Father's Troubles was a finalist in Foreword Magazine's 2003 Book of the Year Awards.

The Readers Write...

"What can I say?????   YOUR BOOK WAS WONDERFUL!!!! I read it very quickly since I couldn't wait to get to the next page. You really have a talent---when does the next book come out?"  Becky T., Scottsdale, AZ
"I've finally found some time to sit down with your novel and I am admiring it mightly. Congrats to you." Chuck Kinder, author of Honeymooners, A Cautionary Tale
 "...this book is soooo good!...I'm completely enthralled by this story and the way the author tells it. I had to stay up until 2am to finish the seciton I was reading..." NCM, Atlanta, GA
"...loaned me their copy right before Thanksgiving. I started in yesterday and finished it just now, literally couldn't put it down. What a gripping heartbreaker of a tale. And I so respect how no gloss or spin was put on the tragedy and how there was no Hollywood sugar coated ending - just ordinary people prevailing through extraordinary character and strength of will, holding head up, family close and putting one foot in front of the other, day after excruciating day. " Carol Hayden Olson
"Your book is awesome!...I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the reading was effortless. Your literary style made it seem...as if I was watching a movie, as opposed to reading a book. Vivid, perceptive but not complicated... Quickly treat me to another masterpiece." PMH
"I don't think I have had any book affect me the way yours did in a very long time. You wrote it with such heart, feeling and sensitivity that I couldn't lay it down until I finished it!" VLT, Parkersburg, WV
"Father's Troubles was one of the best books I have ever read. It was so suspenseful, a real 'tearjerker' that I couldn't put down. On the way home I tried to read at every red light...and finally pulled my car over ...until the traffic died down. Suddenly, ...I looked up and realized it was dark and two hours later... Good luck on the success of your book and please send me a copy of your next novel. With your gift for writing, there will be many more." MMW, Clearwater, FL
"Ms. Seaton deftly employs her novelist's skills to fill in the outline with the rich detail of characters, relationships, and experiences in this fine mixture of biography and fiction. ..I found it difficult to put this book down once I got started, took a day off to finish it and strongly recommend it. WFC, Newton, MA
"Just finished your book and am ALMOST speechless. Quite a story...fascinating, beautifully written and very moving. Bravo!" RLD, Marietta, GA
"I loved the book! Books that allow me to feel like I know the characters...that make me feel they could walk into a room and I would say, "Hey, that's so and so" hook me and are my favorites! And, you hooked me! I really enjoyed the read." Rae
"I just finished Father's Troubles and I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed it - even if I did cry like a baby near the end. Having grown up in West Virginia, but not Huntington, I found the way you intertwined the history of the coal fields and Huntington with your story fascinating." PHA
"...the books were a huge hit...my cousin who works in the movie industry said it looked like it would make a great movie...I'm about to read it for the second time..." Myra
"I have just read Father's Troubles...by halfway through I couldn't put it down. It is so well written; I thought the structure of two time frames was artfully accomplished. ...it read like a best seller and is SO much better than most." MBL, Honolulu, Hawaii

And Reviewers Review...

 "...Seaton has written an highly readable novel, Father's Troubles, that offers an engaging glimpse of life in the West Virginia of the 1920s... This bare bones account doesn't begin to do justice to a story so skillfully woven that it's hard to believe Seaton...is a first-time novelist. Her characters are fully rounded, not flat, one dimensional portraits too often penned by beginning writers. Her descriptions of the novel's people and places are vivid and convincing..." Jim Casto, Associate Editor, The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, WV

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