In Leah’s Wake Virtual Book Publicity Tour Nov/Dec 2011 & Jan 2012

Authors on Tour, Featured — By Dorothy Thompson on October 17, 2011 at 12:44 am

Join Terri Giuliano Long, author of the women’s fiction novel, In Leah’s Wake (Createspace/Inspired Quill), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 14 – January 27 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Terri Giuliano Long

Terri Giuliano Long is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel In Leah’s Wake. Books offer her a zest for life’s highs and comfort in its lows. She’s all-too-happy to share this love with others as a novelist and a writing teacher at Boston College.

Her life outside of books is devoted to her family. In her spare time, she enjoys walking, traveling to far-flung places, and meeting interesting people. True to her Italian-American heritage, she’s an enthusiastic cook and she loves fine wine and good food. In an alternate reality, she could have been very happy as an international food writer.

Terri loves meeting and connecting with people who share her passions.

You can visit her website at www.tglong.com or connect with her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/tglong and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/tglongwrites.

About In Leah’s Wake

Protecting their children comes naturally for Zoe and Will Tyler—until their daughter Leah decides to actively destroy her own future.

Leah grew up in a privileged upper-middle class world. Her parents spared no expense for her happiness; she had all-but secured an Ivy League scholarship and a future as a star athlete. Then she met Todd.

Leah’s parents watch helplessly as their daughter falls into a world of drugs, sex, and wild parties. While Will attempts to control his daughter’s every move to prevent her from falling deeper into this dangerous new life, Zoe prefers to give Leah slack in the hope that she may learn from her mistakes. Their divided approach drives their daughter out of their home and a wedge into their marriage.

Twelve-year-old Justine observes Leah’s rebellion from the shadows of their fragmented family. She desperately seeks her big sister’s approval and will do whatever it takes to obtain it. Meanwhile she is left to question whether her parents love her and whether God even knows she exists.

What happens when love just isn’t enough? Who will pay the consequences of Leah’s vagrant lifestyle? Can this broken family survive the destruction left in Leah’s wake?

This mesmerizing debut novel tells the tale of a contemporary American family caught in the throes of adolescent rebellion – a heartbreaking, funny, ultimately redemptive quest for love, independence, connection and grace.

In Leah’s Wake is the 2011 BOOK BUNDLZ BOOK CLUB PICK  and recipient of the Coffee Time Reviewers Recommend (CTRR) Award. This award, as selected by reviewers, recognizes outstanding writing styles in all book types and genres.

Read the first chapter here.

Book Excerpt:

Prologue

March

Justine strikes a pose before the full-length mirror hanging on her closet door. Chin up, hands by her sides. She draws a breath. “My dear. . .” she begins, and stops mid-sentence. Wrinkles her nose. She’s got it all wrong. She’s too—Too stiff. Too grownup. Too something.

She rakes her fingers over her short dark hair, sweeping the bangs out of her eyes, tugs at the hem of her pink baby-doll pajamas. She’s scheduled to deliver the candidates’ address at her Confirmation Mass this afternoon. When she learned, six months ago, that she had been selected speaker, Justine was ecstatic. Now, the very idea of standing in front of the whole congregation, telling hundreds, maybe thousands, of people how she’s learned from her own family what it means to be part of God’s larger family makes her sick to her stomach.

She has no choice. She made a commitment.

She folds her hands primly, setting them at chest height on her imaginary podium, glances at her cheat sheet, rolls her lower face into a smile, and begins again. “My fellow Confirmation candidates,” she says this time. Justine crumples the paper, tosses it onto her bed. My fellow Confirmation candidates. What a dork. She sounds about twenty, instead of thirteen.

She screws up her face. “I can’t do this,” she says, wagging a finger at the girl watching her from the mirror. She would feel like a hypocrite.

Justine plods to the bathroom, pees, pads back to her bedroom. The forecasters are predicting snow, starting later today. A dismal gray stratus hangs over her skylight. Her room is dark, the air raw. Her sister’s blue and gold Cortland High sweatshirt lies in a heap at the foot of her bed. Justine pulls the sweatshirt over her head, retrieves the balled-up paper. With the back of her hand, she flattens it out, and returns to the mirror to practice.

As always, on first glance, the girl in the mirror takes Justine by surprise. She’s grown two inches since Christmas, isn’t chubby anymore, her belly flat, the clavicle bones visible now at the base of her throat. She pushes her bangs out of her pale, darkly fringed eyes. With her fingertips, she touches her cheeks. Her features have matured, her nose long and straight, like her mother’s, her cheekbones defined. She curls and uncurls her toes. She wears a size six shoe, a size and a half smaller than Leah. Her toes are long and slim, the nails painted blue.

Justine crushes the sheet of paper, tosses it in the trash, strolls to her window, raises the honeycomb shade. Spring feels a long way away, the yard empty, the trees bare. A rush of cold air streams in, under the sash. The air smells of snow. Justine presses her hand against the cool glass, the way she and her sister used to do on the windshield of their father’s car, when they were small. Stop, their father would scold. You’re making a mess. She smiles, remembering how Leah loved egging him on. She pulls her hand away from the glass, watches her prints disappear.

Justine wishes, sometimes, that she could disappear, too. Poof, just like the handprint.

Poof, just like her sister.

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Giveaways, Contests & Prizes!

Join Terri Giuliano Long at the Pump Up Your Book Live! November Author Chat / Book Giveaway Party on Friday, November 18 starting at 8 p.m. eastern!

Terri  will be on hand to answer your questions and will be giving away a copy of her book! You could win a paperback copy of In Leah’s Wake simply by attending the chat and asking her a question. All there is to it!

For chat details, visit the official chat page for the November authors at Pump Up Your Book Live!

Join Terri at Pump Up Your Book’s 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Chat Party on December 16, 2011 on Facebook!  After the chat, Terri will be giving away a $25 gift certificate at Pump Up Your Book’s Holiday Extravaganza Party Page.  Click here for details!

In Leah’s Wake Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Monday, November 14

Interviewed on Blog Talk Radio’s A Book and a Chat (airs LIVE Saturday Nov. 12)

Tuesday, November 15

Interviewed at Book Cover Lovers

Wednesday, November 16

Interviewed at Blogcritics

Thursday, November 17

Interviewed at Literarily Speaking

Friday, November 18

Chat with Terri at Pump Up Your Book Live! November Author Chat / Book Giveaway Party!

Monday, November 21

Interviewed at Review From Here

Tuesday, November 22

Interviewed at Examiner

Wednesday, November 23

Interviewed at Book Marketing Buzz

Monday, December 5

Book reviewed at The Book Garden

Tuesday, December 6

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

Thursday, December 8

Guest blogging at Darlene’s Book Nook

Friday, December 9

Book reviewed at Books, Biscuits & Tea

Monday, December 12

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Tuesday, December 13

Gust blogging at Coffee and a Keyboard

Thursday, December 15

Book reviewed at Emeraldfire’s Bookmark

Friday, December 16

Chat with Terri at Pump Up Your Book’s 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party!

Tuesday, January 3

Book reviewed at Just Another Book Addict – RESCHEDULING

Thursday, January 5

Guest Post & Book Giveaway at Colloquium

Friday, January 6

Guest Blogging at Jersey Girl Book Reviews

Book Reviewed at Jersey Girl Book Reviews

Monday, January 9

Book reviewed at Curling Up By the Fire

Tuesday, January 10

Book reviewed at Splashes of Joy

Wednesday, January 11

Book reviewed at Twisting the Lens

Thursday, January 12

Book reviewed at Bellas Novella

Friday, January 13

Interviewed at Krazy Book Lady

Monday, January 16

Book reviewed at Readinista

Book reviewed at Bookspark

Tuesday, January 17

Book reviewed at Words by Webb

Thursday, January 19

Book reviewed at Year of Jubilee Reviews

Friday, January 20

Book reviewed at Reading Frenzy

Monday, January 23

Book reviewed at Celtic Lady’s Reviews

Tuesday, January 24

Book reviewed at Everyday Is An Adventure

Wednesday, January 25

Book reviewed at True Media Solutions

Thursday, January 26

Book reviewed at Goodreads (Kim at SOS Aloha)

Friday, January 27

Book reviewed at Kaitlin Usher’s YouTube Channel

Terri Giuliano Long’s  IN LEAH’S WAKE VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on November 14 ‘11 and end on January 27 ‘12. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!

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