Who is safer, a 23-year-old woman who plays the glass harmonica on the streets of New Orleans and lives in a commune-style house with other free spirits, con artists and petty thieves like herself, or a rising television weathercaster who resides in a luxury high rise in Chicago with her emotionally volatile husband? When Nevaeh Thera gives up her street life to live with her cousin, star meteorologist Dawn Ann McKnight and her photographer husband, Derek Baldwin, a life-threatening truth is exposed and both women learn that you can’t start over, but you can start again.
Finalist, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year in General Fiction 2015
Witnessing Nevaeh’s growth from a flaky, tree house-dwelling, rat-keeping hotel maid to a mature young woman despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles makes reading this novel worthwhile. While Dawn Ann's life appears enviable, her self-delusional, enabling behavior reveals the depths of insecurity that can lurk beneath a perfect facade. The alternating points of view from Nevaeh to Dawn Ann allow readers to view each young woman from the perspective of the other, giving greater insight into their characters.... Well-written, moving new adult/women s fiction with a meaningful moral. —Kirkus Reviews
Reed really knows how to tell a story.... —David Bloom
Reed’s books always feature intricate plots and totally human characters. Saluting the Sun, like Warming Up and Courting Kathleen Hannigan before it, touches the heart and the mind, a perfect combination of heart-warming emotion and food for thought. —Donna Steele, Founder and Artistic Director, Steel Beam Theatre
by Mary Hutchings Reed
Who is safer, a 23-year-old woman who plays the glass harmonica on the streets of New Orleans and lives in a commune-style house with other free spirits, con artists and petty thieves like herself, or a rising television weathercaster who resides in a luxury high rise in Chicago with her emotionally volatile husband? When Nevaeh Thera gives up her street life to live with her cousin, star meteorologist Dawn Ann McKnight and her photographer husband, Derek Baldwin, a life-threatening truth is exposed and both women learn that you can’t start over, but you can start again.
Finalist, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year in General Fiction 2015
Witnessing Nevaeh’s growth from a flaky, tree house-dwelling, rat-keeping hotel maid to a mature young woman despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles makes reading this novel worthwhile. While Dawn Ann's life appears enviable, her self-delusional, enabling behavior reveals the depths of insecurity that can lurk beneath a perfect facade. The alternating points of view from Nevaeh to Dawn Ann allow readers to view each young woman from the perspective of the other, giving greater insight into their characters.... Well-written, moving new adult/women s fiction with a meaningful moral. —Kirkus Reviews
Reed really knows how to tell a story.... —David Bloom
Reed’s books always feature intricate plots and totally human characters. Saluting the Sun, like Warming Up and Courting Kathleen Hannigan before it, touches the heart and the mind, a perfect combination of heart-warming emotion and food for thought. —Donna Steele, Founder and Artistic Director, Steel Beam Theatre
