The Candlemaker's Woman - Charlier, Marj
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Based on true events, a traumatic story of mass migration as relevant today as it has been since humans walked out of Africa. Desperately fleeing murderous Huns in old Germania, the Suevi sell Melia, a girl on the cusp of womanhood, into slavery, hoping to bribe their way into Gaul. Caught in the middle of the chaotic diaspora, Melia survives the cruelty of her owner, a candlemaker, and excels at making beautiful tapers and votives. She falls in love and plans an escape. But when the Suevi storm across the frozen Rhine at midnight, New Years Eve, AD406, with thousands of other barbarians,…mehr

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Based on true events, a traumatic story of mass migration as relevant today as it has been since humans walked out of Africa. Desperately fleeing murderous Huns in old Germania, the Suevi sell Melia, a girl on the cusp of womanhood, into slavery, hoping to bribe their way into Gaul. Caught in the middle of the chaotic diaspora, Melia survives the cruelty of her owner, a candlemaker, and excels at making beautiful tapers and votives. She falls in love and plans an escape. But when the Suevi storm across the frozen Rhine at midnight, New Years Eve, AD406, with thousands of other barbarians, Melia's life is ripped apart again. Reunited with her family in the calamitous invasion, she is called upon to use her skills and cunning to save them from warring Franks. But will she ever recover the love of her life, the father of her son? Her story imagines how one family, forced from their home by violence and hunger, endures one of the most disruptive and transformative events in history.
Autorenporträt
Marj Charlier is the author of several historical novels and contemporary women's novels. The Rebel Nun, released in 2021 (Blackstone Publishing), won the first-place award for historical fiction and first-place overall fiction award from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. The Candlemaker's Woman, historical fiction set in 406 CE, was published April 30. She followed a 20-year career in journalism, including 12 years as a staff reporter at the Wall Street Journal, with 15 years in corporate finance departments as an investor relations executive. A native of Iowa, she has a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University, a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from Regis University. She has attended the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Residency, the Vashon Island Artists Residency, and the Todos Santos Writers Workshop; and has taught courses in publishing, fiction and memoir writing.