Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Blue Amber Press
Release Date: January 30, 2013
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Book Description:
“Unsettled conditions anywhere give rise to fear,” Old Ted remarks. “Fear finds scapegoats and easy solutions.”
In 1924, Marie walks through the Waverly Baby Home and chooses Teddy because he looks like the child she deserves...but the boy has hidden defects. Five years later, against a backdrop of financial ruin, KKK resurgence, hangings and arson, Marie's husband, Merle, struggles to succeed, Marie loses her way, and troubled seven year-old Teddy begins to see what he and his family are missing.
CELEBRATE THE SINNER unfolds with the onset of The Great Depression after Teddy’s father buys a bankrupt sawmill and moves his small family to an isolated Oregon mill town. Merle feeds his hunger with logs and production, while his young wife feels like rough-cut lumber, unworthy of paint and without a future. When a conspiracy threatens the mill, Merle adds the powerful KKK to his business network. Untended, Teddy strays as he searches for a connection outside himself. He loves the machines that take the trees, but he also worships his new, young teacher. He discovers the Bucket of Blood Roadhouse and begins spending his Saturday nights peering through its windows, gaining an unlikely mentor: Wattie Blue, an ancient, Black musician from Missouri, by way of Chicago, plays the lip harp and calls out square dances. When Wattie faces the Klan and his past, Teddy and his family are confronted with equally difficult choices.
Framed by solitary, narcissistic, ninety-year-old Ted, this story of desperate people contains humor, grit, mystery and an ending that surprises, even stuns. "Spines and bellies soften and round off with the years," Old Ted muses. "Thoughts, too, lose their edge, but secrets scream for revelation. Perfect people, after all, don't hold a monopoly on the right to tell their stories.
Publisher: Blue Amber Press
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Amazon
Book Description:
“Unsettled conditions anywhere give rise to fear,” Old Ted remarks. “Fear finds scapegoats and easy solutions.”
In 1924, Marie walks through the Waverly Baby Home and chooses Teddy because he looks like the child she deserves...but the boy has hidden defects. Five years later, against a backdrop of financial ruin, KKK resurgence, hangings and arson, Marie's husband, Merle, struggles to succeed, Marie loses her way, and troubled seven year-old Teddy begins to see what he and his family are missing.
CELEBRATE THE SINNER unfolds with the onset of The Great Depression after Teddy’s father buys a bankrupt sawmill and moves his small family to an isolated Oregon mill town. Merle feeds his hunger with logs and production, while his young wife feels like rough-cut lumber, unworthy of paint and without a future. When a conspiracy threatens the mill, Merle adds the powerful KKK to his business network. Untended, Teddy strays as he searches for a connection outside himself. He loves the machines that take the trees, but he also worships his new, young teacher. He discovers the Bucket of Blood Roadhouse and begins spending his Saturday nights peering through its windows, gaining an unlikely mentor: Wattie Blue, an ancient, Black musician from Missouri, by way of Chicago, plays the lip harp and calls out square dances. When Wattie faces the Klan and his past, Teddy and his family are confronted with equally difficult choices.
Framed by solitary, narcissistic, ninety-year-old Ted, this story of desperate people contains humor, grit, mystery and an ending that surprises, even stuns. "Spines and bellies soften and round off with the years," Old Ted muses. "Thoughts, too, lose their edge, but secrets scream for revelation. Perfect people, after all, don't hold a monopoly on the right to tell their stories.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6894791.Steven_Merle_Scott 
About The Author:
S.M. Scott was raised and educated in Oregon, Alaska, France and Africa. Born in the Willamette Valley, his father, grandfather and great grandfather were Oregon lumbermen. When he was eight, his parents packed up the family and their portable sawmill and moved to Anchorage, Alaska where they began cutting homesteader timber in the summers and teaching school each winter.
He later returned to Oregon to pursue undergraduate studies at Linfield College. Along the way, he has studied economics, biology, French and medicine. He attended medical school in Colorado, undertook surgical training at the University of Utah and completed his cancer training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He and his family now live in Salt Lake City in the warm company of Saints and sinners. He is a practicing orthopedist and cancer surgeon.
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S.M. Scott was raised and educated in Oregon, Alaska, France and Africa. Born in the Willamette Valley, his father, grandfather and great grandfather were Oregon lumbermen. When he was eight, his parents packed up the family and their portable sawmill and moved to Anchorage, Alaska where they began cutting homesteader timber in the summers and teaching school each winter.
He later returned to Oregon to pursue undergraduate studies at Linfield College. Along the way, he has studied economics, biology, French and medicine. He attended medical school in Colorado, undertook surgical training at the University of Utah and completed his cancer training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. He and his family now live in Salt Lake City in the warm company of Saints and sinners. He is a practicing orthopedist and cancer surgeon.
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Historical Quiz for Ebooks and Paperback
May 29 - Introduction at VBT Cafe' Blog
May 31 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
June 3 - Spotlight at Bookalicious Traveladdict
June 5 - Guest Blogging at Hardcover Feedback
June 7 - Spotlight at The Official Blog-Zine of Terra Little
June 10 - Spotlight at Black Coffee, Brown Cow
June 12 - Spotlight at Books, Books, The Magical Fruit
June 14 - Spotlight at Mungai and the Goa Constrictor
June 18 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.
June 20 - Reviewed & Interviewed at Only God Can Make A Tree
June 22 - Spotlight at Mom Loves 2 Read
June 24 - Guest Blogging at Bikers With Books
June 26 - Spotlight at Mass Musings
June 30 - Author Fun Facts & Favorite Recipe at Writing Innovations Ezine
July 2 - Interviewed at IndieReviews Behind The Scenes Radio 1pm EST
July 1 - Spotlight at The Avid Reader
July 3 - Review & Interviewed at Writers With Books
July 5 - Spotlight at Trapped Inside My Head
July 9 - Spotlight at Deal Sharing Aunt
July 9 - Interviewed at Gelatis Scoop Radio
July 11 - Reviewed at BK Walker Books
July 15 - Guest Blogging at 4Covert2Overt A Day In The Spotlight
July 18 - Guest Blogging at A Book Lover's Library
Giveaway - Kindle Fire (US/Canada ONLY)
Historical Quiz for Ebooks and Paperback
May 29 - Introduction at VBT Cafe' Blog
May 31 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
June 3 - Spotlight at Bookalicious Traveladdict
June 5 - Guest Blogging at Hardcover Feedback
June 7 - Spotlight at The Official Blog-Zine of Terra Little
June 10 - Spotlight at Black Coffee, Brown Cow
June 12 - Spotlight at Books, Books, The Magical Fruit
June 14 - Spotlight at Mungai and the Goa Constrictor
June 18 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.
June 20 - Reviewed & Interviewed at Only God Can Make A Tree
June 22 - Spotlight at Mom Loves 2 Read
June 24 - Guest Blogging at Bikers With Books
June 26 - Spotlight at Mass Musings
June 30 - Author Fun Facts & Favorite Recipe at Writing Innovations Ezine
July 2 - Interviewed at IndieReviews Behind The Scenes Radio 1pm EST
July 1 - Spotlight at The Avid Reader
July 3 - Review & Interviewed at Writers With Books
July 5 - Spotlight at Trapped Inside My Head
July 9 - Spotlight at Deal Sharing Aunt
July 9 - Interviewed at Gelatis Scoop Radio
July 11 - Reviewed at BK Walker Books
July 15 - Guest Blogging at 4Covert2Overt A Day In The Spotlight
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