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""Yellow September draws you in immediately back to 1870s Shreveport, which is still recovering from the Civil War when it's hit with yet another battle to fight. Some are able to leave town, but those who cannot remain to see their town decimated within weeks. Witnessing this horror through the eyes of diverse perspectives across town allows you to feel just how deeply this affected every single soul in Shreveport. Yellow September is an impeccably researched novel about a community that lived through a devastating trial together and summoned the strength to come back stronger."" --Pamela Hill, librarian at Texas A&M University ""Shannon Terry Wiley brings postwar Shreveport, Louisiana, vividly to life in this captivating novel set during the yellow fever epidemic of 1873. At its heart is the unlikely romance between Katherine Rafferty, a fiery Southern farm girl, and George Woodruff, an Iowan with the Army Corps of Engineers tasked with clearing a massive logjam on the nearby Red River. Their love story unfolds as a deadly disease begins tearing through the community--forcing them to make heartbreaking choices that will reverberate throughout their lives. A masterful storyteller, Wiley gives readers a front-row seat to this tragic episode in American history. Her richly drawn characters and gift for historical nuance make the past feel hauntingly present, reminding us that love can bloom in even the darkest of times."" --Catherine Devore Johnson, author of The Panacea Project ""When a pandemic strikes, disease and destruction can tear apart families, threaten the fabric of society and undermine the bonds of love. Yellow September transports us back to the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873. Within these pages, we witness the multigenerational effects of how a devastating disease can threaten to unravel the fabric of society, while the dual institutions of clergy and medicine run headlong into the chaos, sacrificing personal safety for the greater good. In shining a lantern on Louisiana from decades ago, Wiley illuminates a beacon of hope for the benefit of a modern audience healing from the scars of our own recent biological threat and inspires us to focus on the triumph of the human spirit, even as pestilence swirls around us."" --Paulraj Samuel MD, MPH

""Yellow September draws you in immediately back to 1870s Shreveport, which is still recovering from the Civil War when it’s hit with yet another battle to fight. Some are able to leave town, but those who cannot remain to see their town decimated within weeks. Witnessing this horror through the eyes of diverse perspectives across town allows you to feel just how deeply this affected every single soul in Shreveport. Yellow September is an impeccably researched novel about a community that lived through a devastating trial together and summoned the strength to come back stronger."" --Pamela Hill, librarian at Texas A&M University  ""Shannon Terry Wiley brings postwar Shreveport, Louisiana, vividly to life in this captivating novel set during the yellow fever epidemic of 1873. At its heart is the unlikely romance between Katherine Rafferty, a fiery Southern farm girl, and George Woodruff, an Iowan with the Army Corps of Engineers tasked with clearing a massive logjam on the nearby Red River. Their love story unfolds as a deadly disease begins tearing through the community—forcing them to make heartbreaking choices that will reverberate throughout their lives. A masterful storyteller, Wiley gives readers a front-row seat to this tragic episode in American history. Her richly drawn characters and gift for historical nuance make the past feel hauntingly present, reminding us that love can bloom in even the darkest of times."" --Catherine Devore Johnson, author of The Panacea Project  ""When a pandemic strikes, disease and destruction can tear apart families, threaten the fabric of society and undermine the bonds of love. Yellow September transports us back to the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873. Within these pages, we witness the multigenerational effects of how a devastating disease can threaten to unravel the fabric of society, while the dual institutions of clergy and medicine run headlong into the chaos, sacrificing personal safety for the greater good. In shining a lantern on Louisiana from decades ago, Wiley illuminates a beacon of hope for the benefit of a modern audience healing from the scars of our own recent biological threat and inspires us to focus on the triumph of the human spirit, even as pestilence swirls around us."" --Paulraj Samuel MD, MPH

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Shannon Terry Wiley is a Louisiana native with deep roots in Southern storytelling. She earned her English degree from LSU and an MA in Creative Writing from Sam Houston State University. After more than thirty years as a high school English teacher, she now brings her love of history and place to the page. When she’s not writing, Shannon enjoys reading on the porch, fishing Louisiana backwaters, spoiling her rescue pup, Dante—and her grandchildren, Waylon and Mae. This is her debut novel.

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