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Publishing: November 1
PRAISE FOR GETTING LOST TO FIND HOME:
Rebecca Morris, New York Times Bestselling crime writer
A book that should be shelved with the best of them is Getting Lost to Find Home, by Caroline Miller. It is more poignant because it takes place in the 1960s English Midlands, with its post-war hardships, and Africa, where British rule is waning...
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Anne Hillerman, Author of the Chee/Leaphorn/Manuelito mysteries including The Way of the Bear, 2023
Caroline Miller has gifted us with a compelling story full of hope, adventure, and friendship. She offers an intimate look at a young woman who transforms a heartbreaking disappointment into a life of deep purpose. The book resonates with original descriptions of the landscape and people she encounters in England and Africa, and is gently laced with self-deprecating humor. Readers will root for the narrator to have a wonderful life---- and she does.
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Barbara Bos, editor, and owner of Women Writers, Women’s Books
Getting Lost To Find Home touched me deeply and will stay with me for a long time. A vivid, insightful, and colorful confirmation that life isn't about the destination, it's about the journey, and the wisdom gained along the way.
Highly recommended
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Craig Stewart, host of the Ink and Peat podcast
When a love affair turns sour, author, Caroline Miller embarks on a spontaneous trip to Africa and learns more about life than any college could teach. This well-written memoir is a thought-provoking adventure.
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Maggi White, journalist and founding editor of the Downtowner, Portland, Oregon
Caroline Miller's memoir Getting Lost to Find Home is a finely crafted story of love lost, renewal, and wisdom gained.
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ABOUT GETTING LOST TO FIND HOME:
Caroline Miller, teacher, lobbyist, labor leader, politician, artist, and author shares a candid account of her youth.
The ink being barely dry on her college diploma from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, she follows her fiancé to England.
Two years later, after struggling to adapt to life in a new country, the man she adores breaks her heart.
Rudderless, she joins a friend headed to teach in Africa.
The 1960s is an era when white colonial empires are struggling to maintain their grip on indigenous populations.
By the time she arrives in East Africa, UHURU, the cry for freedom, ignites the land.
Her coming-of-age story mirrors the struggle of new nations—a saga of surprise, suffering, and joy, markers along a road that began with heartbreak and lead to the discovery of human connection.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
- — (2012). Gothic Spring. Koho Pono Press. Republished by Rutherford Classics, 2017
- — (2012). Tromp l'Oeil. Koho Pono Press. Republished by Rutherford Classics, 2017
- — (2015). Heart Land. Koho Pono Press. Republished by Rutherford Classics, 2017
- — (2016). Ballet Noir. Black Rose Writing. Republished by Rutherford Classics, 2017
- The Christmas Eve of Doubting Thomas Young American 2/11/89 vol. 5, number 25, Dec. 12, 1988 TX 2-746-004
- Under the Bridge and Beneath the Moon Children's Digest Vol. 38 Number 368 12/1988 TX2-746-003
- Yearnings 1994 Oregon English Journal XV11 number 2 Fall 1994 TX3-978-620
- Saying Goodbye 1996 The Advocate Vol. 11, No. 1 Feb/March 1997 TX4-539-268
- The Summer of the Burlap Bag 2000 Grab a Nickel XXVII, Vol. 1 Summer 2000 TX5-290-796l
- Bodacious Scurvy 2000 Caprice XIV #2 Summer 2000 (An excerpt from Angel McBride and the Sonja Henie Doll.) TX5-313-975
- Doll Purchase was Meant to Be 2003 Grit Vol. 121, Number 16 Dec. 1, 2003 TX5-902-667
- Grimahlka Tales of the Talisman 3/007 Volume 11, Issue 4, March 2007 TX6-538-658
- Proverbs Mosaic June 2007, 46th edition
- Marie Eau-Claire published by The Colored Lens May 1, 2012
- Agent of God published by WolfSinger Publications in its anthology, Under a Dark Sign, October 2015
- Gustav Pavel published by Fixional, July 2017
- Secrets published in Adelaide, Sept 2017 Vol 9
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Caroline Miller is a former elected member of the county commission of Multnomah County, Oregon in the United States, and a published author. Since leaving the political arena, Miller has been a prolific writer. She has published three novels: Trompe l'Oeil in 2012, Gothic Spring and Heart Land in 2009.[1] Her short stories have been published in Children's Digest and Grit and Tales of the Talisman,[2] and her short story, Under the Bridge and Beneath the Moon, were dramatized for radio in Oregon and Washington.[3][4] Miller's two-act play, "Woman on the Scarlet Beast," was performed by the Post5 Theatre company in Portland, Oregon Jan 20-Feb.8 2015.[5]
During her political life, Miller served a term as an original councilor with Metro.[6] She was elected to two consecutive four-year terms (the maximum permitted) as a member of the Multnomah County Commission, leaving office in 1988.[7] Miller was a strong advocate for citizen involvement in government, created many social services for those in need, including ex-offenders, created a Bill of Rights for patient care in assisted living facilities and initiated the program for health care clinics in the schools in conjunction with Portland Public Schools. She was the first Hispanic to serve on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners.[8][9][10] She also headed the Portland Federation of Teachers. She was the first woman parliamentarian for the Oregon AFL conventions and was inducted into the Oregon Labor Hall of Fame.[11]
She holds a B.A. and M.A.T. degree from Reed College and an M.A. in Literature from Northern Arizona University where she graduated with honors.
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NOVELS
PLAY
Woman on the Scarlet Beast produced by the Post5 Theatre in Portland, Oregon, January 20, 2015 - February 8, 2015
STORIES
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