The Sea in Winter tells the
story of a vigorous and vital woman coming fully into her own in her
mid-seventies at the crossroad between two centuries and two continents. It is
a story of love, war, survival and hope.
The story attempts to reveal
the lessons learned and the legacy left by one long and deep-living woman whose
very name cries "Victory."
ISBN # 978-1-105-35126-6
Available at local retailers as early as February 2012
Deborah is available for book groups and
readings. Contact her at
deborahpadgett@mac.com
$15.00
Author's Bio
Deborah McWatters Padgett has been
writing and painting her entire adult life.
Her background includes a concentration in Literature from the
University of Minnesota and a participating membership in the Loft Center for
Literary Arts. Her instructors have
included Alexs Pate, Faith Sullivan, Jonis Agee, Mary Gardener, Carol Bly and
Patricia Weaver Francisco. She is a
lifelong avid reader of literary and commercial fiction. Reading has served as primary educator to her
writing.
Her first novel, SOLVING LONELY,
was published by LULU Press in 2011. Her
short fiction has appeared in SPOUT, GYPSY CAB and SING HEAVENLY MUSE. Her
essays and articles have been published in national and regional arts
publications, as well as, Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Art and
Perception, (Australia) and in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She currently writes a monthly column titled “Living,
Loving & Laughing…. Dear Deb”, for Saint Paul, Minnesota’s non-profit
COMMUNITY REPORTER. She is mother to four grown children and grandmother to
twenty-one. Her work celebrates the
ordinary and attempts to hold dear the present moment in all its joy and
sorrow.
Deborah lives with her husband, ceramic artist
and emeriti professor of art, Michael Padgett in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
