Remnants of glory

In this magnificently observed classic novel, Teresa Miller creates one of the most winning heroines in twentieth-century fiction, Kate Dexter, a woman whose high spirits and calm, undemonstrative strength make her emblematic of the early pioneer days of American history.

Remnants of Glory

Miller, Teresa

Literature & Fiction

BERKLEY

A celebrated writer and celebrator of writers tells what has shaped her life and career For the longest time, Teresa Miller wanted to get as far from Oklahoma as possible―to escape from her distant father and abusive stepmother, from the ache of her mother’s death, and from the small-town insularity of Tahlequah. She longed for New York and Hollywood, for all the glamorous settings that transcended grief―at least on television. Miller never made it out of Oklahoma permanently, though she came to treasure the region that kept her heart anchored even as her spirit cast far and wide. In Means of Transit―A Slightly Embellished Memoir, Miller writes of journeys that turned into life-altering experiences as she learned to “story” her way beyond the impasses. Still other trips, begun with great promise, found her wandering through confusing back roads, relying on more seasoned storytellers for direction. Eventually she established a literary center simply by reaching out to such authors as Jim Lehrer, Maya Angelou, and Isabel Allende, fellow travelers who taught her as much about life as about writing. The author takes readers from her early childhood, to a short stint in a New York acting school, to the writing of her first novel, and the painful decades of writer’s block that followed its publication. We also learn of the author’s terrifying encounter with a stalker, a dark sort of Everyman who personified her late-night suspicions about even the people closest to her. Told with humor, candor, and the same haunting lyricism that distinguished her early work, Miller’s story is about learning the ultimate life lesson―that when we do lose our way, our hearts can guide us.

Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

University of Oklahoma Press

Now confined to a nursing home, Kate Dexter confronts her past, reflecting upon her lifelong struggle for human rights and the high--sometimes impossible--standards she set for her family and friends

Seaview Books

In this magnificently observed classic novel, Teresa Miller creates one of the most winning heroines in twentieth-century fiction, Kate Dexter, a woman whose high spirits and calm, undemonstrative strength make her emblematic of the early pioneer days of American history.

Hawk Pub Group

One good turn deserves another. Sassy Simpkins receives a   special package for her birthday. She can't wait to show everyone in   her second grade class her new treasure. The event becomes a valuable   lesson about sharing.

Clickity-Clack: Reading Level 2 (Learn-To-Read Series)

Children's Books

Huckleberry Pr

Critics and readers alike applauded the release of Teresa Miller's first magnificent novel, Remnants of Glory, which Publishers Weekly called a "...slice of Americana studded with women who are survivors."  Now, with her first new novel in more than a decade, Miller has written a thought-provoking and tender examination of the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, the delicate fabric that holds families together. Family Correspondence is a multi-generational novel beginning in post-WWII Arkansas with fifteen-year old Marie Wallace, a young girl struggling to come to terms with her mother's frailties and the larger-than-life personalities who have shaped her world.  A generation later, in modern-day Oklahoma, Marie's daughter, Nora Catron, is suddenly forced to confront her mother's past in the aftermath of a horrible and mysterious accident.  Using letters to link the stories of mother and daughter, Teresa Miller skillfully weaves the two into a penetrating and magnificently observed tale. Because ultimately, as Nora realizes, their story is "larger than family correspondence."  It is the ongoing and often joyful story of a mother and daughter learning to experience true kinship.

Family Correspondence

Family correspondence: A novel

Hawk Pub

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Remnants of Glory

Means of Transit: A Slightly Embellished Memoir

Remnants of glory

Remnants of Glory

Clickity-Clack: Reading Level 2 (Learn-To-Read Series)

Family Correspondence

Family correspondence: A novel