A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street

By Milam McGraw Propst

Book Overview

As the only remaining female in the George Nash family, Ociee prefers to think of herself as more brother than sister. Her favorite outfit is a pair of soft, worn dungarees and her brother Ben's old shirt that Mama sewed. With gray eyes that sparkle with mischief, she loves nothing more than jumping onto moving boxcars and chasing after strangers who dare to set foot on her Mississippi farm. Yet this spirited little tomboy also goes to great lengths to cook, clean, and create a home for her beloved Papa and her brothers, Fred and Ben. She tries valiantly to fill the space her Mama's passing has left in their lives. Despite the sadness, fear, and uncertainty of her early years, Ociee triumphs. In doing so, she blooms in a new garden and sows seeds of love in the lives of all who come to know her in her new

home on Charlotte Street.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1968428054
• ISBN13: 9781968428051
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Kirk House Publishers
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

From Steve at J. Kaye's Book Blog

"A Flower Blooms on Charlotte Street", by Miliam McGraw Propst, is based on the true life of her grandmother in Asheville, North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. This cute, loveable story stars Ociee Nash who was named such because her little brother couldn't pronounce her given name, Josephine. Ociee, brothers, Ben and Fred, and father George Nash live on a farm in Mississippi where her mother died of the measles just a year before. Knowing it wasn't the best environment for raising a ten year old girl, George sends Ociee to be raised by his older sister, Mamie, who is a self-employed seamstress working out of her house at 66 Charlotte Street, Asheville, N.C. Gypsies, an overnight train ride, a neighborhood fire, and the city life of Asheville, population 15,000 is some of what Ociee experiences in this story. It has the Tom Sawyer feel to it, and is definitely a charming story of a simpler time.

A "warm fuzzy feeling" book. You don't want it to end.

This is a very sweet book. The author writes so you truly "feel" her words. The author's grandmother, Ociee, is a delight. I hope Milam Propst writes a sequel as I would enjoy reading more about Ociee in her later years. I have bought at least 6 copies for gifts for my friends.

Makes you feel good all over!

If you want to read a nice book that gives you a warm, cozy feeling, this is for you..no violence, no bad words. The author's charachters come alive and by the end you feel you know the protagonist, Ociee, personally. I am ordering additional copies for several friends and family members.I hope Milam will come out with a sequel. I want to know more about Ociee.