Join us for a Reading Event, Q/A, & Book Signing with local author, Lisa Hewitt. Her novel. Tiny Tin House, was recently published.

“. . . Maristatter crafts a tale that’s as believable as it is disturbing.” — Kirkus Reviews

In the Christian States of America, a woman’s place is with a man. No exceptions.

Although she’s legally an adult, eighteen-year-old Meryn Flint must live at home until her stepfather, Ray, finds her a husband. That’s the law.

But when Ray kills her mother and Meryn must flee for her own safety, she quickly discovers there’s no safe place in the CSA for a woman on the run. Unless she’s willing to marry her former boyfriend—a man who’s already demonstrated his capacity for violence—she’ll be forced to live on the street. And that’s a dangerous option for a woman alone.

As time runs out, Meryn is offered a third path: build herself a tiny house, a safe place to call home. Even though it’s a violation of her Family Duty as well as every moral law on the books, Meryn seizes the chance.

But even a tiny tin house might not be enough to save her . . . 

L Maristatter holds a BA in journalism and an MA in communication. While the bulk of her writing and editing experience is in nonfiction and journalistic writing, Maristatter's short story, “Crying in the Sun,” was published on the Saturday Evening Post website, and one of her poems was published by the online journal Songbirds Southwest. Professional memberships include the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals, The Author’s Guild, and Realm Makers, a community of faith-based writers of speculative fiction. Tiny Tin House is published through NiffyCat Press.