Daviess was a charter member of the Nashville woman suffrage organization, and a concern for women's rights infuses her work. Her most famous novel was Miss Selma Lue, and she adapted Phyllis to the stage. The Tinderbox is a musical fairy tale based on the work by Hans-Christian Andersen, with new magical heroes, mesmerizing puppet and computer animation. The success of a story at a reading turned her to literature, and she wrote thirteen novels and an autobiography during her fifteen-year career. Returning to America, she opened a studio selling miniatures, and taught art. She studied art at Peabody College, and won a scholarship to Europe, where she lived for several years on the Left Banke in Paris. Her mother moved the family to Nashville on the death of her father and sister. Maria Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to an upper-middle-class family. Called to the banner of feminism, she experiments dazzlingly with the modern problem of sexual inequality, and finds an ancient solution. Called to the banner of feminism, she experiments dazzlingly with the modern problem of sexual inequality, and finds an ancient solution.įrom experience, Evelina expects problems to occur from such calls, and she is not wrong in this.
In The Tinderbox, a Southern belle named Evelina is recruited by an her old friend Jane for a "glorious mission." From experience, Evelina expects problems to occur from such calls, and she is not wrong in this. Her most famous novel was Miss Selma Lue, and she adapted Phyllis to the stage. Visit her website at Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, to an upper-middle-class family. Lewis lives with her husband in Colorado near their family. She welcomes her many reader-friends each day on Facebook and personally replies to fan mail. As the long-kept secret emerges into the light of day, can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness?Ībout the Author Beverly Lewis penned her first story at age nine while living near Lancaster County Amish farmland, where she grew up. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life and alter everything for her close-knit Old Order Amish family. With her parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller finds her father's cherished brass tinderbox left unlocked. Maybe so, but all the same, I wished I knew something more about his past. Mamma says it's like he was born to be Amish. Can the Millers find a way forward through the turmoil to a place of forgiveness and acceptance?įrom the Back Cover I've marveled at Dat 's ability to accept the Old Ways so readily, considering his modern upbringing. The long-kept secret alters everything for the close-knit family, jeopardizing Earnest and Rhoda's relationship, as well as threatening Sylvia's recent engagement to the preacher's grandson. Burdened by the weight of his deception, Earnest Miller decides he must reveal the details about his past to his beloved wife, Rhoda. To her amazement, the respected convert to the Old Order reacts as if he has something to hide. Sylvia's bewilderment grows when her father confronts her about snooping in the box. Against her better judgment, Sylvia opens the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.
The truth about the tinderbox will forever change not only her own life, but also that of her family and her Amish community.īook Synopsis With her Amish parents' twentieth anniversary approaching, eighteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across a surprise-the old brass tinderbox her clockmaker father keeps in his Lancaster County shop has been left unlocked. Shocked by the revelation it holds, Sylvia confronts her father. She unlocks the box and uncovers secrets best left alone. About the Book When Sylvia Miller finds the key to an old tinderbox of her father's, her curiosity is piqued.
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