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AND THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER

One family’s story begins long before the daughter who tells it is born.
In 1950s Alabama, Lucy Benson thinks she knows why her mother watches over her so closely. Then Molly opens two old notebooks, and Lucy follows her back to Winston County, where a young woman named Lucinda Barker Curtis faced the violence of the Civil War and losses that would shape generations. And the Morning Stars Sang Together is a historical novel about the stories families carry, the courage it takes to tell them, and the people who make us who we are.
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DEB LOGAN EZELL

Deb Logan Ezell spent more than forty years teaching English, asking students to look closely at the words and stories in front of them. While preparing a writing model for one of her classes, she began a novel rooted in her family’s research into Winston County, Alabama. That early draft grew into And the Morning Stars Sang Together, a story about the lives history can leave at the margins.
  • Studied English, history, and music at the University of North Alabama
  • Earned a master’s degree and completed additional postgraduate study
  • Taught grades seven through twelve, including Advanced Placement English
  • Drew on her uncle’s genealogical research and her own rural Alabama upbringing
  • Enjoys time with her grandchildren, Bible study, piano, and writing
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And the Morning Stars Sang Together

A mother’s notebooks open a path from 1950s Alabama to a family’s untold Civil War history. Follow three women whose lives are bound by love, loss, and the courage to remember.
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A Story Worth Passing Down

Some family stories are told around the table. Others wait years for someone to ask the right question. In And the Morning Stars Sang Together, Lucy Benson hears the story her mother has carried since her time in Winston County and comes to understand the woman whose name she bears.

ABOUT THE BOOK
And the Morning Stars Sang Together

A historical novel by Deb Logan Ezell
Price: $13 (Ebook)

EXPLORE THE BOOK
And the Morning Stars Sang Together

A historical novel by Deb Logan Ezell
Price: $13 (Ebook)

EXPLORE THE BOOK
And the Morning Stars Sang Together

A historical novel by Deb Logan Ezell
Price: $13 (Ebook)

EXPLORE THE BOOK
ABOUT THE BOOK

AND THE MORNING STARS SANG TOGETHER

Lucy Benson has always known her mother is fiercely protective. Only when Molly brings out two old notebooks does Lucy begin to understand why. Their pages lead her from the Alabama town where she grew up to Winston County, where a young Molly met Lucinda Barker Curtis and heard what the Civil War had cost her family. As Molly’s story unfolds, Lucy learns why she bears Lucinda’s name.
  • Three women whose lives meet across generations
  • A daughter hearing her mother’s story for the first time
  • Winston County families caught between loyalty and war
  • A garden of roses that holds memories of love and loss
  • A past that changes how Lucy sees her own life
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A STORY READERS CARRY WITH THEM

From Molly’s notebooks to Aunt Ciss’s rose garden, readers have found much to remember in And the Morning Stars Sang Together.

“Lucy and Molly felt like people I had known all my life. I especially loved the way a conversation between mother and daughter opened into a much larger family story.”

CAROLINE REED

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“Aunt Ciss stayed with me long after I finished the book. Her roses, her grief, and her determination gave the historical sections a deeply personal heart.”

MARGARET ELLIS

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“The Alabama setting is full of life, from the small-town humor to the harder history of Winston County. I could picture the places and hear the characters speaking.”

JAMES PORTER

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“I came for a historical novel and found a moving story about what parents carry for their children. Molly’s notebooks made me think about the stories in my own family.”

DENISE WALKER

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“The shift between Lucy’s life and the Civil War years kept me turning pages. Each time I returned to Lucy, I understood her mother a little better.”

THOMAS BENNETT

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“This book made me laugh in one chapter and sit quietly with the next. Its women face painful things, but the love between them gives the story its lasting warmth.”

ELAINE MORRIS

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Lucy Benson’s mother shares two notebooks about her time in Winston County, Alabama. Through Molly’s account, Lucy comes to know Lucinda Barker Curtis and the history behind her own name.

Lucy tells the story, Molly is her mother, and Lucinda, known as Aunt Ciss, is the woman Molly met in Winston County. Their lives are connected across generations.

Lucy’s story unfolds in 1950s Alabama. Molly’s notebooks take readers back to her earlier years in Winston County, while Aunt Ciss recounts events from the Civil War.

The book was inspired in part by genealogical research and historical events. It is a work of fiction, and the author has fictionalized characters, incidents, and portrayals of historical figures.

Deb Logan Ezell taught secondary English for more than forty years. A writing model she began for her students grew into And the Morning Stars Sang Together.

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Wondering where the story begins or how much of its history is real? Here are a few things to know about Deb Logan Ezell’s novel.

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