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Books ‘n More presents an Afternoon
with the Author --Martha Perritti--March 20
PINE ISLAND--A special date has been set to allow local residents to meet another local resident-author, Martha Perritti, at Books ‘n More in Matlacha. Mark your calendar to meet Perritti on March 20, 2004 during the afternoon from 1:00pm till 4:00pm. Perritti will have her collection of books to sign, as well as her newly released historical novel, Standing against the Wind. This latest novel precedes the historical outline Perritti follows in her earlier autobiographical sketches. Her first novel, centered around the life of her father who lived to be 101, is titled Crossing in the Rain.
Standing against the Wind is an interesting and revealing story about three Cherokee women--all of whom were Perritti’s great grandmothers. It was at age 60 that Perritti discovered her Cherokee heritage, thus her factual based story begins in the Cumberland Gap and follows the path her Cherokee family unfolds for her to follow. We travel through early Native Americans living peacefully in the Carolina mountains, to the treacherous Trail of Tears, the Civil War and to the final removal of Native Americans from Martha’s family homestead in the Cado Mountains of northern Alabama.
Standing against the Wind (Lifestyles Press) took three years to research and write. Perritti writes in longhand with very little rewrite--a natural gift she has learned to accept and allow to flow. Perritti’s unique novel form provides outlined historical summaries along the way to place the reader in the historical framework of the story.
Her latest novel, featured recently at the London Book Fair, has been compared to Cold Mountain. Perritti was also a recent guest interview with public radio/NPR’s local news host, Amy Tardif. For Tardif, this story was an interesting read, filled with real versus accepted facts about the Cherokee, their customs and experiences in America. You can listen online to the interview, which aired on public radio on Thursday, March 11, 2004. Just click on www.wgcu.org. See the radio column. Click on news. Then click on WGCU news archives. Select "Pine Island Author" in the list of titles. You'll hear Perritti’s interview about Standing against the Wind with Amy Tardif.
Standing against the Wind is available on Amazon. COM and at Perritti’s favorite local stores in the Pine Island area: Books 'n More in Matlacha, Florida and Crossed Palms Gallery in Bokeelia, Florida. On Sanibel Island, her books are available at The Island Book Nook, MacIntosh Book Shop and the Sanibel Island Book Shop.