Count the Nights by Stars, Michelle Shocklee
Count the Nights by Stars, Michelle Shocklee
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Count the Nights by Stars

Author: Michelle Shocklee

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/08/2022


Synopsis

WINNER!!! Christianity Today Award 2023 (print)!!!

Count your nights by stars, not shadows. Count your life with smiles, not tears.
1961. After a longtime resident at Nashville’s historic Maxwell House Hotel suffers a debilitating stroke, Audrey Whitfield is tasked with cleaning out the reclusive woman’s room. There, she discovers an elaborate scrapbook filled with memorabilia from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Love notes on the backs of unmailed postcards inside capture Audrey’s imagination with hints of a forbidden romance . . . and troubling revelations about the disappearance of young women at the exposition. Audrey enlists the help of a handsome hotel guest as she tracks down clues and information about the mysterious “Peaches” and her regrets over one fateful day, nearly sixty-five years earlier.

1897. Outspoken and forward-thinking Priscilla Nichols isn’t willing to settle for just any man. She’s still holding out hope for love when she meets Luca Moretti on the eve of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Charmed by the Italian immigrant’s boldness, Priscilla spends time exploring the wonderous sights of the expo with Luca―until a darkness overshadows the monthslong event. Haunted by a terrible truth, Priscilla and Luca are sent down separate paths as the night’s stars fade into dawn.

About The Author

Michelle Shocklee is the author of several historical novels. Her work is included in numerous Chicken Soup for the Soul books, magazines, and blogs. As a woman of mixed heritage--her father's family is Hispanic and her mother's roots go back to Germany--she celebrates diversity and feels it's important to see the world through the eyes of one another. Learning from the past and changing the future is why she writes historical fiction.Her historical time-slip novel, UNDER THE TULIP TREE, a 2021 Christy Award and Selah Award Finalist, is set in 1930s & 1860s Nashville and tells a story of unlikely friendship, reconciliation, and forgiveness. Based on extensive research into the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives of 1936, as well as the writings of Frederick Douglass and others, many of the scenes in UNDER THE TULIP TREE are taken directly from the pages of history. Library Journal gave UNDER THE TULIP TREE a starred review.With both her sons grown, she and her husband now make their home in Tennessee, not far from the historical sites she writes about. Michelle loves hearing from readers! Connect with her at www.MichelleShocklee.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Literary on January 14, 2022

A gripping Christian dual timeline novel that moves seamlessly between 1961, when Audrey Whitfield cleans out the hotel room of a reclusive woman who's just had a stroke, and 1897, when Priscilla Nichols meets charming Italian immigrant Luca Moretti on the eve of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.......more

Goodreads review by Kav on April 12, 2022

I think this is a first for me -- a dual timeline novel with two historical periods and I am amazed at how the author brought both so vibrantly to life. So many subtle details that enhanced both stories for me. Now, here's where I struggle with what to say in a review because I can't figure out how t......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 18, 2021

Hi Readers! I'm getting excited about sharing this historical time-slip novel with you all. Lots of cool Nashville history is included--the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, the Maxwell House Hotel, 1960s Nashville, etc. There are also some really important truths running through these pages, wit......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on February 02, 2022

This dual-timeline novel takes us to Nashville, Tennessee in both 1897 and 1961. In 1961, Audrey Whitfield is home from college after the death of her mother. She is helping out her grief-stricken father at the historic Maxwell House Hotel. While cleaning out the room of an elderly guest who has had......more

Goodreads review by Simply Trisha on May 28, 2022

This book was so moving.... it explores darkness as well as beauty that can emerge from it when the right person takes on the purpose of seeing others for who they are beneath all the pain. I highly recommend this book!......more