Family Tree the Novel

Family Tree

by Andrea N. Carr

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Pub Date Mar 27 2015 | Archive Date Oct 07 2015

Description

“Family Tree” by literary fiction novelist Andrea N. Carr with a different family saga. This author chose to use the main character Angel, as her alias. This powerful story combines memoir and creative writing to uncover dark secrets with suspense and pacing that is in comparison to Raymond Carver.

She went to jail and found freedom. Arrested on a minor drug charge when found inside of her car after, giving a ride to a friend. Angel is given a court date then released on her own recognizance. But, it is discovered there is a no bail hold on her to appear for a traffic bench warrant.
Angel is informed she has to be held longer though, she insists this is an error in paperwork from previously being fined for driving on a suspended driver's license.
Angel is less than prepared to deal with what happens next. Being stuck in jail becomes, the least of her worries when she learns that her sister Lady, committed suicide while babysitting her son.

“Family Tree” by literary fiction novelist Andrea N. Carr with a different family saga. This author chose to use the main character Angel, as her alias. This powerful story combines memoir and...

A Note From the Publisher

Look for "The Trees Outside" - By Andrea N Carr also, on NetGalley under the Bookbuzz author promotions pages

Advance Praise

"Andrea N. Carr's novel brought a saying from Longfellow to mind: 'If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.' This book does not deal with outright enemies, but instead with relationships that can be even more complex: with one's own close friends and family. We see characters whose choices have harmed others, and then are allowed insight into their backgrounds that, while not excusing their behavior, allows readers and the protagonist to understand and empathize with them." -
Cristina Deptula Literary Publicist Authors, Large and Small

"The story begins with Angel Harper incarcerated, and learning from her estranged mother by phone that her sister, Lady, has hung herself in the backyard. Angel’s son, Malcolm, who Lady was taking care of, is nowhere to be found. I haven’t read an opening scene of a novel this potent since anything James M. Cain ever wrote. Slowly, through the steady hand of a literary surgeon, Andrea Carr reveals the sordid secrets of Angel’s family, and the devastating effect it’s had on her siblings."

- Hollywood Weekly Magazine - Anthony Ewart, Associate Editor

"Andrea N. Carr's novel brought a saying from Longfellow to mind: 'If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all...