Tour: THE WONDER SINGER (May 5-15)
Thought I'd start a post for each specific tour, since there are multiples right 'round the corner. This one's for George Rabasa's THE WONDER SINGER. Since I don't have time to dig through 26 pages of comments to find out who's all in this one, could you please post below? I'll compile that list here so you have all the tour stops... =) Caitlin, if you have author bio, pic, etc, let me know & I'll add that here, too.
“Gorgeously written…poignant.”—curledup.com
“His descriptions are astute and often humorous… Through it all, the Wonder Singer holds her fans, and readers, in thrall with a tale that incorporates all of life's notes, the high and the low.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Mesmerizing…Lyrical and funny, this is the perfect book for a rainy, fall day.”—Christy’s Book Blog
“A storytelling beauty perfect for a relaxing weekend…a pure joy for the reader’s senses.”—Metro Spirit
THE WONDER SINGER
By George Rabasa
Pub. Date: May 5, 2009
ISBN 978-1-932961-69-0; Trade Paperback; $15.95; 6 x 9; 336 pages; Fiction
(Denver, CO, April 3, 2009) This May, Unbridled Books releases the trade paperback edition of George Rabasa’s latest novel, THE WONDER SINGER. Often funny, beautifully told, and rich with history, this entertaining literary caper is sure to win over readers looking for that perfect summer read.
Let’s face it - who couldn’t use a break? As any freelance writer knows, plum jobs can be hard to come by, and for Mark Lockwood, who has labored for years with the mind-numbing series “How to Talk to Your Teen about…” landing the job as ghost writer for the esteemed diva Mercè Casals is a dream. Plus, the job comes with an unexpected perk for this middle-aged and newly restless married man: each day he gets to spend some time with Casal’s appealing young nurse, Perla. What could be better? Finishing the job to great success. Having a romance.
But hopes for both fade when the Diva dies in her bath. Now, her agent, Hollywood Hank, is demanding Lockwood’s interview tapes, which Hank plans to pass over to a renowned celebrity biographer, someone with a big name. And Perla, too, seems happy to move on.
So begins the chase (or chases!) in this charmer from award-winning novelist and short story writer George Rabasa. In a page-turning tale of passion, great art, dramatic failures, and nice guys (hopefully) winning first, we follow Mark Lockwood as he hides from Hollywood Hank, with the interview tapes often secured to his person. With the aid of Perla and the Diva’s greatest fan (a cross dressing mimic), Lockwood writes feverishly to beat his new competitor (who is writing without any interviews on file, just great imagination) to New York with the final manuscript. Rabasa takes us through the humble world of the self-employed, the glamorous and glittering world of real stars, the grubby side of Hollywood, and the honest, straight forward place where real love can still triumph—if one is not too late.
And has some sense.
George Rabasa’s collection of short stories, Glass Houses, received The Writer’s Voice Capricorn Award for Excellence in Fiction and the Minnesota Book Award for Short Stories. His novel, Floating Kingdom received the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. And his most recent novel, The Cleansing, was named a Book Sense Notable. His short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, such as Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train, The MacGuffin, South Carolina Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry, American Literary Review, and in several anthologies. Rabasa was born in Maine, raised in Mexico, and now lives in Minnesota.
To pay your respects to Ms. Casals, we invite you to check out the Diva’s fan page on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/thediva (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Diva/79420276417)
To hear opera selections that inspired this story, please visit http://tinyurl.com/TWSplaylist
To learn more about Mark Lockwood, his series for teens, and his work with the Diva, please visit http://unbridledbooks.com/lockwood.html or http://tinyurl.com/marklockwood (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Lockwood/146189905596)
Information about George Rabasa and The Wonder Singer are available at www.unbridledbooks.com.
Tour stops:
drey's library (http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com) - review to post sometime in tour timeframe, but aiming for 5/5
Write For A Reader (http://writeforareader.blogspot.com)
cheryl's book nook (www.cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com)
The Epic Rat (http://epicrat.blogspot.com)
Booksie's Blog (http://booksiesblog.blogspot.com)
Medieval Bookworm (http://chikune.com/blog) - review to post May 8th
Morbid Romantic (http://www.morbid-romantic.net)
“Gorgeously written…poignant.”—curledup.com
“His descriptions are astute and often humorous… Through it all, the Wonder Singer holds her fans, and readers, in thrall with a tale that incorporates all of life's notes, the high and the low.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Mesmerizing…Lyrical and funny, this is the perfect book for a rainy, fall day.”—Christy’s Book Blog
“A storytelling beauty perfect for a relaxing weekend…a pure joy for the reader’s senses.”—Metro Spirit
THE WONDER SINGER
By George Rabasa
Pub. Date: May 5, 2009
ISBN 978-1-932961-69-0; Trade Paperback; $15.95; 6 x 9; 336 pages; Fiction
(Denver, CO, April 3, 2009) This May, Unbridled Books releases the trade paperback edition of George Rabasa’s latest novel, THE WONDER SINGER. Often funny, beautifully told, and rich with history, this entertaining literary caper is sure to win over readers looking for that perfect summer read.
Let’s face it - who couldn’t use a break? As any freelance writer knows, plum jobs can be hard to come by, and for Mark Lockwood, who has labored for years with the mind-numbing series “How to Talk to Your Teen about…” landing the job as ghost writer for the esteemed diva Mercè Casals is a dream. Plus, the job comes with an unexpected perk for this middle-aged and newly restless married man: each day he gets to spend some time with Casal’s appealing young nurse, Perla. What could be better? Finishing the job to great success. Having a romance.
But hopes for both fade when the Diva dies in her bath. Now, her agent, Hollywood Hank, is demanding Lockwood’s interview tapes, which Hank plans to pass over to a renowned celebrity biographer, someone with a big name. And Perla, too, seems happy to move on.
So begins the chase (or chases!) in this charmer from award-winning novelist and short story writer George Rabasa. In a page-turning tale of passion, great art, dramatic failures, and nice guys (hopefully) winning first, we follow Mark Lockwood as he hides from Hollywood Hank, with the interview tapes often secured to his person. With the aid of Perla and the Diva’s greatest fan (a cross dressing mimic), Lockwood writes feverishly to beat his new competitor (who is writing without any interviews on file, just great imagination) to New York with the final manuscript. Rabasa takes us through the humble world of the self-employed, the glamorous and glittering world of real stars, the grubby side of Hollywood, and the honest, straight forward place where real love can still triumph—if one is not too late.
And has some sense.
George Rabasa’s collection of short stories, Glass Houses, received The Writer’s Voice Capricorn Award for Excellence in Fiction and the Minnesota Book Award for Short Stories. His novel, Floating Kingdom received the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. And his most recent novel, The Cleansing, was named a Book Sense Notable. His short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, such as Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train, The MacGuffin, South Carolina Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry, American Literary Review, and in several anthologies. Rabasa was born in Maine, raised in Mexico, and now lives in Minnesota.
To pay your respects to Ms. Casals, we invite you to check out the Diva’s fan page on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/thediva (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Diva/79420276417)
To hear opera selections that inspired this story, please visit http://tinyurl.com/TWSplaylist
To learn more about Mark Lockwood, his series for teens, and his work with the Diva, please visit http://unbridledbooks.com/lockwood.html or http://tinyurl.com/marklockwood (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Lockwood/146189905596)
Information about George Rabasa and The Wonder Singer are available at www.unbridledbooks.com.
Tour stops:
drey's library (http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com) - review to post sometime in tour timeframe, but aiming for 5/5
Write For A Reader (http://writeforareader.blogspot.com)
cheryl's book nook (www.cherylsbooknook.blogspot.com)
The Epic Rat (http://epicrat.blogspot.com)
Booksie's Blog (http://booksiesblog.blogspot.com)
Medieval Bookworm (http://chikune.com/blog) - review to post May 8th
Morbid Romantic (http://www.morbid-romantic.net)
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Permalink Reply by Nancy on -
My review of The Wonder Singer: http://tinyurl.com/cowe4p
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Permalink Reply by drey on -
My tour post is here. I will update this with the other links, apologies for the delay, I have very limited internet access right now... =(
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Permalink Reply by Meghan on -
My review is up: http://chikune.com/blog/?p=894
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