In the 1860s, slavery was a dividing force in America. When the American Civil War breaks out, the enslaved people are abandoned when the Sea Island plantation owners run inland for cover. Northerners are devising ways to support the Freedmen of the Sea Islands; two women, Ellen Murray and Laura Towne, answer the call for help with the Port Royal Project on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

Mockingbird Diary of St. Helena Island is a fictionalized version of Miss Ellen Murray and Miss Laura Towne’s real-life contribution to the ideal of freedom for African Americans. Both heart-warming and eye-opening, the story is an insightful view into one of America’s pivotal periods in history and the people who lived it. “Neber too late to be who you suppose to be.”

Publisher: Cactus Rain Publishing
ISBN: 1947646206
Genre: Historical Fiction, American Civil War
Format: Print
Pages: 302

Deborah Serravalle is a novelist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has a Bachelor’s degree from McMaster University and attended their Creative Writing program. Awarded a scholarship from the Writers’ Trust of Canada, she completed the post-graduate Creative Writing program at Humber College. Deborah’s extensive time in the Lowcountry of South Carolina inspired her second novel, Mockingbird Diary of St. Helena Island.