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Daphne Kalotay's debut novel, Russian Winter, is now available in paperback, after having been translated into 14 foreign languages and receiving international acclaim. The novel is about a Soviet-era prima ballerina, now retired and living in Boston, who confronts her past as she puts up for auction the jewelry she took with her when she left her husband and defected.
Maclean’s calls it "a window into an older world of poetry, dance, and betrayal, true and false love." The Guardian calls it "intelligent, moving, and flitting seamlessly between the artistic salons of Soviet Russia and the Boston of today."
Catherine Willis is the author of the first pictorial history of the Boston Public Library. Boston Public Library (Images of America series) recently reached bookstore and library shelves. Catherine is the Technical Services Manager at the Boston Public Library.
Christine Melchior and Jina Ortiz were among the 200 talented writers welcomed to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in August. The conference is considered one of America's most valuable literary institutions. Introducing generations of participants to the rigorous practical and theoretical approaches to the craft of writing.
Member Edith Pearlman has won the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the "art of short fiction." Her books include How to Fall and Binocular Vision. As this year's award winner, she receives $5,000.
At the Concord of the Rivers, by Anne Ipsen will be published in March 2011. It is a historical novel of the relationship between mid 20th-century Abigail and 17th-century, half-Indian Paul, and Abigail’s difficult adjustment to the demands of her strange new life. For "Readers Views," Marissa Libbit said, "At the Concord of the Rivers is a well-written story. Ms. Ipsen did a nice job building a picture of colonial New England...history lovers will appreciate the historical accuracy.... Curling up next to a fire on a cold or rainy day with At the Concord of the Rivers will transport you away from your reality for a few hours." For more, go to www.AnneIpsen.com.
A veterinarian and host of a semi-weekly radio show about pet care that airs on college station WEHC at Emory and Henry College, recently read Lisa Braxton’s essay, "A Special Christmas," over the air. "A Special Christmas" is about Lisa's sister's sickly and elderly Chihuahua, named Sunshine, who came to visit one Christmas.
A new book by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp, Table of Contents: From Breakfast with Anita Diamant to Dessert with James Patterson – a Generous Helping of Recipes, Writings and Insights from Today's Bestselling Authors was recently published. Table of Contents is a unique cookbook featuring recipes from today's bestselling authors. Fifty popular contemporary writers – favorites among book club members and avid readers – explain the connection between their recipes and their work and share exclusive insights about writing and the creative process. You can read more about it at www.tableofcontentsbook.com.
Lloyd R. Prentice recently published Freein’ Pancho. Childhood ends for Calvin Moore on a muddy hillside when he finds his beloved show horse strangled in her broken halter. "Horse killer," some say. Calvin's bleak home life offers little solace. Calvin confronts grief, guilt, love, death, and the fragility of friendship and family as he struggles with life-altering choices over the course of one hot summer. Noted storyteller Jay O'Callahan says, Freein' Pancho is "brilliant, a modern Tom Sawyer, funny, sad, and deeply moving. It is superb." Retired librarian Katherine Dibble says, "Prentice has gotten the voice of the stressed teenager just right. You can trust this narrator..." Freein' Pancho is available from Amazon and by request from your favorite bookstore.
