Award-Winning Debut Novel
2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards: Finalist Women’s Fiction 2023 Book Excellence Awards Finalist - Historical Fiction 2022 The Writers Lounge Book Shelf Award Winner 2022 Online Book Club - 1st Place Historical Fiction Book 2022 Firebird Book Awards - First Place, Historical Fiction 2022 American Book Fest "Best Book Awards" - Finalist 2022 Shelf Unbound "Best Indie Book" Award - Longlisted 2022 HFC Book of the Year Awards - Long Listed 2022 Readers' Favorite Five-Star Award Winner 2022 HFC Five-Star "Highly Recommended" Award Winner 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist 2022 Incipere Awards - 1st place Historical Fiction |
An award-winning historical fiction saga of a Ukrainian family’s multi-generational survival under Soviet rule, crafted for book clubs seeking powerful stories of female resilience.A Ukrainian rebel. Three generations of women bearing the consequences. A journey that changes everything.
When Ivanna opens the door to uniformed officers, her tranquil life is torn to pieces - leaving behind a broken woman who must learn to endure the cold, starvation, and memories of a man who died in the quintessential act of betrayal. Using her thrift, ingenuity, and a bit of luck, she finds a way to survive in Soviet Ukraine, along with her daughter, Yevtsye. But the question remains, will she be strong enough to withstand her daughter’s deceit and the eventual downfall of the nation she has devoted her life to? Or will the memories of her late husband act as a shadow haunting everyone and everything she loves, including Ionna, the granddaughter who never knew him? In Sunflowers Beneath the Snow, Teri M Brown explores the tenacity of women, showing that even in grueling circumstances, they can, and do, experience all the good things life has to offer - compassion, joy, love, faith, and wonder. |
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About the Author
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Teri M. Brown is an award-winning American novelist, inspirational speaker, and podcast host dedicated to exploring the raw, unfiltered corners of the human experience. With a professional background rooted in business content writing and self-help publishing, she successfully transitioned into commercial fiction after winning the Anita Bloom Ornoff Award for Inspirational Short Story in 2017. Since then, her deeply empathetic, character-driven narratives have earned dozens of prestigious literary awards, establishing her as a powerful voice in contemporary and historical storytelling.
Known for her trademark ability to construct relatable, beautifully flawed characters, Brown focuses her narratives on universal themes of resilience, generational family conflict, and personal reinvention. Beyond the page, she is an avid adventurer who famously completed a 3,102-mile tandem bicycle trek across the United States to raise funds for charity—an experience that continues to fuel her creative philosophies on grit and marital teamwork. As the host of the Online for Authors podcast, she actively mentors aspiring writers, speaks at national literary events, and delivers motivational talks on overcoming midlife challenges and creative breakthroughs. When she isn’t writing or touring, Brown, who now lives at the NC coast, can be found traveling, mentoring within writer communities, playing word games, bumming on the beach, singing in the shower, hunting for bargains, or playing bridge. She continues to connect deeply with an expansive global audience by writing authentic, accessible prose that challenges readers to embrace both the humor and the hardships of life. |
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