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Sherry Parnell

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Born

Williamsport, PA, The United States

Website

http://sherryparnell.net

Twitter

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Genre

Literary Fiction, Southern Fiction, Women's Fiction

Influences

Jane Austen, Elizabeth Berg, Celeste Ng, Caroline Fraser
Willa Cather
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Member Since

October 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/sherryparnell

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An avid reader since I was a child, I have always been drawn to a good story well told. I loved being able to explore other worlds and live other lives through these stories. So, I began writing as a means to give my imagination a home upon the page. For me, well-written fiction has the power to teach and transport, and that’s what I aspire to do every time I sit down to create a new character, setting or story.

My novels Let the Willows Weep and Daughter of the Mountain examine the struggles, complexity, and resilience that define many lives in the rural American South. With a focus on female characters, I'm driven to share stories that reveal the strength women display when forced to rise above limited opportunities, economic injustice, a ...more

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Daughter of the Mountain Coming August 15, 2023

It's been a while since I've been here, but I'm back with huge news. My newest book, DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAIN will be on sale on August 15, 2023 and is available RIGHT NOW for preorder. If you read LET THE WILLOWS WEEP or are a fan of family stories and southern fiction, I hope you'll join me on this incredible second book journey.

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Published on July 31, 2023 17:24 • Tags: new-books, womens-fiction

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Average rating: 4.05 · 1,676 ratings · 213 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Let the Willows Weep 4.06 avg rating — 1,201 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of the Mountain 4.04 avg rating — 475 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Sherry Parnell (?)

“Memory is strange and sometimes cruel. The brain chooses what is kept and what is discarded without any regard to what the heart may want to keep.”
― Sherry Parnell, Let the Willows Weep

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“It was because she was of the mountains, mind and soul. It was because the hill's dust had settled so deeply into her skin that it appeared a tawny hue.”
― Sherry Parnell, Daughter of the Mountain

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