New Joshilyn Jackson book…The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
If you liked gods in Alabama or Between, Georgia you’re in for a treat, especially if you are an art quilter. Joshilyn Jackson, author, mom and quilter, has written a new novel about an art quilter, inspired by the irrepressible Pamela Allen. Joshilyn has blogged about the new book, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, here. And you can read Joshilyn’s blog, Faster than Kudzu, here. And to see Pamelala’s creative mind at work, click here and here. After reading Joshilyn’s intro to the book in the blogpost, I think I’m gonna be booked for late September… READING time!
In the meantime, I am reading and LOVING Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story. I am normally not a fan of horror, though I quilt like fantasy and some (non-techy) sci fi. This book isn’t really a horror story, though it does have its scary moments… perhaps all the more scary because they are so close to possibly being real. It is a novel about an intense love story between Lisey Landon, widow of a famous and successful novelist, and her late husband. Personally, I thought King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft was a 200+ page love-letter to his wife; it is about writing, but it is also about a deep and enduring love between him and his wife, author and poet Tabitha King. Lisey’s Story is dedicated to her, and is an even longer love-letter about a love that extends beyond every day life. So now I need to get back to doing (and finish!) the paperwork for various teaching gigs next year so I can escape to the back porch while the nice weather lasts and keep reading Lisey’s Story!
September 20th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Is this a Freudian Slip?
“though I quilt like fantasy and some …”
I can’t wait for The Girl Who Stopped Swimming either! I enjoyed both of her other books so much, and loved listening to Joshilyn as she read the Between, Georgia for the audio book.
😀 eirdre
September 21st, 2007 at 6:53 am
Oh I’m excited about TGWSS too — but you know it doesn’t come out until March 2008?
September 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
March 2008??? Darn…I’m ready now. And doesn’t Liseys story make you just love stephen King? No horror here, though there is one scene I copuldn’t get out of my mind for a few days (weeks/still can’t)…bet you know which one…