* Update 11/11: The paperback edition is now available on Amazon, with the Kindle version coming asap.*
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** Synopsis **
In "From Pigtails to Chin Hairs: A Memoir & More,"
Becky Lewellen Povich takes us from her young Midwestern childhood in the 1950s
to present day. Chapters are vignettes of everyday happenings, or unexpected
events, written in the way only Becky can, with humor and poignancy woven into
them. It begins with her years of summertime fun, Christmases, the neighborhood
kids, classmates, trips to the dentist, and long car rides to visit
grandparents in Iowa.
She willingly shares the bittersweet times which include her
parents' divorce, major disappointments, preteen and teenage angst, a whack on
her head from a falling crowbar, and her ill-fated first marriage, spent mostly
in Germany. She also comically writes about her happy second marriage, cell
phones, dishwashers, and how she was born with a klutz gene.
Becky is an award winning author with publications in Chicken
Soup for the Soul books and other anthologies such as, Thin Threads, Not Your
Mother's Book On…, and Patchwork Path; plus newspapers and small magazines.
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*A few chapter titles to entice you *
Paradise on Preston Lane
Multiplication Made Easy
Piggy Back Toes & Coffee Can Spittoons
Lost on a Continental Trailways Bus
That Crowbar Changed Everything
The Tupperware Queen of Tacoma, Washington
Why Do I Say These Things?
Keep Those Tweezers Handy
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I'll have a PayPal widget on my website ASAP if anyone would like to order directly from me (for a signed book, maybe.) I'll have some bookplates, too, that I can mail. I will also accept checks, of course!
I think words like dreaming and surreal may be a bit overused these days, so I'll attempt to come up with different ones to describe my feelings about finally reaching this point in my writing life. How about: flabbergasted? dazed? astounded? dumbfounded? Yes, I believe those are good ones.
A few friends have already offered to mention my memoir on their blogs and to them I say, Thank you so much. I've been reading about and preparing my marketing and promotion for years (and I do mean years). I think I've mentioned before, it can be somewhat overwhelming, but it's a really good way of being overwhelmed!
In honor of being able to reveal the cover, I'm having a give-away for a print copy, and everyone is eligible. I'm not restricting it to just the US and Canada this time. * In my excitement, I forgot to post a deadline for the give-away. I'll make it this Thursday, Nov 14th.*
The Rules Are:
1) You must be a follower
2) Leave a comment
That's all!
As usual, I'm ending this post with a quote. This one in particular spoke to me.
"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." - Gail Devers
