Denitta Ward

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About Denitta Ward
Denitta Ward, author of the Somewhere series, writes historical fiction from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. After decades of writing legal briefs and contracts, Denitta picked up her pen and decided she'd write the stories she really wanted to tell - about young women discovering their own resilience in times of transition.
"A vivid portrait of Kansas City in the Roaring Twenties. ... Well done" - KIRKUS REVIEWS
"This is an intriguing Cinderella-style story set in 1920s Kansas. The city is on the cusp of radical change, but it is divided by class and color...This is a deep and complex story with credible characters that pull at the heartstrings. Halfway through, I began to wonder how it could end. Ward's final pages did not disappoint." - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
Finalist, The Wishing Shelf Book Award
"A Discovered Diamond" by Discovering Diamonds
New York Review of Books, April 19, 2018 and August 3, 2018
Somewhere Still, Denitta Ward's debut novel is poignant and compelling, a vividly drawn portrait of a young woman making her way in an era of opulence and abundance, at a time of great division and separation. Somewhere Still teems with memorable and resilient characters and takes you back to the Roaring Twenties to a city known as Paris on the Plains, alive with jazz clubs, speakeasies, and a burgeoning Prohibition bootleg trade. This time and place also deliver a rich tale of women's social groups changing their corner of the world, the birth of baseball's Negro League, and fast changes that bring traditional social mores into question.
In this coming-of-age story, we see the thin reed upon which many lived in the Roaring Twenties and we witness the power of love and its ability to heal and mend divides. Somewhere Still is written with tenderness as it demonstrates the transformative power of the human spirit to build bridges and extend a helping hand.
Written as a gift to her own mother, the author tells of a society in transition which serves as a backdrop for this story of the price of love, the hurts that are slowest to heal, and a certain kind of infinite redemption found when women band together across race and class. Come on this wonderful journey into Somewhere Still.
Passionate about history and with a lifelong interest in the transformative power of women when they band together, Denitta is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, the Historical Novel Society, and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
Prohibition Cocktails: 21 Secrets & Recipes debuted on National Cocktail Day, as the nonfiction companion to Somewhere Still. Filled with the origin stories and recipes of 21 of Prohibition's most delightful cocktails, this is a book to be shared. The perfect gift!
In The Works: "Somewhere Sometime" is a story of timeless love and how far we'll go to find a lost love. Historical Fiction with time travel.
FOLLOW DENITTA'S BLOG at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17194502.Denitta_Ward/blog
"A vivid portrait of Kansas City in the Roaring Twenties. ... Well done" - KIRKUS REVIEWS
"This is an intriguing Cinderella-style story set in 1920s Kansas. The city is on the cusp of radical change, but it is divided by class and color...This is a deep and complex story with credible characters that pull at the heartstrings. Halfway through, I began to wonder how it could end. Ward's final pages did not disappoint." - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
Finalist, The Wishing Shelf Book Award
"A Discovered Diamond" by Discovering Diamonds
New York Review of Books, April 19, 2018 and August 3, 2018
Somewhere Still, Denitta Ward's debut novel is poignant and compelling, a vividly drawn portrait of a young woman making her way in an era of opulence and abundance, at a time of great division and separation. Somewhere Still teems with memorable and resilient characters and takes you back to the Roaring Twenties to a city known as Paris on the Plains, alive with jazz clubs, speakeasies, and a burgeoning Prohibition bootleg trade. This time and place also deliver a rich tale of women's social groups changing their corner of the world, the birth of baseball's Negro League, and fast changes that bring traditional social mores into question.
In this coming-of-age story, we see the thin reed upon which many lived in the Roaring Twenties and we witness the power of love and its ability to heal and mend divides. Somewhere Still is written with tenderness as it demonstrates the transformative power of the human spirit to build bridges and extend a helping hand.
Written as a gift to her own mother, the author tells of a society in transition which serves as a backdrop for this story of the price of love, the hurts that are slowest to heal, and a certain kind of infinite redemption found when women band together across race and class. Come on this wonderful journey into Somewhere Still.
Passionate about history and with a lifelong interest in the transformative power of women when they band together, Denitta is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, the Historical Novel Society, and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
Prohibition Cocktails: 21 Secrets & Recipes debuted on National Cocktail Day, as the nonfiction companion to Somewhere Still. Filled with the origin stories and recipes of 21 of Prohibition's most delightful cocktails, this is a book to be shared. The perfect gift!
In The Works: "Somewhere Sometime" is a story of timeless love and how far we'll go to find a lost love. Historical Fiction with time travel.
FOLLOW DENITTA'S BLOG at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17194502.Denitta_Ward/blog
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Somewhere Still
Nov 1, 2017
by
Denitta Ward
$4.99
Escape to the Roaring Twenties when the rules were clear and made to be broken, and a young woman discovers the transformative power of women when they band together.
Roaring Twenties. Kansas City. One woman's transformative journey of love, betrayal, and redemption. From the day Jean Ball lands a job at the elegant Empire hotel, she quickly learns the secrets of the entitled class. Dazzled by a Roaring Twenties society on the cusp of radical change, this naive and innocent young woman finds herself dancing, bobbing her hair, and falling for Elden Whitcomb, the handsome son of the wealthy hotel owner. The stakes rise when the Whitcombs’ powerful secrets are revealed and loving Elden comes at a price – one that may be too high for Jean to pay.
Shattered and alone, Jean's in the battle of her life in a city alive with romance, smoky speakeasies, jazz music and scandal, but divided by race and class. With the help and encouragement of influential women, Jean may find what she has always needed, though her choices could echo through generations. But will the man she trusted and so fiercely loves redeem himself?
Somewhere Still offers a unique window into the history and culture of Kansas City at a turning point in its development and blends history and fiction to tell the coming-of-age story of one young woman's transformative journey of love, betrayal, and redemption.
Denitta Ward uses historical sites and real events to explore Jean's transformation from an innocent young girl to a self-assured woman, making her way in a society in transition. Somewhere Still aims to give insight into 1920s Kansas City, a city on the cusp of significant change. During this time, the city's society women united to urge social advances, the jazz culture was born, baseball's famous Negro League was formed, and the city had a burgeoning Prohibition bootleg trade.
Roaring Twenties. Kansas City. One woman's transformative journey of love, betrayal, and redemption. From the day Jean Ball lands a job at the elegant Empire hotel, she quickly learns the secrets of the entitled class. Dazzled by a Roaring Twenties society on the cusp of radical change, this naive and innocent young woman finds herself dancing, bobbing her hair, and falling for Elden Whitcomb, the handsome son of the wealthy hotel owner. The stakes rise when the Whitcombs’ powerful secrets are revealed and loving Elden comes at a price – one that may be too high for Jean to pay.
Shattered and alone, Jean's in the battle of her life in a city alive with romance, smoky speakeasies, jazz music and scandal, but divided by race and class. With the help and encouragement of influential women, Jean may find what she has always needed, though her choices could echo through generations. But will the man she trusted and so fiercely loves redeem himself?
Somewhere Still offers a unique window into the history and culture of Kansas City at a turning point in its development and blends history and fiction to tell the coming-of-age story of one young woman's transformative journey of love, betrayal, and redemption.
Denitta Ward uses historical sites and real events to explore Jean's transformation from an innocent young girl to a self-assured woman, making her way in a society in transition. Somewhere Still aims to give insight into 1920s Kansas City, a city on the cusp of significant change. During this time, the city's society women united to urge social advances, the jazz culture was born, baseball's famous Negro League was formed, and the city had a burgeoning Prohibition bootleg trade.
by
Denitta Ward
$4.99
Prohibition Cocktails reveals the history, secrets, and recipes of 21 of the most popular drinks of the Roaring Twenties, when the rules were clear and made to be broken. From 1920-1933 the U.S. banned liquor and the cocktail culture flourished. Try the sweet Mary Pickford to the startling Monkey Gland. Captured here are the best recipes and secrets of the era's 21 most captivating cocktails, along with a Roaring '20s party-planning guide.
Color photos and a cocktail party planning guide included.
Prohibition Cocktails is a companion to the bestseller Somewhere Still, a Prohibition-era novel by Denitta Ward.
"Entertaining and enticing, Prohibition Cocktails captures the little-known facts and long-forgotten recipes popularized in the Roaring Twenties that became the foundation for today's craft cocktail culture. Who knew Prohibition would spawn such creativity? Everything from the sweet and unassuming Mary Pickford to the bold and brash Monkey Gland, no less."
- Editor-in-Chief, Welbourne Press
Color photos and a cocktail party planning guide included.
Prohibition Cocktails is a companion to the bestseller Somewhere Still, a Prohibition-era novel by Denitta Ward.
"Entertaining and enticing, Prohibition Cocktails captures the little-known facts and long-forgotten recipes popularized in the Roaring Twenties that became the foundation for today's craft cocktail culture. Who knew Prohibition would spawn such creativity? Everything from the sweet and unassuming Mary Pickford to the bold and brash Monkey Gland, no less."
- Editor-in-Chief, Welbourne Press
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