Jayne Lisbeth was born in NYC and continued her life’s journey from Long Island, to New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, California and Tampa, all places featured prominently in her writing. Her first book, a memoir, Writing In Wet Cement has been published internationally by London based publisher, Austin Macauley. Jayne’s second book, Raising the Dead, a work of historical fiction, mystery, friendship and the supernatural, was published in 2023, also by Austin Macauley. Ms. Lisbeth publishes monthly “Food for Thought” blogs on her website, Jaynelisbeth.com. Her “Food for Thought” blogs are based on her reflections of life, friendship, love, and topical subjects of interest. Ms. Lisbeth’s non-fiction, poetry, and short stories have been published from Vermont to California to Tampa, Florida where she has received awards at the local level. She has been published locally in Pages of Our Life, volumes I and II which is currently part of the USF, Tampa, Geriartic Studies Programs. Ms. Lisbeth’s short stories have been published in the LEC Phoenix Anthologies, 2015-2023. Jayne’s interests include writing, reading, exploring, traveling, calligraphy, gravestone rubbing, entertaining and cooking. Jayne’s author’s website is Jaynelisbeth.com. Ms. Lisbeth and her artist husband, Tim Gibbons, are the owners and founders of Funky As A Monkey Art Studio, providing art in public places and launching new and emerging artists in exhibiting their art.
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10 Things You Might Not Know About Raising the Dead by Jayne Lisbeth
1. The main supernatural event in Raising the Dead actually occurred to the author, Jayne Lisbeth, in an 1800s cemetery on Cape Blanco, Oregon.
2. The book within the book, “Book of Memories and Friendship” is an actual diary written by the actual protagonist in Raising the Dead.
3. The scene of a “ghost” rising from a sunken grave in an old cemetery in Georgia is a true story.
4. The California Delta is an actual place, although cities named as part of the California Delta are created by the author’s imagination.
5. Some of the woods, wildlife and forest scenes in Raising the Dead were inspired by the book Green Mansions, by W.H. Hudson, originally published in 1944. It was made into a movie in 1959.
6. The city of Locke, California was and is an all-Asian town in California. During WWII many residents were removed to internment camps and lost much of their property in Locke.
7. The chair caning scenes in Raising the Dead are instructions on how to cane chairs, taught to the author in the 1960s.
8. The biscuit making recipe in Raising the Dead is from a 1940s cookbook. The author still can’t make decent biscuits but bakes excellent bread, jams and cans vegetables.
9. The mysterious mentor in Raising the Dead is an actual person who died of ALS.
10. The cat in Raising the Dead, Zuma, is an actual cat who frequently bit my husband.
Title: Raising the Dead
Author: Jayne Lisbeth
Pages: 330
Genre: Coming of Age/Ghost Fiction/Mystery/Supernatural/Women's Friendship
Jayne Lisbeth’s second novel, Raising the Dead, is a coming of age book which delves into the importance of friendship between women and men, strangers and spirits.
Raising the Dead, bookmarked in the year 1979, is the exploration of a young bride’s struggle towards maturity and overcoming the depths of grief. Ms. Lisbeth’s beautiful, poetic prose weaves history, love, friendship, reading, culinary arts, crafts and the beauty of nature into the development of Emeline, the protagonist of this remarkable work.
Synopsis:
Emeline, a new bride, has been transported from her beloved home in the California Delta by her husband with their move to his mother’s home city, Charles Town, in Virginia. Marooned in grief after the deaths of her beloved parents. a mysterious elderly woman, Felicity, befriends her. Through Felicity Emeline learns to love reading, cooking. She also becomes confident enough to reach out to others and form new friendships. Felicity teaches Emeline the craft of chair caning, which becomes a lucrative enterprise which further assists Emeline in her search for independence and maturity. When Emeline is most dependent on Felicity her friend mysteriously disappears. With the assistance of her new-found friends Emeline searches and discovers for her lost friend. Through the love of friendship, her husband and her friends assist Emeline in her search for Felicity, Emeline’s mentor and “other mother,” Emeline discovers a frightening spiritual reality which uplifts her in unimaginable ways. Through friendship she learns the value of love and the enduring spirit of those who have touched her life, even if they are no longer among the living.
Raising the Dead is a mystery to be unearthed by the reader in these poetic pages. Loveable and quirky characters, both living and dead, entrance and entertain. Reviewers of Raising the Dead “can’t put this book down” until they discover how and where Emeline finds her dear friend. Emeline’s friendships, the development of her relationship with her husband and her search for Felicity help this young bride to move into her future. Emeline is a beloved heroine worthy of the most sophisticated and avid readers.
Raising the Dead is available at Amazon.
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