A Parchment of Leaves

By: Silas House

Narrated by: Kate Forbes

Critically acclaimed author Silas House’s A Parchment of Leaves was named Kentucky Novel of the Year and won a special achievement award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. In 1917 rural Kentucky, Saul Sullivan marries a beautiful Cherokee woman named Vine. They weather the storm of prejudice, but when Saul temporarily moves away to work a better job, his younger brother makes advances on Vine that are not welcome and ultimately lead to tragedy.

©2002 Silas House (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

Publishers Weekly praises House’s “lovely storytelling, graceful prose, strong characters and his feel for Southern rural life.”

Story of Love and Redemption

The characters are wonderful. The story is easy to read. It is uplifting and inspiring… And very believable.

So, so good!

Engrossing story and well-defined characters. Could really empathize with Vine’s dilemma. The ending was perfect. Fabulous authentic southern narration!

Captivating

Fantastic. I tend to like Southern writing, and this book was no exception. But the poetic language and a captivating storyline in A Pachment of Leaves were exceptionally good. The narration was perfect.

Poetic Justice

The poetic language throughout was spellbinding. Silas House tells a story of love and fate where a strong, independent, loving heroine must deal with fate and and an agonizing guilt that is unbearable and inescapable. A terrible tragedy is inevitable in this saga. I admire the protagonist as she dealt with the love for her family and a secret that would tear her family apart. As is stated in the story, there is so much evil in this world but there’s much more goodness to overcome all the evil. I enjoyed the variety of characters that House develops so that the reader feels like s/he knows each one personally. This is a wonderful story about how love conquers all!

Hats off to this one

This story is well written and leads beautifully into the next book in the series.