About
Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s debut novel, UP THE HILL TO HOME, tells the story of four generations of a family in Washington, DC, from the Civil War to the Great Depression. Her short fiction has appeared in Gargoyle and Pen-in-Hand. Jenny reviews regularly for the Washington Independent Review of Books and serves on the Independent’s Board of Directors as president. She has served as chair or program director of the Washington Writers Conference since 2017, and for several recent years was president of the Annapolis chapter of the Maryland Writers’ Association. Stop by Jenny’s website for a collection of her reviews and columns, and follow her on Twitter at @jbyacovissi.
Featured Work
Up the Hill to Home
Historical novel UP THE HILL TO HOME sketches an enduring portrait of four generations of the Miller/Beck/Voith clan against the backdrop of Washington, D.C. as the city itself grows from a dusty pre-Civil War cowtown to a national capital in the throes of the Great Depression. When Lillie--cherished only child of Charley and Emma Beck, beloved wife of Ferd Voith, and mother of nine--is stricken in a fall, her memories tug at threads woven through a century as the fabric of the family frays around her.
