Daughter of Providence

Written by Julie Drew

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

Julie Drew unveils a stunning debut rife with loss and rediscovery framed by the Great Depression.--Anne Dodge was raised by her father in the small coastal town of Warwick, Rhode Island. She has always been told that her Portuguese mother abandoned them and died when Anne was a small child. After her mother's death, Anne learns that she has a half-sister who was raised among Portuguese immigrants. But when her sister comes to stay with Anne and her father, ugly truths begin to surface.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jul 26, 2011
• ISBN: 9781666589245

Julie Drew

Julie Drew grew up in Florida, and attended the University of South Florida where she earned her B.A. in Creative Writing, and M.A. and Ph.D. in English. She is currently Professor of English at The University of Akron. She has done a little traveling, and lived for a year in China with her family. Julie has published numerous academic works, and nonfiction essays and new-fiction reviews in the Boston Globe and Cleveland Plain Dealer, respectively.