Suzanne Elizabeth Gillis

Broschiertes Buch

The Landlady of Maple Avenue

Beschreibung

Winner of multiple book awards, THE LANDLADY OF MAPLE AVENUE, is a poignant and humorous literary family saga inspired by true events. Set in the 1950s, it follows the aging Marceline Gillis, an immigrant mother of seven, as she plots to reclaim her position as the family's chief matriarch and rightful landlady of a Victorian house on Maple Avenue. Battling family tensions, disappointments, and the grief of losing loved ones, Marceline navigates the complexities of power, ownership, and legacy within her tight-knit Catholic family. Her journey is filled with heartache and determination as she seeks validation after a lifetime of hardship.

Autor

About the Author - Suzanne Elizabeth Gillis is an award-winning fiction author and profes- sional screenwriter. She holds an MFA with honors in screenwriting from Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts and a BA in writing and narrative film from Hampshire College. She has been helping non-writers develop story ideas for feature screenplays and TV series since 2007. She has written over fifty original screenplays and is currently completing her second novel. Her debut historical fiction family saga novel, The Landlady of Maple Avenue, has already won a number of book awards. The story was inspired by true events about her father's Canadian family who immigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the 1920s. Her second novel, Dr. Tightskin, is an LGBTQ comedy based on her original screenplay Under My Skin, which will be released soon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bookbaby
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798317806354
• Artikelnr.: 74703449