Vanilla Heart Publishing
Like most writers, she has been telling stories for as long as she can remember. The first ones, of course, were the stories she told her parents: I didn't eat the candy! Or maybe I finished my homework already! Later she graduated from making up fibs to making up plays, poems, songs and stories.
At the age of fourteen, while attending Chesapeake Academy, she took over production of her school newsletter, and was instantly hooked on the craft of writing. Since then she has written everything from short stories to plays to ad copy. Her first novel, Homesong, was completed in early 2008. She is married and is currently living and working in Northern Virginia.
Homesong by Misha Crews SH93C
In a small town, everyone knows everything about everybody. Or do they?
For twenty years, Kate Doyle has been haunted by the night when she was forced to flee from her tiny Virginia home town and abandon her childhood sweetheart, Reed Fitzgerald. So when Kate, now in her mid-30s, escapes her unhappy life in Washington, DC and takes a much-needed vacation, the last thing she expects is to be reunited with Reed. Now, under the warm clear Caribbean sun, amid ancient churches and pink flamingos, Kate and Reed seek to revive the love that they thought was gone forever.
But will small-town secrets ruin their last chance for happiness? Woven into the modern tale of Kate and Reed are the tales of those who came before them. Their mothers: teenagers in the chaotic 1960s, best friends who are in love with the same man – although only one of them knows it. Reed's grandmother: already a bitter old woman by the 1930s, she would do anything to carry on the family name…and would drive away anyone who came between her and her grandson. And even the founder of the town: in 1865, what guilty secret drove one man to bring his two daughters across the ocean from Ireland and settle in the dark Virginia hills?
At its heart, Homesong is the story of a small town: its lies and truths, its beginnings and endings. It's about proud secrets, unrestrained joy, and the old adage that you may leave your home, but it never really leaves you.
"Misha Crews has created a saga that seeps into the reader's soul. It is at once a tale of youth and innocence and first love, of ragged and mellow elder years, and of the time between. Crews takes us through the endless drama that is life with seamless ease. She draws out people's lives in a thorough yet gentle way, reminiscent of storytelling on languid summer nights as she wraps the listener in a strong, gentle voice. She knows where she's taking you, with twists and turns along the way, and leaves you knowing you have made friends for life. I cannot wait for her next book!" - Helen Collins
"I literally could not put Homesong down. I finished the whole thing in one day! It is exactly what I look for in a book: compelling and uplifting. The characters are alive. Misha Crews has the gift of telling a great story. She keeps you riveted. This is an absolutely wonderful story." – Mary Ellison
"Homesong is a perfect book for readers looking for a sensitive, moving story of love delayed, love denied. The author – on her first outing – has created a sympathetic set of characters whose internal conflicts threaten to ruin their relationships with each other. Her writing is straightforward and flows easily, and her handling of generational narrative is executed quite well, especially in the final chapter. This is a good first novel and this reader hopes there will be more." - Clarence Crews
"I had trouble putting it down. I am duly impressed! There is a lot of intensity to Homesong; lots of mystery and questions, even though you know that everything has to turn out alright. And in the end, it all comes together! Whew! I hope that Misha is working on her next book. I think her readers are going to demand it!" - Linda Konzik
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Homesong Logowear and Gifts
A tragic death….
A disturbing photo that
can't be explained….
A woman drowning in an
ocean of secrets….
In 1950s Virginia, beautiful, serious
Jenna Damont seems to have found the life she's always wanted. But
underneath the shallow gleam of her bright suburban world, murky truths are
waiting to surface.
On the morning that her husband dies in
a tragic accident, Jenna finds a shocking photograph of him in the arms of a
beautiful woman. And before she can ask him about it, he's gone forever.
Five years later, Jenna has
buried her questions and remade her life. But the reappearance of an old
love stirs up guilty questions, and she realizes that some secrets weren't
meant to be hidden. The deeper she dives for answers, the darker the
water gets. How will she find happiness for herself and her family, when
every step she takes towards the strange and awful truth seems to lead her
right back to her own home shores?
