Fireflies

FIREFLIES by P.S. Bartlett, is a character driven journey back in time to 1881 rural Pennsylvania. A historical fiction novel with a paranormal touch, the story introduces the reader to the Whelan family, their youngest member, Ennis, and the emergence of his amazing abilities. This is a story that will awe you, comfort you and give you a sense of a miraculous magic that is undeniably living within the world—if only through the natural wonder of a group of fireflies and a small boy.

Irish immigrants, Dr. Owen Whelan and his wife Sarah have settled in the Wyoming Valley near Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania where Owen opens a small medical practice to tend to the coal mining families of the area. Over the years, they grow their own family until the birth of their seventh and final child, Ennis. Ennis is very unique; born very frail and near death he…