Fiction
Out of the Water
One daughter’s search for her biological mother threatens to unravel five generations of secrets.
Is it always best to know the truth?
Historical Fiction/Family Saga
Stars in the Grass
Nine-year-old Abby McAndrews nostalgically narrates the year 1970, when her family faced its greatest loss. Can her family find hope and recover faith when the world is turned upside down?
Literary/Historical Fiction
“In this remarkable novel, Ann Marie Stewart explores the aftermath of tragedy with intelligence, grace, and subtle humor. Stars in the Grass is a story of great loss, but also of great hope. A beautiful, haunting tale, it is one I won’t soon forget.
–Ann Tatlock, award-winning author of Once Beyond a Time
“Ann Marie Stewart’s Out of the Water is a heartfelt, affecting story that centers on the kind of crisis in family life for which nobody can ever be prepared — and how courage, and especially enduring and courageous love, are the only things that can help us survive.” –
– Jacquelyn Mitchard, NYT bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
“Ann Marie Stewart’s writing is outstanding and her voice captivating. I fell in love with this intriguing novel from the first page.”