The Sitting Sisters – in bookstores nationwide

 

The Sitting Sisters brings humor, strength and finally peace to a family who had drifted apart. Told through the eyes of one of the four daughters, Taliaferro Ervin, 'Tollie', The Sitting Sisters is the story of the prodigal daughter. The novel opens with the sisters returning home to the fictional South Carolina barrier island of Kelsal Island to spend time with their gravely ill father, an Episcopal minister. As in her first novel, Carr weaves together artfully a mystery, assumptions, humor, anger, family ties and a look at how different cultures live side by side without ever glancing over the fence. Tollie returns home, resolved to do her duty and get out as soon as politely possible, sure she has outgrown a populace with a limited horizon. What she finds is another view of the past, romance, a mystery, and a grace she didn't expect. A southern story of the return of the prodigal daughter. The story artfully weaves together a mystery, assumptions, humor, anger, and family ties.

“A beautiful story of returning to one’s roots, embracing sisterhood and appreciating your heritage. Martha Carr’s plot is steeped in southern tradition and reminds us how important family life is.” Lillian Vernon, CEO Lillian Vernon, Inc.

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Wired – coming to theaters in 2004

"This mystery thriller, the first from Carr, involves a series of random, senseless murders of women in a quiet Virginia town. Thirty-six-year-old Mary Elizabeth Eames has a secret she wants to keep buried but can't. She knows who the murderer is from a hazy childhood memory, and the only clue she has is the urge to rub her wrist. From page one through the last chapter, Carr takes the reader on a quick-paced and easy-flowing tour of murder, suspense, and steamy romance. When the novel opens, Mary Elizabeth has been married 14 years and is thinking about having an affair; she and her husband seem worlds apart. Her husband ends up having the affair, yet by the time the novel closes he and Mary Elizabeth have cozily reconciled. Be prepared to stay up past your bedtime with this one. Recommended light reading for all fiction and mystery lovers." Library Journal

"What works here is how good willed blacks and whites learn to like and respect each other and that works very well indeed." The Cleveland Plain Dealer ~~

"Martha Carr's first novel, WIRED, will join other first novels, like TIME TO KILL and GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN as the creator of a new cult following for Ms. Carr. We anxiously await her next endeavor." Mike Cullis, Little Professor Book Center, Middletown, NJ

"...sizzling relationships, eccentric characters and psychic analysis rivaling Dostoyevsky's... not your standard cloak and dagger material." Feedback Magazine

 

About Martha:

I'm glad you found your way here. It's been a long journey for me on a path to find purpose and I'm grateful for all of the readers who have let me know how much my words have touched their lives.

The ability to become my true self, what I was sent here to be, was always with me. It took some doing to figure that out.

I learned how to pull back the layers and live life in the moment after the end of an abusive marriage, raising a child alone with no money at the start of my career, gaining and then losing 150 pounds, and DNA testing of my family of Jefferson descendants under a national spotlight. All of that taught me a lot about the small moments and how precious they are. I had to decide if I wanted to be angry and afraid forever, and I had enough evidence to justify staying in that mode, or look for the good that had come out of each event. I had to figure out how to be grateful. Surprisingly, once I stopped being angry, it was easy.

During my decade in the wilderness, I taught myself how to write, with the help of some friendly editors and authors, culminating in articles about the experiences in the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune and my first novel, WIRED, a thriller. The Chattanooga Free Press said about my first effort, “Every bit as good as Mary Higgins Clark’s highly successful novels of psychological suspense. Suspenseful and entertaining…” and Library Journal wrote, “From page one through the last chapter, Carr takes the reader on a quick-paced and easy-flowing tour of murder, suspense and steamy romance. Be prepared to stay up past your bedtime with this one.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer said, “What works here is how good willed blacks and whites learn to like and respect each other and that works very well indeed.”

I am very proud of how well readers connected with WIRED. They have told me at book signings how much it has changed their lives. Women who had held a secret for over 10 years were releasing it and telling everyone. I was able to give some of what I was going through to the novel, and then the reader.

The second novel, THE SITTING SISTERS, has the same kind of appeal, bringing humor, strength and finally peace to a family who had drifted apart. Told through the eyes of one of four daughters, Taliaferro Ervin, ‘Tollie’, THE SITTING SISTERS is the story of the prodigal daughter. The novel opens with the sisters returning home to the fictional South Carolina barrier island of Kelsal Island to spend time with their gravely ill father, an Episcopal minister. As in the first novel, the story is woven together with a mystery, assumptions, humor, anger, family ties and a look at how different cultures live side by side without ever glancing over the fence. Tollie returns home, resolved to do her duty and get out as soon as politely possible, sure she has outgrown a populace with a limited horizon. What she finds is another view of the past, romance, a mystery, and a grace she didn’t expect.