Archive for May, 2010
Pomegranate Books and AWAY by Amy Bloom
Friday, May 7th, 2010 | Reviews, The Queen's Pawn | 2 Comments
The book signing for THE QUEEN’S PAWN at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC was amazing! Thank you to all the brilliant staff and the lovely people who came to hear me read and who asked such lovely questions about Eleanor and Alais.
And on a different note, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Amy Bloom’s book, AWAY. I read it in one day, and was struck by her style and her story-telling ability. I am not doing her justice, so I will draw a quote from her novel and let her speak for herself. This is the moment when Lillian, the protagonist, hears that her little girl, Sophie, might still be alive…
"Sophie’s name, the sound of it in Raisele’s mouth, her name said by someone who had seen her, seen her laughing and chasing the chickens, seen her in her flannel nightgown and thick socks, braids one up, one down, seen her running across the yard, ducking Lev Pinsky’s dry red paw. Sophie’s name is a match to dry wood. Ice is sluicing down Lillian now, running off her in sheets. Trees of fire are falling across the frozen field, brilliant orange, blue-tipped and inextinguishable…""
This beautiful passage goes on. Grab AWAY if you haven’t already and treat yourself to Ms. Bloom’s brilliant prose. You will not be sorry.
Alais’ Favorite Cloister
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 | Princess Alais, The Queen's Pawn, Video Blog Entries | No Comments
Here I am at the Cloisters Museum in Manhattan, this time showing you Alais’ favorite…
The Queen’s Pawn on the Radio
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Writing Life | No Comments
Jemila Ericson was so sweet to put me on her radio show..here is the link to that interview. I had such a great time…Thanks, Jemila!
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