The real story is found between the lines...

"Drawing from her own diverse background, Tamatha weaves layered and satisfying stories of friendship, family, and the endlessly fascinating mysteries of life."

Tamatha Cain is a former musician and bandleader. Her work has appeared in national and international publications. Awards include: 2024 Historical Novel Society First Chapters Short List (in progress), 2022 Florida Book Award, 2020 Royal Palm Literary Award, and grand prize in The Experience Poetry Competition. She writes reviews for Southern Literary Review, and is a member of the Historical Novel Society, Women's Fiction Writers Association, and Women Writing the West. She is a wife and mother of three and lives in a hundred-year-old bungalow in North Florida.

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An old-style microphone against a mysterious background, book cover Song of the Chimney Sweep

"Tamatha Cain is a born novelist."

--Author Aram Saroyan

As Song of the Chimney Sweep by Tamatha Cain weaves its dual storylines, the reader follows in awe.--Goodreads review

"Cain's writing is exceptional, and the crisscrosses through time allow us to better understand Oona's life in its full scope at a pace that Cain expertly narrates."

--Readers' Favorite Review of Only Oona

"A compulsively readable story of a long-buried disappearance."

--Kirkus Review of Song of the Chimney Sweep

"What a fantastic read! Our book club read this in October and the discussion post-read was nonstop."

--Goodreads Reviewer

"Beautiful prose, irresistible characterizations, stunning layers and depth."

--Reader review

"There have been so many books about my father Charlie Chaplin. My mother deserves her story to be told. And what better way than through this, Tamatha Cain's book!"