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"...Carr's book should touch hearts and open discussions." Publishers Weekly


“A beautiful story of returning to one’s roots, embracing sisterhood and appreciating your heritage. Martha Carr’s plot is steeped in southern tradition and reminds us how important family life is.” Lillian Vernon, Founder, Lillian Vernon, Corp.


"...sizzling relationships, eccentric characters and psychic analysis rivaling Dostoyevsky's... not your standard cloak and dagger material." Feedback Magazine

Books

A Place to Call Home
America's best-kept secret about a solution that's working and raising confident, loving children. A modern day story of triumph for anyone who is looking to change their own life and redefine themselves.

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The Sitting Sisters
The Sitting Sisters brings humor, strength and finally peace to a family who had drifted apart. Told through the eyes of one of the four daughters, Taliaferro Ervin, 'Tollie', The Sitting Sisters is the story of the prodigal daughter. The novel opens with the sisters returning home to the fictional South Carolina barrier island of Kelsal Island to spend time with their gravely ill father, an Episcopal minister. As in her first novel, Carr weaves together artfully a mystery, assumptions, humor, anger, family ties and a look at how different cultures live side by side without ever glancing over the fence. Tollie returns home, resolved to do her duty and get out as soon as politely possible, sure she has outgrown a populace with a limited horizon. What she finds is another view of the past, romance, a mystery, and a grace she didn't expect.

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Wired
"This mystery thriller, the first from Carr, involves a series of random, senseless murders of women in a quiet Virginia town. Thirty-six-year-old Mary Elizabeth Eames has a secret she wants to keep buried but can't. She knows who the murderer is from a hazy childhood memory, and the only clue she has is the urge to rub her wrist. From page one through the last chapter, Carr takes the reader on a quick-paced and easy-flowing tour of murder, suspense, and steamy romance. When the novel opens, Mary Elizabeth has been married 14 years and is thinking about having an affair; she and her husband seem worlds apart. Her husband ends up having the affair, yet by the time the novel closes he and Mary Elizabeth have cozily reconciled. Be prepared to stay up past your bedtime with this one. Recommended light reading for all fiction and mystery lovers." Library Journal

New Releases and More

Non-fiction
A Place to Call Home
The success story of America's Modern Day Orphanages and a personal memoir
Fiction
The Sitting Sisters
"...simply enjoy being in the hands of an accomplished writer like Carr, whose lively characters and inviting descriptions of family life and love are the hallmarks of a gifted writer." Laura Philpot Benedict, Grand Rapids Press ~~..."The intelligent story line is an insightful character study told through the mind lens of Tollie that still enables the audience to comprehend what makes each sibling tick... As the puzzle pieces begin to fill the gaps and spaces (almost like a mystery), fans of deep relationship dramas will enjoy this glimpse at what shapes the adult." Harriet Klausner, AllReaders.Com
Thriller
Wired
"What works here is how good willed blacks and whites learn to like and respect each other and that works very well indeed." The Cleveland Plain Dealer ~~ "Martha Carr's first novel, WIRED, will join other first novels, like TIME TO KILL and GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN as the creator of a new cult following for Ms. Carr. We anxiously await her next endeavor." Mike Cullis, Little Professor Book Center, Middletown, NJ

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