Member: lnlamb

Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I thought you might like to know that my new novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available. Thought you might be interested since people have compared it to Flannery O'Connor, who I noticed was on your shelf. Here's a summary in case you're interested:

Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.

If you'd like to read the first chapter, you can read it here:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id...

Take care,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:31 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

I appreciated your message, and I hope that you will get a chance to read "A Thousand Veils." If you do, please let me know when you have completed it, and I will send you a copy of the discussion points.

D. J. Murphy

posted by DJMurphy at 12:57 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2008

I see we share two favorites... The Places in Between and The Things They Carried. Have you read Kristin Lavransdatter? Loved it.

posted by LLBarkat at 6:51 pm (EST) on Aug 19, 2008

Still inputting my books and I had just gotten around to Miriam Grace Monfredo when I ran across your comment. She's one of my favorites, too. I turned several people on to her and can see myself rereading her books in the future. Would love to get my 12 year-old reading them eventually. Great way to learn a bit about American history.

As to librarians and stereotypes: my mother, an aunt, and three friends are librarians--and they fit no stereotypes and have nothing in common!

My best.

posted by theaelizabet at 10:41 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008

Hello,

I recently joined the All Books Africa Group. As a publisher who has just released a novel about the Angolan Civil War, I thought it might be worth bringing to your attention. Ondjaki's Good morning Comrades has just been released (indeed, i'm not sure amazon has changed it status yet). Ondjaki is a Lusophone writer of international reputation, and our edition of Good morning Comrades introduces him to an English speaking audience for the first time. It will not be the last: Aflame Books in the UK is set to release his fable The Whistler, and I know New Directions is also looking at publishing something by him soon. We expect he will become one of the most celebrated African novelists of his generation.

Anyway, if you would like further information on Comrades, you can chcekc out our website at www.biblioasis.com. It is also available online on amazon and elsewhere, and available through any good bookstore.

Thansk for your time, and I do hope that this was not too intrusive. (We're a small literary press based in Canada, and we're just trying to do whatever we can to let potential readers know about the book.

Best wishes,

Dan Wells

posted by biblioasis at 9:51 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

It's nice to meet you! I look forward to exploring your books.

posted by lisaunger at 7:26 am (EST) on Nov 12, 2007