The Silver Suitcase
It’s 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old farm girl Cornelia has been heartbroken since the day her mother died five years ago. As a new tragedy provides Cornelia still more reason to reject her parent’s faith, a mysterious visitor appears in her hour of desperation. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes a desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, Cornelia pours out the painful events of the war in her diary.
Many decades later, Cornelia’s granddaughter, Benita, is in the midst of her own crisis, experiencing several losses in the same week, including the grandmother she adored. The resulting emotional and financial stress takes its toll on her and her husband, Ken, who is unemployed. On the brink of divorce, she discovers Cornelia’s diary. Now the secrets of her grandmother’s past will lead Benita on an unexpected journey of healing, reunion, and faith.
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About the Author
Terrie Todd's debut novel, The Silver Suitcase, won the 2017 Word Guild award for Historical Fiction. Her second, Maggie's War, won the same award for 2018 while her third, Bleak Landing, was a finalist. In 2018, she was awarded the Janette Oke Award by Inscribe Christian Writers Fellowship. She has published eight stories with Chicken Soup for the Soul, two full-length plays with Eldridge Plays and Musicals, and writes a weekly faith and humor column for her hometown paper. She released her first nonfiction book, "Out of My Mind: A Decade of Faith and Humour" in 2020. Her fourth novel, Rose Among Thornes, won the 2022 Debra Feiguth Social Justice Award as well as Best Cover through the Word Awards. Her fifth novel, The Last Piece, won the 2022 Word Award for Contemporary Fiction. Her sixth novel, Lilly's Promise, won the 2022 Braun Book Award through Word Alive Press and, in 2023, Best Contemporary Fiction and Best Fiction Book of the Year in The Word Awards.
Terrie lives with her husband, Jon, on the Canadian prairies where they raised three children and where her novels are set. She's a proud grandma to five boys. Over the years, Terrie has pursued acting,