A Sky for Arcadia is available through Amazon or directly from Xlibris.
Virgin Hall is available on the Amazon Kindle.
Breaking the Surface is available on the Amazon Kindle.

Books by Janet Taliaferro

Novels

A Sky for Arcadia

Set in the early eighties, this is the story of Mary Ann, who awakens from the nightmare of an attempted suicide to what she considers the nightmare of daily life. Buy Now from Amazon.

Joy Klein is about to be twelve as World War II comes to an end with the terrible battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, the death of President Roosevelt, the discovery of the death camps and finally the dropping of the Atomic bomb. Her concentration on the news and world affairs cannot mask the battle in her own house with its own bloody consequences. To be published in 2010.

Virgin Hall

Sheila Sullivan, Brooklyn born and convent educated, leaves the east coast for her freshman year at college at Southern Methodist University. Her three suite mates are familiar with what is an alien world to her. But Sheila has her own secrets which will affect all of them before the year is out and continue to echo even when the women meet for a thirtieth reunion. Buy Now on Amazon Kindle.

Short Story Collections

CityScapes

A collection of thirteen short stories, each set in a different sort of urban landscape. The stories deal with everything from everyday challenges to life changing situations. Most of them have a twist in the plot. To be published in 2010.

Wakonta Calendar

This cycle of short stories, begins in June, where Ellen Stanley is spending time at the lake with her son, trying to come to terms with tragedy, and follows with incidents in the lives of working people, professionals and outcasts in a small Wisconsin town. The final story is set in May with the resolution of Ellen’s story. To be published in 2010.

Poetry & Chapbook

Anger and Aloes

A collection of poetry written from 1986 until 2002, its subject matter is divided into five parts; Family, Self, Friends and Lovers, and Poets and Poetry. To be published in 2010.

Breaking the Surface, Poems: 2007-2009

A chapbook of poems written about the lake house in Northern Wisconsin where the poet spend her summers and still shares with her family. They are poems of memory and place as well as encompassing the arc of a life lived. Buy Now on Amazon Kindle.