find that he already has a home. The House on Tenafly Road is the first book of The Tenafly Road Series about the Weldon and Crenshaw families of Gilded Age New Jersey.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Civil War Love Stories) (Civil War Fiction)
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Captivating saga of betrayal, revenge and redemption!
Cadet Buck Crenshaw’s integrity is tested when West Point Military Academy opens its doors to black cadets. Will Buck keep his place in the yearling pecking order or throw it away taking a stand for Cadet Milford Streeter?
Escaping west to Fort Grant, Arizona, Buck confronts his demons while witnessing the downward spiral of his sister Thankful’s romance with a dashing army lieutenant.
Weary of Running, the second book in The Tenafly Road Series, highlights the dangers of moral ambivalence and the redeeming power of love and friendship in an imperfect world of mixed emotions and foolish decisions.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Cadet Buck Crenshaw’s integrity is tested when West Point Military Academy opens its doors to black cadets. Will Buck keep his place in the yearling pecking order or throw it away taking a stand for Cadet Milford Streeter?
Escaping west to Fort Grant, Arizona, Buck confronts his demons while witnessing the downward spiral of his sister Thankful’s romance with a dashing army lieutenant.
Weary of Running, the second book in The Tenafly Road Series, highlights the dangers of moral ambivalence and the redeeming power of love and friendship in an imperfect world of mixed emotions and foolish decisions.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
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Buck Crenshaw falls in love, but will he have the courage to marry when everyone is opposed to the match? Buck must choose between happiness and security while navigating the ever-shifting alliances of his siblings and co-workers. His sister Thankful’s jealousy and his brother Fred’s scheming make for a wedding full of secret maneuvering and betrayal, but will love conquer all?
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Family Sagas)
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Family Sagas)
Other Formats:
Paperback
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When Gilded Age banker Buck Crenshaw’s career plans are ruined on the eve of his honeymoon in 1887 Saratoga Springs, he must learn how to love his new wife while hustling for clients to secure their future. A faith healer arrives on the scene shaking Buck’s confidence yet again, but this time he has a wife who refuses to let him fail. Will his eyes be opened to the gifts before him or will he turn in bitterness away from all that is good?
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Family Sagas)
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Books in the historical family saga:
The House on Tenafly Road
Weary of Running
The Dew That Goes Early Away
Forget Me Not
The One My Heart Loves
The Grand Union
(Historical Literary Fiction) (Literary Sagas) (U.S. Historical Fiction) (Psychological) (Victorian Love) (Gilded Age Love) (Family Sagas)
Other Formats:
Paperback
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The Gilded Age saga of the tumultuous Crenshaw and Weldon families continues!
Unwed and pregnant, Thankful Crenshaw comes home and makes a tragic and life-changing decision. She misses the close relationship she once had with her newly religious brother, Buck, who spends his days in the Arizona desert converting drunks and Indians. One drunk, William Weldon, is Buck’s special case and Thankful’s true love.
Little does Thankful know that Buck’s religious fervor is fading. A violent encounter in the sandy wilderness brings her brother and William back to Englewood, New Jersey to mourn their lost innocence and lack of personal integrity in the third book of The Tenafly Road Series.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Unwed and pregnant, Thankful Crenshaw comes home and makes a tragic and life-changing decision. She misses the close relationship she once had with her newly religious brother, Buck, who spends his days in the Arizona desert converting drunks and Indians. One drunk, William Weldon, is Buck’s special case and Thankful’s true love.
Little does Thankful know that Buck’s religious fervor is fading. A violent encounter in the sandy wilderness brings her brother and William back to Englewood, New Jersey to mourn their lost innocence and lack of personal integrity in the third book of The Tenafly Road Series.
Fall in love with the members of the Crenshaw and Weldon families and buy The Tenafly Road Series today!
Other Formats:
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