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Join us for this tour from May 10 to May 28, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists Author: Christine Shields Corrigan Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 256 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Koehler Books Release date: Oct 2020 Formats Available for review: print-softback (USA and Canada), ebook (mobi file (for Kindle), gifted Kindle copy, PDF, NetGalley download) Tour dates: May 10 to May 28, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13. My book has some profanity and one non-explicit sex scene with my husband.
"This no-nonsense debut memoir recalls Corrigan's two-time battle with cancer and takes a pragmatic approach toward guiding other patients. Candid, sagacious writing on illness and adaptation." --Kirkus Reviews
Book Description:
A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. From the discovery of a “junky” cyst, to chemotherapy and surgery, sleepless nights filled with rosaries and “what ifs,” and shifting family dynamics, her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with one exception—she no longer has parents keeping her in the dark. With the ghosts of cancer past hovering around her, Chris falls into the same overprotective traps her taciturn Irish-Catholic parents created, striving to keep her family’s life “normal,” when it is anything but, and soldiering through on her own, until a neighbor’s unexpected advice and gift move her to accept others’ help. With fierce honesty, poignant reflection, and good humor, Chris shares a journey filled with sorrow, grace, forgiveness, and resilience, as she winds her way through cancer for the second time. Again offers practical guidance and hope to individuals that they have the strength to forge a path beyond a diagnosis.
Meet the Author:
Christine Shields Corrigan is a two-time cancer survivor, wife, mom, and author of Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists . In addition to Again , Chris has published a number of lyrical and practical essays where she gives voice to the beautiful ordinary. Her work about family, illness, writing, and resilient survivorship has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and other publications including, The Brevity Blog, Grown & Flown, Horn Pond Review, The Potato Soup Journal and Anthology, Purple Clover, Ravishly.com, Wildfire Magazine, and the Writer’s Circle 2 Anthology. Chris’ essay, “Not Back to But Forward,” about how her cancer experiences helped her cope with COVID-19 is included in (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic (edited by Joanell Serra and Amy Roost), an anthology that draws together the stories of 52 women across the US during the Covid-19 pandemic (March 2021). A graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University School of Law, Chris built a successful career as a labor and employment law attorney and as a legal writer and editor. After surviving cancer in midlife, Chris became a freelance writer. She also teaches creative nonfiction writing for an adult education program, provides writing workshops for cancer support groups, and is the chair of the programming committee of the Morristown Festival of Books. She lives in New Jersey with her family. Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ instagram
Tour Schedule:
May 10 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway May 10 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway May 11 –Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway May 12 – Pick A Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway May 13 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 14 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight May 14 - Books for Books – book spotlight May 17 -Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway May 19 –A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway May 19 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway May 19 – Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / giveaway May 20 –jayme_reads – book review May 20 - Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway May 20 -Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview May 24 –Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway May 25 - Laura's Interests – book review / giveaway May 26 – Kam’s Place – book review May 27 –Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 27 -Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway May 28 – Adventurous Jessy – book review / giveaway TBD – Book World Reviews – book review
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Join us for this tour from Feb 9 to Mar 1, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties by Terry Marshall, Ann Garretson Marshall Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 378 pages Genre: Memoir, Romance Publisher: Sandra Jonas Publishing Release date: Feb 2021 Tour dates: Feb 9 to Mar 1, 2021 Content Rating: R. This memoir contains mature themes, explicit sex scenes, one f-word, and occasional profanity.
Book Description:
In June 1964, Ann Garretson skips her college commencement to tour Europe with Lieutenant Jack Sigg, a tank commander on the German-Czech border, with the hope of returning as his fiancée. A month into their rendezvous, her best friend, Terry, proposes marriage—by mail—throwing all their lives into turmoil. Jack offers the military life Ann grew up with. Terry, a conscientious objector, will leave for the Peace Corps at the end of the summer—unless the draft board intervenes and sends him to jail. Her dilemma: she loves them both. Caught between the old mores and winds of change, Ann must make an agonizing choice. In alternating voices, A Rendezvous to Remember presents firsthand accounts by the two who eventually married, enriched by letters from the rival, whose path led him elsewhere. Provocative and delightfully uncensored, this coming-of-age memoir, anchored in the tumult of the sixties, is a tribute to the enduring power of love and family.
Meet the Authors:
Terry Marshall and Ann Garretson Marshall taught English in the Philippines as Peace Corps volunteers and later served as Peace Corps country co-directors in the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, and Tuvalu. Back in the States, they worked side by side as community organizers and activists in Colorado. Terry went on to write fiction and nonfiction works on discrimination, poverty, rural development, and intercultural conflict. Ann has thirty years of experience as a writer, editor, and community-government go-between for issues related to nuclear and hazardous waste cleanup. Always seeking adventure, Terry and Ann have traveled to forty-three countries. They live in Las Vegas, Nevada. connect with the authors: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram
Tour Schedule:
Feb 9 – Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 9 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 10 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 11 – Pick a Good Book – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 12 – Splashes of Joy – books spotlight / giveaway Feb 12 - Laura's Interests – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 17 – Lisa's Everyday Reads – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 17 – Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 17 - Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 18 – Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 19 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 19 – Books for Books – book spotlight / author interview Feb 22 - Kam's Place - book spotlight / author interview Feb 22 - Bookish Ramblings - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 23 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 24 - Books Lattes & Tiaras – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 24 – I'm All About Books – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 25 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Feb 25 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Feb 26 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Mar 1 -BookishKelly2020 – book spotlight Mar 2 - High Society Book Club & Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Mar 2 - High Society Book Club and Reviews - book spotlight Mar 2 - High Society Book Club and Reviews - author bio TBA – Read and Review – book spotlight / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Jan 25 to Feb 12, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure by Doreen M. Cumberford Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 288 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: White Heather Press Release date: April, 2020 Tour dates: Jan 25 to Feb 12, 2021 Content Rating: G. There are no offensive scenes or language
Book Description:
Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure is what Doreen Cumberford, a Scottish author, calls her learnoire! It is a combination of her story and the stories of other expats learned while living in Saudi Arabia for 15 years as expat employees or spouses. The book takes the reader through the four stages of culture shock: arrival, honeymoon, frustration and adjustment stages to final acceptance followed by the return journey back to their home country – mostly the USA. From Saudi weddings, to falconry, to the inability of women to drive at that time, the book seeks to familiarize us with the Saudi culture, lifestyle, and deep traditions of hospitality, generosity and tolerance from an insider’s perspective. There are also chapters on the experiences of 9/11 in the terrorists’ home country and the “Terror Years” of internal terror tactics from inside Saudi Arabia designed to drive the expats out of the country and destroy the Saudi government. Full of examples, stories and compelling honesty the author describes their most challenging journey and many of the lessons learned in the process together. Designed to provide useful insights and inspiration to anyone considering living abroad, Life in the Camel Lane shines the light on the subject of building a new identity and home while abroad, and the difficulties of the journey home.
Meet the Author
Doreen Cumberford is a Scottish expat author who has been global traveler for more than four decades. In her 20s Doreen left her home in Scotland and drove down to London to become a member of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Her first posting was as the youngest and most junior British Embassy staffer in Cameroon, West Africa. Later she moved back to London and took a position with an American oil-field construction company based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. After moving to America, living in Louisiana then California, two extremely different cultures in the USofA, Doreen and family moved overseas to Japan then spent the following 15 years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With 13 major moves under her belt, she understands the value of moving, building a new life and handling inter-cultural hurdles. One constant has been her ability to explore through the lens of adventure. Her stories are full of multi-cultural intelligence, messy multilingual communications and multi-global perspectives. Doreen is currently based on Denver, Colorado although spends most of the year living adventurously in the Housesitting Lane, which takes her around the globe. Currently she is doing her best to install Spanish in her brain which previously had French and smatterings of Japanese and Arabic. She is passionate about cultural intelligence, global heartedness and life on the road. Featured in the Anthology: Empowering Women, and a co-author in 2018 of Arriving Well: Stories About Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering Home After Living Abroad. 2020 sees the publication of Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure. Honest, compassionate, full of wisdom and inspiration, Life in the Camel Lane comprises stories mostly from women and men who lived in Saudi Arabia from 1950s onward. This memoir contains expert advice sage wisdom and stories that all globally mobile families can use to navigate their international journey. The principles in this book will also encourage anyone who is embracing a more adventurous life, or considering taking the leap to move overseas. Connect with the Author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Jan 25 - Cover Lover Book Review - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 25 - Working Mommy Journal - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 26 - Splashes of Joy - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 27 - 100 Pages A Day - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 - Lisa's Reading - book spotlight / giveaway Jan 28 - Reading is My Passion - book spotlight Jan 29 - Rockin' Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 29 - Locks, Hooks and Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 1 - Sefina Hawke's Books - book spotlight Feb 2 - Book Corner News and Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 2 - Deborah-Zenha Adams - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Feb 3 - Books Lattes & Tiaras - book spotlight / author interview Feb 4 - Books for Books - book spotlight Feb 4 - From the TBR Pile - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 5 - Jazzy Book Reviews - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 8 - Westveil Publishing - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 9 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 10 - Stephanie Jane - book spotlight / giveaway Feb 11 - 30-something Travel - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 11 - High Society Book Review & Club - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 12 - Laura's Interests - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway TBA - Books and Zebras - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Jan 13 to Feb 2, 2021!
Book Details: Book Title: Dying to Belong: How I Accidentally Found Myself by Diane Mullins Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 178 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Funshine Publishing Release date: March 2020 Format available for review: print (USA and Canada), ebook (PDF) Tour dates: Jan 13 to Feb 2, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 due to a few cuss words
Book Description:
As a very shy, meek, and insecure little girl, Diane Mullins grew up the youngest of seven children in an abusive family. Never shown or taught how to love or be loved, Diane grew up with no self-confidence or self-esteem. Who knew that it would take a near-fatal accident to help her find her way to self-love and spiritual freedom? In Dying to Belong, Diane shares her story that begins at the scene of a body- and spirit-crushing ATV accident. Forced to ride out of the wilderness area herself, she arrived at the hospital to discover broken bones, ruptured organs, and a punctured lung. She was literally on the doorstep of death. During the excruciating process of physical healing, Diane began exploring a spiritual journey that led to loving, accepting, and respecting herself. Diane learned the empowering lesson that by changing her thoughts and feelings, she has been able to live a life of freedom from negativity and pain.
Meet the Author:
Diane Mullins has a master's degree in psychology from Grand Canyon University where she learned how to manage, inspire, and motivate people. She has spent most of her life working in private dental offices as a dental hygienist. Diane is a certified health/life coach, which has allowed her to help others with weight loss, setting goals, and motivation. Now as an author she tells her own story of a tragic accident that taught her things crucial to her own wellbeing and the possibility of helping others in a whole new way. connect with the author: website ~ facebook ~ instagram
Tour Schedule:
Jan 13 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Jan 14 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Jan 15 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Jan 18 – I'm Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 19 – Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 20 –Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Jan 21 –Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Jan 22 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 25 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / giveaway Jan 27 -A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Jan 27 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Jan 27 - Pine Enshrined Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Jan 28 – Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway Jan 29 – Laura's Interests – book review / giveaway Jan 29 - Lisa Everyday Reads - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Feb 1 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Feb 2 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview Feb 2 – Olio by Marilyn – book review / giveaway TBA – the bibliophilic world – book spotlight / guest post
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Join us for this tour from Nov 2 to Nov 27, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: The Boy Between - A Mother and Son's Journey from a World Gone Grey by Amanda Prowse and Josiah Hartley Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 286 pages Genre: Author Memoir, Family Publisher: Little A Release date: November 2020 Format available for review: print (USA and Canada), ebook (mobi for Kindle, NetGalley download, PDF) Tour dates: Nov 2 to Nov 27, 2020 Content Rating: R: 1. Infrequent use of F word in context (estimated 10 times in book), 2. Mildly questions religious faith during a testing time, 3. References to thoughts about suicide (not graphic)
"A candid, moving and inspirational book, I am blown away.”
Jonny Benjamin MBE, award-winning mental health campaigner and author of The Stranger on the Bridge
Book Description:
Josiah was nineteen with the world at his feet when things changed. Without warning, the new university student’s mental health deteriorated to the point that he planned his own death. His mother, bestselling author Amanda Prowse, found herself grappling for ways to help him, with no clear sense of where that could be found. This is the book they wish had been there for them during those dark times. Josiah’s situation is not unusual: the statistics on student mental health are terrifying. And he was not the only one suffering; his family was also hijacked by his illness, watching him struggle and fearing the day he might succeed in taking his life. In this book, Josiah and Amanda hope to give a voice to those who suffer, and to show them that help can be found. It is Josiah’s raw, at times bleak, sometimes humorous, but always honest account of what it is like to live with depression. It is Amanda’s heart-rending account of her pain at watching him suffer, speaking from the heart about a mother’s love for her child. For anyone with depression and anyone who loves someone with depression, Amanda and Josiah have a clear message—you are not alone, and there is hope.
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Amanda Prowse is an award winning international bestselling author best known for her contemporary fiction novels. A radio broadcaster and TV presenter renowned for her empathetic and emotional books, she is known in the UK as the 'Queen of family drama'. Her books have sold over 8 million copies in dozens of languages around the world. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ goodreads
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Josiah (Josh) Hartley is the son of Amanda Prowse who has co-authored with his mother to tell the story of his journey through life so far. Born in the England, Josh was fortunate enough to attend one of the country's elite public schools from an early age and was awarded a place at one of the UK's top Universities where he planned to work towards a medical doctorate. But just at the moment when he should have been having the time of his life, he started feeling nagging tugs of self-doubt which spiralled into a depression during which time he planned his suicide. Luckily, his family intervened and after a roller coaster couple of years, he is alive and well and sharing his story to help other families who find themselves in the same position navigate their way through those difficult times.
Tour Schedule:
Nov 2 - Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway Nov 2 - Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Nov 2 -Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / guest post / giveaway Nov 3 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Nov 3 - Asreadbydanielle - book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 5 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 6 – Olio By Marilyn - book review / giveaway Nov 6 - Olio by Marilyn - book spotlight / author interview Nov 6 - fundinmental - book spotlight / giveaway Nov 9 – Welcome To MLM Opinion's Reviews – book review Nov 10 -The Momma Spot - book review Nov 12 – RebeccaReviewedIt – book review / giveaway Nov 13 – Fur Everywhere – book review Nov 16 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Nov 17 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 17 -Pick a Good Book - book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 17 – Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review / giveaway Nov 18 –Rajiv's Reviews – book review Nov 18 - My Tangled Skeins Book Reviews - book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 19 –Sefina Hawke's Books – book spotlight Nov 20 –Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Nov 23 –Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 24 –Corinne Rodrigues – book review / giveaway Nov 25 – Library of Clean Reads – book review / giveaway Nov 26 – My Fictional Oasis – book review / author interview Nov 27 – Books for Books – book spotlight TBD – meandmybooks – book review / guest post TBD – Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview TBD - Lisa-Queen of Random - book review / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from Sep 14 to Oct 2, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: Up from Adams Street (a memoir) by Larry Crane Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 229 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: Maine Authors Publishing Release date: July 2019 Format available for review: print, Gifted Kindle, PDF Will send print books out: USA and Canada Tour dates: Sep 14 to Oct 2, 2020 Content Rating: PG-13. Mild mature content. No bad language. Book Description: Larry Crane brings the sensibility of the post-World War II generation and a family of modest means to his fresh new novelesque memoir, Up From Adams Street. Born at home, surrounded by a neighborhood of immigrant families that burst out of the confines of Chicago to buy a lot carved out of the corn fields astride the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail line. As the confessed family favorite, he had a lot of expectations heaped on his shoulders, along with a sense that he was destined to fulfill that destiny. He realizes that participating in sports is a potential entrée into worlds that seem beyond his little world. Plus, he loves the games. He plays baseball, football and basketball. He caddies at golf courses. As he grows physically, he senses the need to expand mentally and philosophically too. A scholarship helps, then a surprise appointment to West Point follows. At the military academy, he bends to discipline, survives mandatory boxing, battles mighty Notre Dame in basketball, pitches against the legendary Yankees, conquers Mechanics of Fluids, and Calculus, discovers F. Scott Fitzgerald, befriends Red Reeder, falls in and out of love, turns 23, and becomes a man.
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Larry Crane spent the 1960s in a military setting, first at school at West Point, and as a lieutenant in Germany. He was an advisor to a Vietnamese ranger battalion in the Central Highlands. He took on a civilian career in brokerage and banking, retiring early to concentrate on writing, producing several full length plays most notable of which is Baghdad on the Wabash. Published fiction includes a thriller,A Bridge to Treachery, a mystery novel Missing Girls: In Truth Is Justice, and an anthology of short plays and stories, Baghdad on the Wabash and Other Plays and Stories. He lives with his wife Jan in splendid isolation on Southport Island, Maine. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Sep 14 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Sep 14 - Bookish Paradise – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 15 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway Sep 16 – Rajiv's Reviews– book review Sep 16 - Jea Reads - book review Sep 17 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / author interview / giveaway Sep 21 – Books for Books – book review Sep 22 –Book Corner News and Reviews – book review / giveaway Sep 23 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Sep 24 – Sefina Hawke's Books – book review Sep 28 –Adventurous Jessy - book review / giveaway Sep 29 –Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 30 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 2 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 2 –My Fictional Oasis – book review TBD – Pen Possessed – book spotlight / giveaway
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Join us for this tour from August 24 to September 4, 2020!
Book Details: Book Title: Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure by Doreen M. Cumberford Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18 +), 288 pages Genre: Memoir Publisher: White Heather Press Release date: April, 2020 Format available for review: print, mobi (for Kindle), Gifted Kindle, PDF Will send print books out: Internationally Tour dates: August 24 to September 4, 2020 Content Rating: G. There are no offensive scenes or language
Book Description:
Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure is what Doreen Cumberford, a Scottish author, calls her learnoire! It is a combination of her story and the stories of other expats learned while living in Saudi Arabia for 15 years as expat employees or spouses. The book takes the reader through the four stages of culture shock: arrival, honeymoon, frustration and adjustment stages to final acceptance followed by the return journey back to their home country – mostly the USA. From Saudi weddings, to falconry, to the inability of women to drive at that time, the book seeks to familiarize us with the Saudi culture, lifestyle, and deep traditions of hospitality, generosity and tolerance from an insider’s perspective. There are also chapters on the experiences of 9/11 in the terrorists’ home country and the “Terror Years” of internal terror tactics from inside Saudi Arabia designed to drive the expats out of the country and destroy the Saudi government. Full of examples, stories and compelling honesty the author describes their most challenging journey and many of the lessons learned in the process together. Designed to provide useful insights and inspiration to anyone considering living abroad, Life in the Camel Lane shines the light on the subject of building a new identity and home while abroad, and the difficulties of the journey home.
About the Author
Doreen Cumberford is a Scottish expat author who has been global traveler for more than four decades. In her 20s Doreen left her home in Scotland and drove down to London to become a member of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Her first posting was as the youngest and most junior British Embassy staffer in Cameroon, West Africa. Later she moved back to London and took a position with an American oil-field construction company based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. After moving to America, living in Louisiana then California, two extremely different cultures in the USofA, Doreen and family moved overseas to Japan then spent the following 15 years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With 13 major moves under her belt, she understands the value of moving, building a new life and handling inter-cultural hurdles. One constant has been her ability to explore through the lens of adventure. Her stories are full of multi-cultural intelligence, messy multilingual communications and multi-global perspectives. Doreen is currently based on Denver, Colorado although spends most of the year living adventurously in the Housesitting Lane, which takes her around the globe. Currently she is doing her best to install Spanish in her brain which previously had French and smatterings of Japanese and Arabic. She is passionate about cultural intelligence, global heartedness and life on the road. Featured in the Anthology: Empowering Women, and a co-author in 2018 of Arriving Well: Stories About Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering Home After Living Abroad. 2020 sees the publication of Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure. Honest, compassionate, full of wisdom and inspiration, Life in the Camel Lane comprises stories mostly from women and men who lived in Saudi Arabia from 1950s onward. This memoir contains expert advice sage wisdom and stories that all globally mobile families can use to navigate their international journey. The principles in this book will also encourage anyone who is embracing a more adventurous life, or considering taking the leap to move overseas. Connect with the Author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ instagram ~ goodreads
Tour Schedule:
Aug 24 – Working Mommy Journal – book review / giveaway Aug 24 - Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Aug 25 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Aug 25 - Over Coffee Conversations – book review / giveaway Aug 26 – Splashes of Joy – book review / guest post / author interview / giveaway Aug 26 - DZA's blog – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Aug 27 - Sefina Hawke's Books – book review Aug 28 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway Aug 31 – Reading is My Passion – book review Aug 31 -Books for Books – book review Sep 1 –Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Sep 1 - Pick a Good Book – book review / author interview / giveaway Sep 1 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / giveaway Sep 2 – A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Sep 2 -Alexis Marie Chute Blog – book review / author interview / giveaway Sep 2 –Dreamidge – book spotlight / author interview Sep 2 – Dreamidge – book review Sep 3 – StoreyBook Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 4 – fundinmental – book spotlight / giveaway Sep 4 - Books and Zebras @jypsylynn – book review Sep 4 - Olio by Marilyn - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Sep 4 - Olio by Marilyn - book review / giveaway TBD - So Fine Print – book review / author interview / giveaway
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