Want to Read My First Novel?
It's out of print, but here's how you can get access to the audiobook right here on Substack.
I have just a short but very sweet piece for you today.
First of all, thank you for reading my weekly rantings, ravings, essays, stories and missives — your support allows me to keep doing this work.
If you enjoy reading my stuff, it would mean the world to me if you invited friends to subscribe and read with us. If you refer friends, you will receive benefits that give you special access to an audiobook of my first novel, The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse, read in my own fair voice! Unless you can get your hands on a used copy somewhere, this is the only way to “read” the book right now as it’s out of print.
A quick synopsis of the plot:
"My name is Elizabeth Millhouse Brown. At one time, I made a name for myself, so perhaps you've heard of me. I was born May 10th, 1898 to very wealthy parents in a small college town in Pennsylvania..." Spanning the calamitous turmoil of a World War and the deadly influenza plague of 1918, The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse is a spellbinding portrait of a young girl's struggle against the travails of modern loss and faithlessness. Born to privilege and wealth, Elizabeth Millhouse is the only child of a tense and loveless relationship. Sequestered to a boarding school at a tender age, Elizabeth is ordered to stay at school even through the holidays. When she is finally allowed home for the first time, it is only to visit a newly affectionate father on his death bed. After prayers for her father's recovery are denied, she rejects God and determines to live her life without reference to Him. Left alone with a cold and distant mother, Elizabeth seeks to forge her own path, searching for permanence and love in a world where circumstances shift like quicksand beneath her feet. Personal loss and the revelation of her own history build to a sudden understanding-in closing herself to God, she has denied herself the very love she craves.
This is the only content I keep behind a paywall, and I want to use it to reward those generous souls who see fit to support me financially just because. But I know the times are trying and finances are stretched tight these days, so here’s how you can also get to listen to The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse without paying a dime!
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So share away. And make sure to bookmark or save this email so that when you get that free subscription, you can find the audiobook chapters with no problem. Here’s the list:
The Pursuit of Elizabeth Millhouse
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 25, Chapter 26
Thank you for helping get the word out about my writing!
That’s all for now. Until next time, folks…