Posts Tagged ‘memoir’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents My Last Baggage Call Aboard Air Force One @GlennWPowell1 #memoir #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Glenn W. Powell’s MY LAST BAGGAGE CALL Virtual Book Tour March 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: MY LAST BAGGAGE CALL ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE Author: Glenn W. Powell Publisher: Independent Pages: 226 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: This exciting memoir chronicles the life and memories of SFC Glenn Powell, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army, and 10-year veteran of the White House where he served under Presidents George HW Bush, President William J. Clinton, and President George W. Bush. SFC Powell was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. He says his real-life journey began in 1982 when he
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Other Side of Cancer: Living Life with My Dying Sister @Find1Cure #memoir #biography #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Annette Leads’ THE OTHER SIDE OF CANCER: LIVING LIFE WITH MY DYING SISTER Virtual Book Tour March 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: THE OTHER SIDE OF CANCER: LIVING LIFE WITH MY DYING SISTER Author: Annette Leads Publisher: Find1Cure Pages: 194 Genre: Biography/Memoir BOOK BLURB: The Other Side of Cancer: Living Life with My Dying Sister is a passionate story of two sisters and their extraordinary bond and friendship reignited in the face of cancer. Theresa conquered many hurdles in her lifetime, with victorious highs and shattering lows, but at fifty-four years old, she took on the biggest challenge
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Room for Grace by Daniel & Maureen Kenner @AlwysRoom4Grace #memoir #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Daniel & Maureen Kenner’s ROOM FOR GRACE Virtual Book Tour October 1 – 31 2018! Inside the Book Title: ROOM FOR GRACE Author: Daniel Kenner & Maureen Kenner Publisher: Silver Boot Imprints Pages: 200 Genre: Memoir & Biography BOOK BLURB: Stage 4 cancer for her and a debilitating disease for her husband: life crashed down in an instant. Maureen Kenner found resilience, however, in the lessons she learned from her Special Ed students in Providence, RI. Her students lived with their hearts opened despite struggles of the highest magnitude. Through these students, Maureen gains courage, humor, and the strength of
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Interview with Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole, Authors of I Am The Product of Rape: A Memoir #memoir @CWM_Women

“A ferocious human predator ripped through our family, drooling over the innocent―leaving none untouched. Generations of child predators have devoured their vulnerable offspring and siblings, molesting our family’s youth unconcerned about the magnitude of their actions. Silence has become the gateway to mental health issues throughout our lineage.  I Am the Product of Rape―A Memoir exposes generational secrets, lies, cover-ups and denial and their consequences. Told from my perspective, this is my family story, a glimpse into four women irreversibly scarred by traumatic abuse.” From I Am The Product of Rape: A Memoir by Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole Catherine Wyatt-Morley is the founder, chief executive officer and heartbeat
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents I Am the Product of Rape: A Memoir Virtual Book Publicity Tour @CWM_Women #memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole’s I AM THE PRODUCT OF RAPE: A MEMOIR Virtual Book Tour August 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: I AM THE PRODUCT OF RAPE – A MEMOIR Authors: Catherine Wyatt-Morley and Jalyon Welsh-Cole Publisher: Four Pillars Media Group Pages: 194 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: The phrase “secrets and lies” takes on terrible new meaning in Catherine Wyatt-Morley’s devastating book, I AM THE PRODUCT OF RAPE – A MEMOIR. Wyatt-Morley’s shocking story traces the repeated patterns of rape and incest that plagued four generations of her family, including Wyatt-Morley’s birth in a filthy basement to
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Interview with Mary Lawlor, Author of Fighter Pilot’s Daughter @marylawlor5 #memoir

“Every day we heard practice rounds of artillery fire and ordinance on the near horizon.  We knew what all this training was for.  It was to keep the world from ending.  Our father was one of many Dads who sweat at soldierly labor, part of an arsenal kept at the ready to scare off nuclear annihilation of life on earth.  When we lived on post, my sisters and I saw uniformed men marching in straight lines everywhere.  This was readiness, the soldiers rehearsing against Armageddon.  The rectangular buildings where the commissary, the PX, the bowling alley and beauty shop were housed had fall out shelters in the basements, marked
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Virtual Book Publicity Tour @MaryLawlor5 #Memoir #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER Virtual Book Tour July 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War tells the story of Mary Lawlor’s dramatic, roving life as a warrior’s child. A family biography and a young woman’s vision of the Cold War, Fighter Pilot’s Daughter narrates the more than many transfers the family made from Miami to California to Germany as the Cold War
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Conch Shell Confessions Virtual Book Publicity Tour @ConchieConfess

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dax Marie’s CONCH SHELL CONFESSIONS Blog Tour June 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: CONCH SHELL CONFESSIONS Author: Dax Marie Publisher: Author House Pages: 202 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: This is a book about love: hunting it, chasing it, losing it, tripping, and falling into it. And yes, it’s a book about sex: hunting it, chasing it, losing it, tripping from it, and falling onto…ahem…it. But more than anything, it’s a book about self-discovery, navigating the learning curve of adulting, and learning the kind of tough lessons that only come when you have to pick yourself off the floor,
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family during the Cold War. Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Stairway to Paradise Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Nadia Natali’s STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: GROWING UP GERSHWIN Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2 – March 30! Inside the Book Title: STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: GROWING UP GERSHWIN Author: Nadia Natali Publisher: RareBird Books Pages: 304 Genre: Memoir BOOK BLURB: Growing up as Frankie Gershwin’s daughter, the sister of George and Ira Gershwin, was quite a challenge. I didn’t have the perspective to realize that so much unhappiness in a family was out of the ordinary. But I knew something was off. My mother was often depressed and my father was tyrannical and scary, one never knew when he would blow
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  • March 22, 2017
  • Amazon Review Campaigns
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{Memoir} The Strange Ways of Providence In My Life Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Krystyna Carmi’s THE STRANGE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than June 22, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: THE STRANGE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE IN MY LIFE: AN AMAZING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR RESCUE STORY Author: Krystyna Carmi Publisher: eBookPro Pages: 220 Genre: Memoir Krystyna Carmi’s childhood was full of happy moments in
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Are You There Krishna? Virtual Book Trailer Reveal

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rachel Khona’s ARE YOU THERE KRISHNA? IT’S ME, RESHMA. OR RACHEL. OR WHATEVER.: ESSAYS ON TALKING TO GHOSTS, ACCOSTING CELEBRITIES, GETTING HIGH, SEXISM, RACE AND FIRST-GENERATION WOES Book Trailer Reveal April 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: ARE YOU THERE KRISHNA? IT’S ME, RESHMA. OR RACHEL. OR WHATEVER.: ESSAYS ON TALKING TO GHOSTS, ACCOSTING CELEBRITIES, GETTING HIGH, SEXISM, RACE AND FIRST-GENERATION WOES Author: Rachel Khona Publisher: Thought Catalog Pages: 257 Genre: Humor/Memoir Rachel knew even as a young child that she wasn’t like the rest of her Indian family. While her parents were plotting how she could make it
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Virtual Book Publicity Tour

We invite you to Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR Virtual Book Tour January 3 – 27! Leave a comment on each of her tour stops to let her know you stopped by! Inside the Book: Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family during the Cold War. Her father, an aviator
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{Memoir/Mental Health/Spiritual} Sandy’s Gift: Walking with the Light Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for William P. Dunn’s SANDY’S GIFT: WALKING WITH THE LIGHT. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than March 26, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent paperback (U.S.) only please. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: SANDY’S GIFT: WALKING WITH THE LIGHT Author: William P. Dunn IV Publisher: Cedar Forge Press Pages: 301 Genre: Memoir/Mental Health/Spirituality Sandy’s Gift: Walking With The Light is an
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Pump Up Your Book Presents WHEN JOHNNY DOESN’T COME MARCHING HOME Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marian Small’s WHEN JOHNNY DOESN’T COME MARCHING HOME virtual book tour October 3 – 28! Inside the Book Title: When Johnny Doesn’t Come Marching Home Author: Marian Small Publisher: Friesen Press Pages: 341 Genre: Memoir First-time author Marian Small’s WHEN JOHNNY DOESN’T COME MARCHING HOME does for World War I what Tom Brokaw’s THE GREATEST GENERATION did for World War II. Written as a memoir of her father, WHEN JOHNNY DOESN’T COME MARCHING HOME expands to pay tribute to the generation that fought in the trenches and on the battlefields of what has been called the “forgotten war.” Employing an
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Book Blast!

We invite you to Ann Marie Mershon’s YOU MUST ONLY TO LOVE THEM: LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY Book Blast May 16! Inside the Book: Title: You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Author: Ann Marie Mershon Publisher: Maple Hill Publications Pages: 282 Genre: Memoir/Travel Living overseas is the best way to understand the world and its varied cultures. Recently divorced, Ann Marie decided to pursue her life dream of living overseas and accepted a position as a prep school English teacher in Istanbul. Ann Marie battled loneliness as she tried to make the most of her ex-pat existence, and her forays into the Muslim culture and
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{Memoir/Travel} You Must Only Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Book Blast Sign Up

We invite you to join Ann Marie Mershon’s YOU MUST ONLY LOVE THEM: LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY Book Blast May 16. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Author: Ann Marie Mershon Publisher: Maple Hill Publications Pages: 282 Genre: Memoir/Travel Price: $3.99 (Kindle) Living overseas is the best way to understand the world and its varied cultures. Recently divorced, Ann Marie decided to pursue her life dream of living overseas and accepted a position as a prep school English teacher in Istanbul. Ann Marie battled loneliness as she tried to make the most of her ex-pat existence, and her forays
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{Biography/Memoir} Tears of the Silenced Book Blast Sign Up

We invite you to join Misty Griffin’s TEARS OF THE SILENCED Book Blast April 4 – 29. HTML will be included for this tour. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: TEARS OF THE SILENCED Author: Misty Griffin Publisher: Independent Pages: 444 Genre: Biography/Memoir One freezing morning in early March I made a dash for a tiny police station in rural Minnesota. I was a frightened Amish girl with no where to go, a second grade education and no ID or social security card…… Based on the authors tragic true life story. When I was six years old my family started to live and dress like the Amish. My sister and I
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{Memoir} Wingdog: Soul Pup, A Magical Mutt Memoir Review Campaign

We are taking review requests for Janelle Jalbert’s memoir, WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR. This is an review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon and/or Goodreads no later than June 25. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click sbelow to take you directly to WINGDOG: SOUL PUT, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR’s Amazon page and Goodreads pages. Review copies will be sent in paperback (U.S.), Mobi, ePub & PDF formats. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Author: Janelle Jalbert Publisher: Synchron8 Publishing Pages: 359
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Black Sheep Shadow Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ashley Terrell’s THE BLACK SHEEP SHADOW virtual book tour April 19 – 26! Inside the Book Title: The Black Sheep Shadow Author: Ashley Terrell Publisher: Ashley Terrell LLC Pages: 136 Genre: Christian/Religious/Memoir The city lights blind your amazement. The sound of the traffic challenges you to be alive. Families ask bystanders to make magic and capture the moment with photographs. Newly engaged couples seal their union by kissing under shooting stars while loving by crossing their hearts. But what if your heart was under arrest, wouldn’t want to embrace something to feel something like others? Go inside the world of
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{Christian/Religious/Memoir} The Black Sheep Shadow Blog Tour Sign Up

Ashley Terrell will be touring April 19 – 26 with her Christian/religious/memoir, THE BLACK SHEEP SHADOW. We are looking for reviews (paperback/PDF) only. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: The Black Sheep Shadow Author: Ashley Terrell Publisher: Ashley Terrell LLC Pages: 136 Genre: Christian/Religious/Memoir The city lights blind your amazement. The sound of the traffic challenges you to be alive. Families ask bystanders to make magic and capture the moment with photographs. Newly engaged couples seal their union by kissing under shooting stars while loving by crossing their hearts. But what if your heart was under arrest, wouldn’t want to embrace something to feel something like others? Go inside
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{Memoir} Am I Going To Be Okay? Blog Tour Sign Up

Debra Whittam will be touring March 25 – June 24 with her memoir/women’s psychology book, AM I GOING TO BE OKAY? WEATHERING THE STORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION AND GRIEF. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S.), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights/promo (html provided). Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Am I Going To Be Okay? Weathering the Storms of Mental Illness, Addiction and Grief Author: Debra Whittam Publisher: Turning Point International Pages: 253 Genre: Memoir/Women’s Psychology/Applied Psychology Am I Going To Be Okay? is an American story with a universal message. Ms. Whittam traces her history in the form of stories about her all too human, and
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  • March 1, 2016
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First Chapter: The Bipolar Millionaire by John E. Wade

Title: The Bipolar Millionaire Author: John E. Wade II Publisher: Sunbury Press Pages: 164 Genre: Memoir John E. Wade II, retired CPA, author, investor, television producer, and philanthropist, reveals in his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire, his personal struggle with bipolar disorder and how he has succeeded in living a balanced and blessed life, despite his mental illness. Wade takes the reader through his family experiences, political aspirations and beliefs, spiritual journey, relationship trials and errors, all while battling mental illness. Through his religious beliefs, personal perseverance, and the help of friends, family, and his mental health professionals, Wade lives an active, creative, and successful life. His memoir doesn’t end
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  • February 18, 2016
  • Authors on Tour
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bipolar Millionaire Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John E. Wade’s THE BIPOLAR MILLIONAIRE virtual book tour March 1 – May 27! Inside the Book Title: The Bipolar Millionaire Author: John E. Wade II Publisher: Sunbury Press Pages: 164 Genre: Memoir John E. Wade II, retired CPA, author, investor, television producer, and philanthropist, reveals in his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire, his personal struggle with bipolar disorder and how he has succeeded in living a balanced and blessed life, despite his mental illness. Wade takes the reader through his family experiences, political aspirations and beliefs, spiritual journey, relationship trials and errors, all while battling mental illness. Through his religious
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Pump Up Your Book Presents WINGDOG: Soul Pup, A Magical Mutt Memoir Cover Reveal!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Janelle Jallbert’s WINDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Cover Reveal!  Please stop at the blogs who will be hosting her on February 16! Inside the Book Title: WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Author: Janelle Jalbert Publisher: Synchron8 Publishing Pages: 359 Genre: Memoir It’s love at first sight…for both of them. An abandoned yet tenacious pup with one blue eye and one brown eye beats the odds and is enlisted as one woman’s WINGDOG. It’s a role he takes seriously, but he knows that his human needs more than just another set of eyes and ears. He must
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{Memoir} WINGDOG: Soul Pup, A Magical Mutt Memoir Cover Reveal Sign Up

We are seeking blog hosts for Janelle Jalbert’s newly redesigned memoir, WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR for a cover reveal on February 16.  We would love for you to sign up to announce her brand new cover! Inside the Book: Title: WINGDOG: SOUL PUP, A MAGICAL MUTT MEMOIR Author: Janelle Jalbert Publisher: Synchron8 Publishing Pages: 359 Genre: Memoir It’s love at first sight…for both of them. An abandoned yet tenacious pup with one blue eye and one brown eye beats the odds and is enlisted as one woman’s WINGDOG. It’s a role he takes seriously, but he knows that his human needs more than just another set
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{Memoir} The Bipolar Millionaire Blog Tour Sign Up

John E. Wade II will be touring March 1 – May 27 with his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire.  There will also be a giveaway so please leave your Twitter handle or Facebook link when signing up and we’ll include you in the Rafflecopter.  Thanks! We are looking for: Reviews (Paperback) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Inside the Book: Title: The Bipolar Millionaire Author: John E. Wade Publisher: Sunbury Press Pages: 164 Genre: Memoir John E. Wade II, retired CPA, author, investor, television producer, and philanthropist, reveals in his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire, his personal struggle with bipolar disorder and how he has succeeded in living a balanced and blessed
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Berkshire Jack Russells Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Eileen Chatwin’s THE BERKSHIRE JACK RUSSELLS! Book Blast February 15 – 26! Inside the Book: Title: The Berkshire Jack Russells Author: Eileen Chatwin Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 108 Genre: Memoir Format: Ebook This is a true story about two Jack Russell’s who lived in Berskhire with my me and my children. They truly had a wonderful life and I think you should read about them, what they got up to and they places they visited. When you hear other people saying it’s a dogs life, they mean that they think that dogs have an easy life. Well that is not true as they are
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Book of Barkley Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you L.B. Johnson’s THE BOOK OF BARKLEY virtual book tour February 1 – March 25! Inside the Book: Title: The Book of Barkley Author: L.B. Johnson Publisher: Outskirts Press Genre: Memoir Format: Ecopy/Paperback 2015 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. 2015 Reader’s Favorite International Book Award – Silver Winner. Gripping Memoir, Hailed “An Instant Classic” by Critics, Shares Journey of Love & Life through the Inspirational Eyes of Man’s Best Friend… Crafted from the heart and experiences of L.B. Johnson, ‘The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever’ takes readers from the author’s depths of grief and personal despair
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  • December 30, 2015
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Caskets From Costco Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kelly Wilson’s CASKETS FROM COSTCO virtual book tour January 4-29! Inside the Book Title: CASKETS FROM COSTCO Author: Kelly Wilson Publisher: Gravity Pages: 182 Genre: Memoir/Humor For twenty years, I thought that I had been marching through the stages of grief in a straight line. I had been following the formula, crossing each processed grief experience off my list. Except that I was totally deluded. And I didn’t discover that until Jim, my beloved father-in-law, died. I found myself drying off from my shower the morning after his death, really hoping he couldn’t see me naked. Or, if he could,
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