Audra Jennings

An interview with Anita Higman, Author of A Merry Little Christmas Often times the mere mention of Christmas stirs cherished memories and makes us nostalgic for years gone by and the ones we love. Maybe you even begin to hum your favorite Christmas tune. Author Anita Higman harnesses that sentimentality and affection for the holiday season in her latest release, A Merry Little Christmas  (Summerside Press / hardcover / $14.99) . Q: What inspired you to incorporate Jim Crow laws and segregation into your book? Even though A Merry Little Christmas is really a love story, I felt it needed some additional conflict, and some of the racial struggles of the 60s seemed to be the right choice for this particular plot. I grew up in the 60s, and I was always interested in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. In some ways I feel I’ve waited my whole life to write this book. It came easily to me in that it’s been percolating in my imagination for a long time, but it was...

I'm really not ready to start thinking Christmas yet, but Christmas books HAVE to come out early! Here's one to put on your holiday reading list! Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Author Anita Higman invites readers to kick off the season with a spirited holiday tale Often times the mere mention of Christmas stirs cherished memories and makes us nostalgic for years gone by and the ones we love. Maybe you even begin to hum your favorite Christmas tune. Author Anita Higman harnesses that sentimentality and affection for the holiday season in her latest release, A Merry Little Christmas  (Summerside Press/October 2012/hardcover/ISBN 978-1-60936-688-9/$14.99) . Higman invites readers to fall in love with this cozy story about two people from different worlds. Franny Martin is an Oklahoma farm girl who’s preparing to spend the holidays alone... again. She has spent all of her adult life keeping the family farm going after her parents’ death, and she struggl...