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Dancing on Mars ( published by All Things That Matter Press)—is available for Nook at Barnes and Noble online and at Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audio. To check out reviews or order your own version: http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Mars-Lucinda-Shirley/product-reviews/0985006617/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1


One reader says, "Dancing on Mars is a genre-bender, mixing interview, memoir and original poems. It's a feast, not an appetizer!"

Here's how author Cassie Premo Steele describes it: "They say 'the truth shall set you free,' and here it is: a truth-telling memoir about growing up in the small-town, segregated South—politics, sex and religion; relationship, marriage and motherhood; loss, healing, feminism and enlightenment; and the bare beauty of a life by the water's edge. . . ."

There are also some fascinating insights from other women on the subject of living married and single lifestyles— and a sprinkling of original poems to amplify relevant prose.

One reviewer says, "This is EveryWoman's book—every age, every experience. You will laugh, cry and learn through this fascinating, honest and courageous journey to one woman's truth, but you won't put it down." A few wise men have enjoyed it and learned more about women.

You'll find a book trailer here and photos from the hometown in Dancing on Mars. I'll be posting comments and sharing book reviews, writing about themes presented in the book, and sometimes commenting on the events of the day. Humor will be in the mix; it's a high-value aspect of my life.

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Writers need readers almost as much as we need oxygen, so major thanks for being here. I'll be happy to hear from you!

Lucinda

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Upcoming Book Club Visit

Thank you to the members of  River Club's Ladies Book Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, for making Dancing on Mars their June selection.   I look forward to meeting with them later this month for discussion and Q & A.  An opportunity like this is - as I see it - an invitation to visit, not to stand and pontificate in a formal speech.  I'd like to hear from them about, for example, what, if anything, their  take-away was and what they liked best and least about the book.   Did they feel that the poems added to the reading experience or were they just a distraction?

It will be interesting to learn whether the questions posed at the book's end will be a jumping off place for group discussion—or whether they will go with whatever came up for each of them as they read it.   It's amazing how many identical issues we women share, and yet each of us is unique in the way we live our lives and express ourselves.  Ahhhh, yes.  Let's celebrate our commonality and our individuality!

Can't wait to meet these readers, very cool women!

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