We had our family breakfast there one morning before she left for a short visit to her family in the village up north, from which she never returned, making it our last family breakfast.
Chapter One: Aurora
These are the events that led my dad, a middle school teacher, to innocently rob the girl running the lemonade stand across the street from the Moose Like Espresso Café. My dad was forced to work at the Moose Like Espresso Café this summer after his wife, my ex-mom, left us and then he was pink-slipped from his teaching job after twelve years because the state can’t afford teachers anymore.
The state can afford to add a one hundred thousand dollar outdoor. . .
Chapter One: Aurora
These are the events that led my dad, a middle school teacher, to innocently rob the girl running the lemonade stand across the street from the Moose Like Espresso Café. My dad was forced to work at the Moose Like Espresso Café this summer after his wife, my ex-mom, left us and then he was pink-slipped from his teaching job after twelve years because the state can’t afford teachers anymore.
The state can afford to add a one hundred thousand dollar outdoor. . .
Hello, Readerly friends!
News for Nowhere Else I Want to Be:
I’m really honored to have received this lovely endorsement from Killian Noe, one of the founders of Samaritan Inns in Washington, DC, and now Founding Director of Recovery Cafe in Seattle, Washington.
"Carol’s memoir deepens the readers understanding of the complexities faced by women suffering from homelessness, AIDS and trauma. Her storytelling is vivid and compelling. One cannot enter into the stories she shares without being changed. I could not put "Nowhere Else I want to Be" down."
Peace,
Carol
Hey all!! (Quick update)
And BAM, Chapter 3 - Cheat Code is here for your enjoyment. Stay tuned for more surprises ^__^
Best,
Alisa
Dear Readers:
WE HAVE A COVER!
Dear Readers:
I hope you’re well.
Nowhere Else I Want to Be is on track for November 2016 publication. Inkshares is now preparing the galley for submission to media outlets and reviewers. And I’m planning my book launch party in DC, at The Potter’s House.
Would you like to help get the word out? Here are a few simple things you can do:
1. Check in at your local bookstores and tell them Nowhere Else I Want to Be is available NOW for pre-order through Ingram Content Group (book distributors). And you could find out if they’d be interested in holding a reading, then let me know.
2. If you’re in a book group, get pre-orders made for your fall reading.
3. Do you know anyone preparing for a gap year with AmeriCorps, or the Peace Corps? Teach for America or Catholic Volunteers or any other? This book is a great read for anyone about to encounter a people and a culture very different from their own.
4. You can post updates on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, GooglePlus, etc.
Thanks, everyone! Stay well and full of peace. --Carol