Postmarks: The Summers of ’98

By Susan Gilbert Harvey

Postmarks: the summers of ?98 is the story of two summers in two centuries on two continents. During the summer of 1998, artist Susan Gilbert Harvey reads letters written by her grandmother and great-aunt in the summer of 1898. Edith and Anna Lester are ambitious young women who veered from the southern lady stereotypes of Rome, Georgia, to seek artistic freedom in Europe. Edith is a piano and organ student in Berlin; Anna studies art in Paris. On their summer break, the Lester sisters hike Alpine trails in Zermatt, traverse the Mer de Glace in Chamonix, and cross the Simplon Pass in a stagecoach. A century later, Rome, Georgia, is the cauldron for Harvey?s summer of transition as she moves from sculptor to writer, from daughter to orphan, and from lethargy to creative rebirth. Harvey, an unconventional artist, introduces other Rome women who have found identity in eccentricity. Their stories and the city of Rome provide a backdrop for Susan Gilbert Harvey?s summer of 1998. Postmarks: the summers of ?98 is a prequel to Susan Gilbert Harvey?s first memoir, Tea with Sister Anna: a Paris journal. www.susanharvey.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976895617
• ISBN13: 9780976895619
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Golden Apple Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 21 years and up