Savant Books Announces the Release of Charlotte Hebert's New Coming-of-Age Novel, "Big Heaven"

HONOLULU - May 10, 2016 - PRLog -- Mo Proctor is the recipient of a prophecy (how cool is that?). She believes the prophecy states that she needs to leave home to become a nun at the age of sixteen (which is now). The only problems are: Her mother recently died, and her father is showing signs of early Alzheimer's disease (which are really significant problems). How can she reconcile it all? And is the prophecy the only thing driving her to want to pack up and leave home?

Charlotte Hebert is the author of the novel, "Numbering Stars" (a finalist in both the Hemingway First Novel Contest and the Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize), and the nonfiction book, "Meditate and Experience God: Saints, Scriptures, and Science Point the Way." Her short fiction has appeared in over half-a-dozen literary journals, and her essays have appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine and the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. She lives with her husband and their son in Northborough, MA.

"I always like to include some mention of both meditation and spirituality in my fiction, because I know how important these are in my own life, and I love the idea of sharing these topics with others," says Hebert. "At the same time, my father had Alzheimer's disease and died of it, and this ended up having a greater impact on me than I realized, which led me to want to write about it. My father, like the father in 'Big Heaven', really was a very sweet, corny man, who was almost too good for this world, and I wanted to pay homage to him. It was by combining the idea of both meditation and of a character like my father that 'Big Heaven' was born."

"Big Heaven"by Charlotte Hebert - 304 pages - 6" x 9" Trade Book - Color Softcover.

ISBN 978-0-9963255-0-9. Suggested retail price $16.95. Released in February 2016 by Savant Books and Publications, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

This book is available directly from the publisher and printer at

http://www.savantbooksandpublications.com

from Savant Bookstore Honolulu,

and from Amazon.com at

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0996325506

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