Rosette: A Novel of Pioneer Michigan (The Ramsdell Family) - Softcover

"With every successive wave of joy and sorrow, loss and longing, regret and resolve, broken hearts and healing hearts, readers will be swept into this powerful story and its intimately drawn cast of characters. . . . This is a provocative and delightful novel, not to be missed." --George Grant, author of *The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt* and many other titles "A wonderfully written, engaging book. I am amazed at Cindy Marsch's ability to voice each of these characters believably, with light but appropriate use of metaphor, and I enjoyed living in their time." --Cindy Ward Rollins, recipient of the 2016 Russell Kirk Paideia Prize, CiRCE Institute "A poignant and compelling novel that hangs together like a vintage patchwork quilt" --Debbie Young, in her review for the novel being awarded the Awesome Indies Badge of Approval "Upon finishing this book, I can imagine most readers . . . will eagerly want to know more about this world, as well as the nameless gravestones that dot the American countryside. Cindy Marsch has brought these forgotten names to light, and for a brief moment, given them center stage as the heroes, rather than the stagehands of history." --Joshua Grasso, Professor of English at East Central University and author of *The Astrologer's Apprentice* and other titles "This is a close-up look at the struggles of real men and [women] who lived in difficult times and difficult places--not sugar-coated or sanitized, but a small celebration of the quiet victories in their lives." --Karen Glass, author of *Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition*

Cindy Rinaman Marsch was born in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of the Baby Boom, became a Seminoles football fan at Florida State University, taught at Auburn University, and in 1986 married Glenn Marsch, a professor of physics. The Marsches have four grown children and keep a garden and hobby winery in Western Pennsylvania. For the last thirty-odd years Marsch has homeschooled and taught through Writing Assessment Services, begun online in 1996. With her nest emptying, she now has time to write as she has always desired, and her debut novel ROSETTE offers an episode of unknown history with imaginative speculation. Also planned are a companion short story, "Blizzard," and novel, SOLOMON, and a transcription of Rosette's actual journal of 1856-58. Contact Cindy Rinaman Marsch via info@morainesedgebooks.com and through her websites at MorainesEdgeBooks.com, RosetteBook.com, or WritingAssessment.com .