And the saddest part of this update is that I'm really only doing it in hopes of winning a contest. Well, not only for that reason, but that's the reason that has prompted me to log in and post this morning while at work. Oops.
Anyhow, how did I come to find out about this contest? I was reading Mir's blog over at WouldaCouldaShoulda and she posted about her author friend Joshilyn Jackson, and how it's her 40th birthday today and her new book comes out next week. So, I followed the link to Joshilyn's blog, Faster than Kudzu, where she talked about a contest that Dee's Dish is having to support the launch of Joshilyn's new book, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. After reading the excerpt from the book (and a whole bunch of posts from Joshilyn's blog), I decided that this is a book I must have. First, I will try to win it. If I win, I will pick this book for our book club to read when my turn comes again, sometime this summer. If I don't win, I will likely still go out & pick up the book (and maybe her previous books too) because they sound like something I'd like.
So, without furtherado babble:
Anyhow, how did I come to find out about this contest? I was reading Mir's blog over at WouldaCouldaShoulda and she posted about her author friend Joshilyn Jackson, and how it's her 40th birthday today and her new book comes out next week. So, I followed the link to Joshilyn's blog, Faster than Kudzu, where she talked about a contest that Dee's Dish is having to support the launch of Joshilyn's new book, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. After reading the excerpt from the book (and a whole bunch of posts from Joshilyn's blog), I decided that this is a book I must have. First, I will try to win it. If I win, I will pick this book for our book club to read when my turn comes again, sometime this summer. If I don't win, I will likely still go out & pick up the book (and maybe her previous books too) because they sound like something I'd like.
So, without further
About the book (from the author's own website)
Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother make sure the very literal family skeleton stays buried or turning scraps of fabric into nationally acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister Thalia, an impoverished Actress with a capital A, is her polar opposite, priding herself on exposing the lurid truth lurking behind middle class niceties. While Laurel's life seems neat and on track--a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, and a lovely home in suburban Victorianna--everything she holds dear is suddenly thrown into question the night she is visited by the ghost of a her 14-year old neighbor Molly Dufresne.
Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty, whether she's helping her mother make sure the very literal family skeleton stays buried or turning scraps of fabric into nationally acclaimed art quilts. Her estranged sister Thalia, an impoverished Actress with a capital A, is her polar opposite, priding herself on exposing the lurid truth lurking behind middle class niceties. While Laurel's life seems neat and on track--a passionate marriage, a treasured daughter, and a lovely home in suburban Victorianna--everything she holds dear is suddenly thrown into question the night she is visited by the ghost of a her 14-year old neighbor Molly Dufresne.
The ghost leads Laurel to the real Molly floating lifelessly in the Hawthorne's backyard pool. Molly's death is inexplicable--an unseemly mystery Laurel knows no one in her whitewashed neighborhood is up to solving. Only her wayward, unpredictable sister is right for the task, but calling in a favor from Thalia is like walking straight into a frying pan protected only by Crisco. Enlisting Thalia's help, Laurel sets out on a life-altering journey that triggers startling revelations about her family's guarded past, the true state of her marriage, and the girl who stopped swimming.
I will be back later today with another update post (promise!). But, I must go comment on Dee's blog so that I can win the book. Wish me luck! Oh, and by the way, you might want to enter too.
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