The River of Forgetting Virtual Book Tour June 2011

The River of Forgetting

Join Jane Rowan, author of the memoir, The River of Forgetting (Booksmyth Press, December 2010) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in June on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

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About Jane Rowan

Jane Rowan is a New England poet and writer. After teaching science for three decades in a private college, she retired to pursue the creative life. She has published numerous articles and the self-help booklet Caring for the Child Within—A Manual for Grownups, available through her website and through Amazon (Kindle). An excerpt from The River of Forgetting appeared in Women Reinvented: True Stories of Empowerment and Change. Visit Jane at www.janerowan.com and find out more about her memoir at www.riverofforgetting.com .

About The River of Forgetting

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That’s what Jane’s therapist tells her when Jane reports fragmentary memories from her childhood that hint at sexual abuse.  A busy, successful scientist, Jane at first fights the implications, but finally has to admit that something indeed happened. With help from a gifted therapist as well as creative arts, Jane taps into her own aliveness and reconciles with both her parents’ love and their betrayal.

This deeply personal memoir invites the reader behind the closed doors of the therapist’s office and into the author’s journal and her very body. Jane’s tender story shows how we can use the challenges of painful childhood traumas to transform our lives.

Read the excerpt!

Chapter 1:  Pandora’s Box

The memory emerged from a dim corner of my mind, jolting me awake. It was a humid morning in August. The air flowed softly through the bedroom window, bringing in a catbird’s song from the cherry tree just outside. I sat up in bed and propped a pillow behind me, grabbed my spiral-bound journal from its place on the bedside table, and began scribbling:

I am three or four and I hurt between my legs. I’m perched on the toilet in the big bathroom in our house at Shell Beach. The door is opposite me and the light streams in from the window on my right.

I feel the sting when I pee. My mother says that I slipped in the bathtub and fell on the bathtub rim. I have no memory of anything that caused the hurt, but I know I don’t believe her story of how it happened.

Fear sank claws into my stomach. I wondered what had happened and who had hurt me.

No way. Surely not. Not my father. I don’t know how to tell what’s true. I don’t want to make things up.

This was Revelation Day, the day that started me on a long journey into my past. How did it happen that a 52-year-old woman suddenly woke up to the possibility of long-ago abuse? What had kept the issues at bay so long? Why could the past now grab me by the throat?

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Read the reviews!

“A powerful and sensitive portrayal, full of insight into Jane’s own confusion as well as her family’s bewildering dynamics. The writing is by turns lyrical and gut-wrenching, angry and tender. This inspiring, important book shows that healing and joy are possible after childhood abuse.”

—Marilyn Van Derbur, author of the bestselling Miss America By Day

“A brave and inspirational book. Jane Rowan has made an important contribution to our understanding of child sexual abuse and healing, affirming that we can transform trauma into lives filled with peace and joy.”

—Ellen Bass, co-author of bestseller The Courage to Heal

“With astonishing bravery and eloquent voice, Jane Rowan explores what it is to be haunted by memories of childhood abuse so long and so deeply buried that you must fight to believe them true. Her work honors scars long hidden and offers hope for healing. Her book is a gift that dares to render clarity from childhood chaos.”

-Martin Moran, author of The Tricky Part

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The River of Forgetting Virtual Book Tour Schedule

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Monday, June 6th

Book excerpt featured at Between the Covers

Book spotlighted at Broowaha

Tuesday, June 7th

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book!

Wednesday, June 8th

Interviewed at Paperback Writer

Thursday, June 9th

Guest blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Friday, June 10th

Book reviewed at One Day at a Time

Monday, June 13th

Interviewed at Examiner

Tuesday, June 14th

Interviewed at The Hot Author Report

Wednesday, June 15th

Book spotlighted at Books, Products and More! books

Book reviewed at Rainy Day Reviews

Thursday, June 16th

Guest blogging at Literarily Speaking

Friday, June 17th

Guest blogging at Review from Here

Monday, June 20th

Interviewed at American Chronicle

Tuesday, June 21st

Interviewed at Blogcritics

Wednesday, June 22nd

Book reviewed at The Bookish Dame

Thursday, June 23rd

Book reviewed at The Book Connection

Friday, June 24th

Interviewed at Divine Caroline

Monday, June 27th

Book spotlighted at Pump Up Your Books, Blurbs n’ Bytes

Tuesday, June 28th

Podcast interview at 6:30 PM Eastern at A Book and A Chat

Wednesday, June 29th

Book reviewed at Reading Frenzy

Thursday, June 30th

Book spotlighted at The Writer’s Life

 

 

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Jane Rowan’s THE RIVER OF FORGETTING VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘11 will officially begin on June 6 and end on June 30, 2011. Please contact Cheryl Malandrinos at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book or click here to use the form. Thank you!

If you would like to book your own virtual book tour with us, click here to find out how!

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