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To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie Stauffer auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit's opening act. Through this train-traveling roadshow she experiences the tumultuous 1920s, a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of concert whistling entertains more than songbirds as she gains national notoriety and she's soon entangled in two romantic relationships--one with a dapper circuit manager, the other her fellow pianist. Accompanied by four other musicians--a slang slinging flapper, a confident girl-next-door, a tight-lipped loner, and a virtuoso sapphic--and following a series of traumatic events, Birdie discovers even the best relationships can be filled with misunderstandings. As she learns to trust her intuition, she finds it may cost her love interests, her sister, and maybe even herself.

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The only constant in life is change--so after multiple doozies, Melora Fern moved from Texas to North Carolina to become herself. Growing up a perpetual new kid she persevered by making-up stories and learned to hone that skill into writing fiction. As a recovering CPA, she now counts treasures and words discovered on her daily hikes. Turning the pages of her grandmother's Chautauqua scrapbook has opened infinite research rabbit-holes and ignited her debut historical fiction. In addition to all there is with writing, she enjoys her rescue cats, gardening, and losing herself in novels of all genres. Janelle Tedesco is a passionate, empathic, and excitable person by nature, so she loves getting to pour her soul into the narrative and characters of a well thought-out story! She has a BFA in MTH from Boston Conservatory. Janelle has performed on stages all over the world, most notably on The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas starring Ann-Margret. She has written award-winning films and won Best Actress twice. Since becoming a mother, Janelle feels she has become a better person and a better actor and storyteller. Her depth of emotion has increased tenfold, and you can hear and see that in her work. Professionally, she is an audiobook narrator, actress, singer, filmmaker, and stuntwoman.

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