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Get your copy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all booksellers via Ingram Spark publishing. Ask your favorite independent bookstore to order for you using Ingram Spark.
Get your copy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all booksellers via Ingram Spark publishing. Ask your favorite independent bookstore to order for you using Ingram Spark.
In her book, “You the Story, A Writers Guide to Craft through Memories,” best selling author, Ruta Sepetys writes,
“Memories are like leaves, they fade, fall, and scatter.”
With much appreciation to Ruta Sepetys, Boogery Mungo and Umbriago, as the guardians of memories made in the house on Stone Street, attempt to capture these leaves for the benefit of the human trees that made them.
Sue Carol has written many short stories and essays, several of which have been printed in lit magazines and/or company or newspaper publications. Her fiction and creative non-fiction pieces reflect personal struggles rendered with humor and distinctive creativity. SC's book of short stories—many featured in the Chattanooga Writers Guild—is expected to be in print before the holidays.
As well, having lived during presidency of 15 different men, both Democrat and Republican, Sue Carol has a keen interest in issues and continues to express her opinions by writing letters-to-the-editors.
As well, having lived during presidency of 15 different men, both Democrat and Republican, Sue Carol has a keen interest in issues and continues to express her opinions by writing letters-to-the-editors.
Ray Bassett from WUTC 88.1 interviewed Sue Carol.
Mark Kennedy from the Times Free Press wrote an article about Sue Carol.
Sarah Dolgin from the Times Free Press wrote an article about Sue Carol and her husband Peter.
Mark Kennedy from the Times Free Press wrote an article about Sue Carol.
Sarah Dolgin from the Times Free Press wrote an article about Sue Carol and her husband Peter.
The Memory Guardians
Written by: Sue Carol Elvin
An old sea captain and his wife buy a house on Stone Street, where they plan to live out their days. Boogery Mungo and Umbriago have been there 120 years, gathering and guarding memories of the humans and animals who have lived there. These two characters are eager to hear new stories of foreign places to add to the memories they will review and disburse when the house is torn down to make way for a parking lot. Over the years humans and animals come and go in the house but their memories are handed down for generations.
Join Boo and Iago on a fantastical journey through time, learning the history of decades past, as they guard the memories made in the house on stone street.
Written by: Sue Carol Elvin
An old sea captain and his wife buy a house on Stone Street, where they plan to live out their days. Boogery Mungo and Umbriago have been there 120 years, gathering and guarding memories of the humans and animals who have lived there. These two characters are eager to hear new stories of foreign places to add to the memories they will review and disburse when the house is torn down to make way for a parking lot. Over the years humans and animals come and go in the house but their memories are handed down for generations.
Join Boo and Iago on a fantastical journey through time, learning the history of decades past, as they guard the memories made in the house on stone street.
The Memory Guardians - Reviews
"This little gem of a book is guaranteed to open the hearts and minds of children who have the desire to step into another's shoes." Susan Osman Screenwriter, former BBC News anchor, podcast host Been There Done That. |
"A delightful tale that will captivate youngsters with its historical references and charming ghostly cats." Cheryl Budd Teacher, 5th and 6th grades. |
"Readers will delight in Sue Carol Elvin's two intriguing main characters, Boo and Iago, and revel in the memories of America past that they hold for the residence of the house on Stone Street." Marcia Noe Professor of English, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
The Memory Guardians - Editor's Comments
When I get the rare chance to collaborate with and elevate the voice of a local writer, it’s something special.
In 2021, Sue Carol Elvin asked me to read the first chapter of a book she was writing, a children’s novel.
I fell in love with the concept: the retelling of a century of southern history, a decade at a time, through the eyes (if they had eyes) of two sentient beings who’ve lived in the same house for those hundred years, fed by memories of the people who lived there.
I fell in love with Sue Carol’s writing—funny, poignant, and always wildly imaginative.
Our kids need access to real history, especially the history of the South. The Memory Guardians delivers it in an entertaining way.
In 2021, Sue Carol Elvin asked me to read the first chapter of a book she was writing, a children’s novel.
I fell in love with the concept: the retelling of a century of southern history, a decade at a time, through the eyes (if they had eyes) of two sentient beings who’ve lived in the same house for those hundred years, fed by memories of the people who lived there.
I fell in love with Sue Carol’s writing—funny, poignant, and always wildly imaginative.
Our kids need access to real history, especially the history of the South. The Memory Guardians delivers it in an entertaining way.
Would you like to read more adventures of Boo and Iago?
If so, please leave us a message on the homepage.
If so, please leave us a message on the homepage.
SC is currently working on The Culture Guardians and The Talent Guardians as well as a book of short stories out by the end of this year.
The Memory Guardians
is written by Sue Carol Elvin, and illustrated by Cath Kerr.
Here are some illustrations from the book. You can find more illustrations at cathkerr.co.uk
is written by Sue Carol Elvin, and illustrated by Cath Kerr.
Here are some illustrations from the book. You can find more illustrations at cathkerr.co.uk
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Chattanooga Writers Guild Awards
1st Place, Non Fiction: Sue Carol Elvin
The Scar That Traveled (an excerpt) Charlotte, tired of counting my wrinkles, slid off my lap parting the robe I was wearing. “How did you get that scar?” she said as she began examining my right leg. I remember that summer day. I was older than you. Ten, maybe nine, walking alone through the tall grass of the field that stretched between my grandmother’s house and the rest of the world. Ma, as we called her, lived in the house that my grandfather built for his first wife, and 12 children. But that’s a story for another time. Right now I’m gonna tell you how I got that scar. It was odd for me to be alone. Where were my cousins? We were always together, racing through the fields, climbing into the loft above the barn, playing Chinese Checkers on Ma’s tin gameboard. But that day, it was just me, moseying along, hoping the mosquitoes didn’t come out to gnaw on my shorts-clad legs. . . . |
We are excited to announce the fiction second place winner of Chattanooga Writers’ Guild’s May Fiction Contest is Sue Carol Elvin with the submission “Scout Lessons.” This month’s theme was “Knots.”
We are excited to announce the second place winner of the September 2024 Chattanooga Writers’ Guild Monthly Contest is Sue Carol Elvin with the submission “Cabin Fever.” The non-fiction category was “Yell(ow).”
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