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by Patricia Taylor Wells
by Patricia Taylor Wells
“Ever since the day she was born, she could aggravate me one moment, then leave me feeling ashamed for not being a better mother the very next. She simply wants more and needs more than I ever have to give her.”
In 1963, Holly Hendricks and her family moved from the small East Texas town where they have strong family roots to the impersonal city of Dallas. Against a backdrop of local and worldwide turbulence, their once close ties are fragmented. With her mother not coming to terms with losing a son and the father having a breakdown, fourteen-year-old Holly returns to the small town to stay with her Grandma as she tries to cope with the loss of her brother.
2018 Best of Texas Book Award
First Place
Family Life/Inspirational Award
"A beautifully written piece of literary fiction that touches the heart and explores the agonies of the soul." — Caleb and Linda Pirtle, Here Comes a Mystery
Details
Details
Bink Books YA
176 pp. ● 5.25×8
$13.95 (pb) ● $7.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-945805-53-0 (pb)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
Publication date: November, 2017
Patricia Taylor Wells published her first book in 2016: “Camp Tyler, A First of its Kind” for the benefit of Camp Tyler, the oldest outdoor education school in the country, which she attended as a child. Since then, Ms. Wells has published the following books: The Eyes of the Doe 2017 (novel), Mademoiselle Renoir à Paris 2018 (memoir), LodeStar: Reflections of Light and Dark 2019 (poetry), and The Sand Rose 2021 (novel).
Her awards include First Place for Family Life/Inspirational Fiction in the Best of Texas Book Awards in 2018 (The Eyes of the Doe) and First Place for Poetry in the Best of Texas Book Awards in 2020 (LodeStar: Reflections of Light and Dark). Also, Ms. Wells has received awards from Texas Authors Association for her short stories: “Final Curtain” 2018, “Among the Thorns” 2019, “Bee Caves Road” 2020, “Candy Apple” 2020, “Unwelcome Guests” 2021, “Holly’s Tree” 2021, “RoadBlock” 2021, and “Cartoon Classics” 2021. The stories were published in Short Stories by Texas Authors Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, and Vol.7. Since 2016, Tyler Today Magazine has featured Ms. Wells six times in its “Authors Among Us” column, which she helped inspire to benefit local authors.
Ms. Wells, who holds a BA in English and French, facilitated writing critique groups for the Atlanta Writers Club and Knoxville Writers Group. She especially enjoys writing poetry and draws inspiration from the wide range of experiences she gathered from her travels and living in various places.
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