The Witch of Ferndale:
and More Aunt Ella Stories
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About the Book
The 1930’s are back. And so is the imperturbable Aunt Ella, who has survived the Depression by never spending a cent. In the newly-published The Witch of Ferndale*, author Kenan Heise has served up a treasure trove of nostalgia from his childhood in Ferndale, Mich. During the money-scarce days just before World War II.
The magic story telling of Kenan Heise
David Mamet: "a compendium of the miraculous, the noteworthy and the commonplace-- a warm and beautiful retelling of the human story which gently touches the memory and the heart of the reader."
Bill Granger: "Kenan Heise catches history and then lets it go, like those fishermen who love fishing but cannot abide killing."
Gwendolyn Brooks: "big, cleverly conversational, appealing, indeed contemporary and easy to read."
Columnist Bob Greene: "The eyes of a newspaperman and the heart of a poet – it’s a very powerful combination and it shows up in every line of Kenan Heise’s work."
Studs Terkel: "Kenan Heise is my man."
About the Author
Kenan Heise, born in Ferndale, Mich., lived his first eight years in that small suburb immediately north of Detroit. One of seven children, he was born in the depths of the Depression and recalls it as though it were yesterday. He subsequently spent eleven years studying to be a Catholic priest, seven of these in a Franciscan Monastery. Having left because of epilepsy, he became an award-winning journalist for 34 years at the Chicago Tribune as well as a poet, playwright, bookstore owner and author of more than a dozen books. Kenan is married, the father of three sons and the grandfather of three-year-old twins.