Nadene Carter lives in northern Utah in a rural
setting with her husband, Royce; two horses, two cats, and Rico--a
rule-the-roost MinPin dog. Besides writing, she enjoys working with her hands:
gardening, knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving.
Echoes of Silence juxtaposes the innocence of
childhood against the backdrop of bigotry and prejudice prevalent during World
War II. It provides a unique perspective into the lives of three families who
endured those years and who were shaped by the events of this period in U.S.
history. This novel also illustrates the complex choices we all make without considering
the effect on future generations. The choices, made years earlier by the adult
characters of this story, create echoes that reverberate forward into the lives
of their children, which change and shape all of them in unexpected ways.
Praise and Reviews
Paula Zsiray Past President, Utah Educational
Library Media Association
When
an American-born Japanese family and a native-born German family become
friends, prejudice surrounds them both. The indignities of forced detention and
the horrors of war are hard to escape. This is the basis for a
thought-provoking exploration of a small Oregon farming community in the 1940s.
Well-researched, this novel will touch your heart. _______________
Cindy Bonner, Author of Lily and Right From Wrong
Echoes of Silence is an insightful novel
of courage, compassion, but above all, it is about the complex choices we all
make without realizing the effect on future generations. Nadene R. Carter
writes with specific honesty and appealing tenderness about a time, a place,
and the family, yet also about a larger subject that we, as a Nation, cannot
afford to forget. ______________
Midwest Review, Oregon, WI
Set during World War II, Echoes of
Silence by Nadene R. Carter is an impressively written historical novel
that follows several people, all of whom are a kind of ‘prisoner of war’ in one
manner or another. One is enslaved by his own past; a teenaged Japanese girl is
interned along with thousands of other Japanese-Americans who have committed no
crime; and yet another is held fast by his own hatred. A profound and sweeping
tale of human strengths and failings, offering unique perspectives into their
individual plights when Japanese-Americans were held captive by their own nation—throughout
the years both during and after the war.