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Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise, Book One in a moving and emotional women’s fiction trilogy, will keep you devouring every word.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 23, 2013
- File size2384 KB
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-Liane K. Hansen, National Public Radio PersonalityGail Priest's Annie Crow Knoll trilogy, the stories of four generations of family on Maryland's Eastern Shore, is rendered with achingly beautiful power and sensitivity. The characters, led by the strongest of intelligent women, are all finding their way forward with tremendous wisdom, tears, and courage. A literary tale of deep pain and every manner of healing, I wholeheartedly recommend all the Annie Crow Knoll titles, to our most demanding readers, and yes, to Hollywood as well. -Robert Blake Whitehill, Author/Screenwriter, The Ben Blackshaw SeriesIt's not just thepeople of Annie Crow Knoll who will keep you turning the pages of this trilogy.What sets Gail's novels apart is the strong sense of place she has created. Theupper Chesapeake Bay is a major character in each of the books. Gail's abidinglove for the Chesapeake is unmistakable. The descriptions of nature's constancyacross the seasons and the years serve as a beautiful backdrop for the story ofAnnie Crow and her family.
-MaryScherf, Chesapeake Style Magazine
First, let me say I love the character of Annie. I love how Priest shows her growth from childhood to being forced into early adulthood with the death of her parents. I love how she becomes a part of where she grew up as if it is an extension of her. What a wonderful feeling to have about where you live.
I also love how Annie is such a cool character. I mean really what other child would have a crow as a childhood pet. She is not a normal child by all means but that is what makes her so special. I also love how Annie manages to maintain a friendship from childhood into adulthood.
If you are looking for a great book to read, I would highly recommend this book.
-Melissa Vera, Blogger, Chats from the Blog Cabin and Adventures of a Frugal Mom
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- ASIN : B00E4XX16Y
- Publisher : Hayson Publishing (July 23, 2013)
- Publication date : July 23, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 2384 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 355 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 0615858864
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,401,231 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5,636 in Women's Literary Fiction
- #9,924 in Saga Fiction
- #17,623 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)
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Gail Priest is the author the Annie Crow Knoll trilogy which includes Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise, Sunset, and Moonrise. The final novel was a Kindle Book Awards 2017 semi-finalist. A selection from the second novel was chosen for the PS Books anthology, 50 Over 50. Eastern Shore Shorts, her collection of short stories set in various Eastern Shore towns, was an International Book Awards finalist.
For seventeen years, Gail and her husband rented a vacation cottage in a Chesapeake Bay cottage community, which was the inspiration for the Annie Crow Knoll novels. Her love of the Eastern Shore led her to the creation of Eastern Shore Shorts.
Gail is a member of Eastern Shore Writers’ Association, Chesapeake Bay Writers, the Artist Network Conference, and the South Jersey Writers’ Group, where she was named Writer of the Year for 2016.
Her play Eva's Piano was produced at the Dayton Playhouse in their New Play Festival. The Church Hill Theatre in Church Hill, Maryland staged a reading of her play A Thing with Feathers.
Gail’s career in theatre as a college professor, actor, director, and playwright, along with her degree in and experiences as a counselor, significantly influence her writing. Gail is now working on a new novel with a paranormal twist set in the Philadelphia area and in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
When she's not writing, Gail can be found looking for birds and sea glass along the beaches and bays of the East Coast.
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Great characters and story and I miss them already.
Excellent read
The author provides a vivid backdrop to this story in the Chesapeake Bay. It is almost a character in the book. I could picture it in my mind, as the seasons changed and as Annie changed. The author used the culture of that area to make the story even more real.
There were so many great characters in this book. And the author made me love them and hate them. From the kind doctor who was so compassionate to Annie to the despicable people with racist beliefs, the characters were varied and genuine. Her best friend who loves Annie and is always there for her was a favorite of mine. The people in this book were authentic, flawed, and relatable. I enjoyed reading about their lives as time passed.
The crow was not only the inspiration for her nickname; he was her friend and I think much like Annie. He did what he wanted, he was daring, and he was a loyal friend. I adored the image of Annie and her crow biking around the Knoll.
The story took me along for Annie's ride. She had to face difficult situations and she got through them with bravery and friends. She grew up. She fell in love. She became a mother. Things were not always easy, she didn't always know what to do, and she sometimes did the wrong thing.
I cannot wait for the next book. I heartily recommend Annie's story and it is one you won't forget. It will leave an imprint on your heart.
When her parents are tragically killed in a car accident, nineteen-year-old Annie must turn to the family’s African American friend Bo in order to keep the Knoll going. Annie becomes wiser than her years when her estranged Great-Grandma dies and leaves her entire estate to an African American butler and Annie must stop an angry mob from destroying the estate. Even when she marries, Annie must deal with discrimination in the hierarchy of the wives of her husband’s fellow professors.
The reader is placed into vivid scenes and feels along with Annie as she deals with mourning, racism, divorce, and a family history of depression. But we also cheer when she discovers the true meaning of friendship and love.
If you are looking for a good summer read, I suggest you get Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise by Gail Priest. Then, like me, you can spend some time living on The Knoll and experiencing life’s ups and downs with some great characters.
By Gail Priest
Annie Crow Knoll: Sunrise, is the delightful story of Annie growing up on the Chesapeake Bay, loved by her parents and surrounded by friends. Annie Crow's parents owned and ran the collection of summer cottages, as did Annie when her parents died. This book touched upon most of the main themes of life and death, but the story remains one of hope and healing. The changing perspective didn't bother me as it did some of other reviews. The changes flowed from one to the next and I found them to be easy to follow. The different voices added great depth to the story.
But I loved Annie from almost the first sentence ...and cheered for her all through the story. Annie Crow is just a great, down-to-Earth young woman, a hard-worker, dedicated to family and friends and, of course to the "Annie Crow Knoll".
The author, Gail Priest, should be proud and happy to have created a great character and well as a great story. Get this novel, read it and you'll see what it means to be entertained by a story and a few great characters.
Patrick
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