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About My New Novel, Dark Secrets
About My First Novel: Under the Salvadoran Sun
About My First Novel: Under the Salvadoran Sun
Lena Larsson, an aspiring young writer, is raised by her stoic seamstress mother who hums a lot, and her domineering Swedish grandmother, Helga, in Astoria, Oregon, a town of Scandinavian immigrants. She is deeply affected by her grandmother's frequent screams in her sleep. When she wins a scholarship to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, her sleep disorder begins to affect her studies and a budding first romance. Lena is called home when her mother, Sofia , becomes ill. On her deathbed, Sofia urges Lena to go to Sweden and try to uncover the dark secrets her Grandmother left behind when she returned to Sweden to visit her brothers the summer of 1939, just before Hitler invaded Poland. She must uncover the mystery behind her Grandmother's nightly terrors which led ultimately to Helga's suicide. Lena goes from a shy young girl to a young woman with the confidence to uncover a dark past and to pursue the truth of Helga's past, as difficult and painful it is.
Anyone who enjoys historical fiction with a mystery thrown in and a surprise twist at the end will want to read Dark Secrets, a novel about intergenerational trauma, now a new science called epigenitics. The book will be out by mid-June and see my book events under Events in my menu at the top of the page.
About My First Novel: Under the Salvadoran Sun
About My First Novel: Under the Salvadoran Sun
About My First Novel: Under the Salvadoran Sun
A mature woman's search in midlife for love and meaning in the embrace of post civil war El Salvador. It is love, sex and altruism in the hot and sensual arms of Central America and an adventure-packed journey to El Norte.
My New Book is Almost Published
My New Book is Almost Published
My New Book is Almost Published
I'm thrilled with my new book cover. My cousin in Sweden contributed the photo of the actual woods where the mystery unfolds. My model, Lacy, was a joy to work with and my Photoshop assistant, Aaron, stepped up to the plate and made my publishers deadline.
You can learn more about my journey as an an author and about my books at my Author page on Amazon: Click the button below.
If you have the time (30 minutes) watch my Video interview with Nicola MacCameron, a fellow writer, by selecting Video Interview in the top menu on this Home page.
My New Book is Almost Published
My New Book is Almost Published
MY BOOK LAUNCH AT ANNIE BLOOMS BOOKSTORE IN PORTLAND, OREGON in 2014.
Ask for my book at your local bookstore, and the first five people who send me a photo of their receipt(sign in the comments section on my home page. I will send you my email to which you can sent me a note with attached photograph. For all that trouble you will receive a free copy of my new book: .
Do you have a book club? Let me know and I will be happy to meet with them for a special "Talk with the Author" on zoom or in person, depending on where you live.
I will be doing a reading from my new book, Dark Secrets at Annie Blooms books, in Multnomah Village, Portland, Oregon on Monday July 25 at 7 pm. Watch for more details under Events.