{"title":"Anesa Miller","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"i-never-do-this-a-novel","title":"I Never Do This: A Novel","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"p2\"\u003eThis Rust Belt gothic novel presents the unforgettable voice of a young woman, LaDene Faye Howell, who finds herself in police custody recounting her story after her paroled cousin Bobbie Frank appears and engages her in a crime spree.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eLaDene Faye Howell has spent her life in the small town of Devola, on an oxbow of the Muskingum River, in southeast Ohio. Her family is conservative and deeply religious, although another branch of the Howell clan are notorious criminals. When one of her outlaw relatives returns from prison, LaDene hopes the two of them may share an evening of fun, or even a spark of romance. Instead, Bobby Frank embroils her in kidnapping their old high school principal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eTaken into custody, LaDene recounts her misadventures in the form of a dramatic monologue. Pledging to “tell all in full truth so help me God,” she hopes to keep herself out of jail and perhaps even soften Bobby’s likely sentence. She aims to capture her listeners’ sympathy by recounting a history she has never shared before: her teenage pregnancy and confinement at an unforgiving evangelical facility for wayward girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThe heart of the story is LaDene’s struggle to live as her own person while remaining true to her heritage and family loyalties. With country noir flair, it touches on spiritual abuse, addiction, family entanglements, and the disenfranchisement of women and young people in fundamentalist settings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sibylline Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45853328376037,"sku":"9781960573988","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/0271\/2549\/files\/I-Never-Do-This-scaled-1.jpg?v=1720052380"},{"product_id":"our-orbit-a-novel","title":"Our Orbit: A Novel","description":"\u003ch4\u003eNine-year-old Miriam has never worn new clothes, was not permitted to cut her hair, and believes that sinners must repent with dramatic displays of remorse, or harm will come to their loved ones.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow thrust into foster care, Miriam must adapt to a secular lifestyle while struggling to keep her connection to the past. Foster parents Rick and Deanne Fletcher quickly come to love their “new little girl.” Soon they encounter the rest of Miriam’s Uncle Dan believes he was abducted by aliens in an unsolved UFO mystery. Sister Rachelle, just released from juvenile detention, harbors painful secrets. Brother Josh is outraged that the Fletchers disrespect Christian teachings. When his plan to remove Miriam from their home fails, Josh becomes enraged at the interference in his family’s way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Orbit explores cultural conflicts between two families who’ve both lived in the same rural Ohio county for generations. Their stories revisit the social problems of the 1990 religious fundamentalism, anti-government sentiment, and emerging technological innovations while dealing with the realities of foster care and adoption, and family differences that create family drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnesa Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of Sibylline’s title I Never Do This, told in the unique voice of Ohio native, LaDene Faye Howell who finds herself in jail after a crime spree initiated by her newly released from prison cousin, Bobby Frank. Miller is a native of Wichita, Kansas, a graduate of the University of Idaho, a long-term resident of Ohio, and recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship for creative writing. Her fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared widely. Our Orbit has been reissued by Sibylline Press and was previously a finalist in regional fiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sibylline Digital First","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":46701470351589,"sku":"9781960573278","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Trade Paper","offer_id":46701470318821,"sku":"9781960573650","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/0271\/2549\/files\/Our-Orbit-Final.jpg?v=1731013989"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.sibyllinepress.com\/collections\/anesa-miller.oembed","provider":"Sibylline Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}