RE: HARD CIDER
By Barbara Stark-Nemon
She Writes Press
Publication date: September 18, 2018
ISBN 978-1-63152-475-2; Fiction; 5.5” x 8.5”; $16.95 U.S.; 256 pages
eBook ISBN 978-1-63152-476-9, $9.95
PRAISE:
“…fabulous…. Not just a great story, it’s a beautiful example of how to live.”
—Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, author of EDEN: A Novel
“I just flew through…Hard Cider. Well written and easy to read...A book that celebrates family.”
—Caitlin Hicks, author of Reader’s Favorite and i-book award winning A Theory of Expanded Love
“The novel soars with passages about upper Michigan’s unique beauty…Hard Cider is a story about following a dream…”
—Foreword Reviews
“…Through its exploration of the many forms family can take and the possibility of new beginnings in midlife, Hard Cider is easy to love.”
—Gayle Brandeis, author of the Bellwether prize winning novel The Book of Dead Birds
“Absorbing and thoughtful....[a] beautifully written story.”
—Jessica Levine, author of the novels The Geometry of Love, and Nothing Forgotten
“Hard Cider is magical in its rootedness even as it explores the way we seek home and community and the lives of our dreams.”
—Andi Cumbo-Floyd, author of The Slaves Have Names: Ancestors of my Home, Steele Secrets, and Love Letters to Writers: Encouragement, Accountability, and Truth-Telling
“… a coming of age story for women of a "certain age," finding their own paths when the kids are raised, unlocking their own dreams.“
—Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, author of Fire and Water- a novel, and Filling Her Shoes: A Memoir of an Inherited Family
“…intriguing ....[a] vividly-told story of a woman fighting to regain her bearings, master a major personal challenge and protect her already-challenged family.”
—Monica Starkman, M.D. Psychiatrist, University of Michigan Medical School, author The End of Miracles- a novel, and columnist for “Psychology Today”
"I loved getting to know this family....We see how history is always coming to tap us on the shoulder, and we have to find ways to cope with it. As the deeper emotional story started unraveling I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”
—Linda Joy Myers, president of the National Association of Memoir Writers, author of Songs of the Plains and four other books on memoir writing.
DESCRIPTION:
Abbie Rose Stone’s acquired wisdom runs deep, and so do her scars. She has successfully navigated the shoals of a long marriage, infertility, challenging children, and a career. Now it’s her turn to realize her dream: producing hard apple cider along the northern shores of Lake Michigan that she loves. She manages to resist new versions of the old pull of family dynamics that threaten to derail her plan―but nothing can protect her from the shock a lovely young stranger delivers when she exposes a long-held secret. In the wake of this revelation, Abbie must overcome circumstances that severely test her self-determination, her loyalties, and her understanding of what constitutes true family.
BIO:
BARBARA STARK-NEMON is the author of the award-winning first novel, Even in Darkness. She lives, writes, cycles, swims, does fiber art, and gardens in Ann Arbor and Northport, Michigan. After earning her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Art History and a Masters in Speech-language Pathology from the University of Michigan, Barbara enjoyed a teaching and clinical career working with deaf children. Barbara writes novels, short stories, and essays. Visit her online http://www.barbarastarknemon.com/.
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This sounds SO good. Have added it to my TBR list and can't wait to read it!
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