CAMELLIA SEASON: A Novel

By Natasha Peterson

Winner! 2024 Silver Medallion for Fiction, William Shakespeare Book Award Presented by the Independent Authors Academy "I devoured this evocative, exquisitely detailed tale of teenage girls and boys coming of age in turbulent 1960s New Orleans. The next best thing to being there!" --Alexandra Sokoloff, Author, The Huntress/FBI series "I loved this book. It's a wild ride from beginning to end, with such great insights into an era when young women started to build a fresh, new confidence and independence for themselves." --Reidar Jönsson, Author, My Life as a Dog Trilogy SYNOPSIS : Set in New Orleans, CAMELLIA SEASON is a laughter and tears, coming-of-age story about Cherie, who longs to escape the clutches of her crazy French mother. Cherie's touchstone is her Wordless Diary, coded with illustrated numbers only she can understand. Beginning in 1965, we follow Cherie and her friends over five years, as they grow up amid the glorious magic and dangerous mayhem of the city's streets. Nourished by the dark gumbo of local culture, Cherie and her krewe both thrive and are crushed among the poets, painters, and predators that lap up the town. CAMELLIA SEASON is Natasha Peterson's first novel. She co-authored MEMOIR YOUR WAY, and wrote the graphic novel, THE 9-11 STORY BOOK, illustrated by Alan Gerson. Peterson's first nonfiction book was SACRED SITES.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CYY6MMS1
• ISBN13: 9798320610481
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"