Dear Readers,
Queen Kay Huck of our Southwest Louisiana chapter has sent not only schedule of author events for Ron Hall and Denver Moore, but book club discussion questions too. I have the feeling she has stepped into my shoes and started running, ha ha ha! Out of breath keeping up with this literacy promoting go-getter but thrilled beyond words. She has fully embraced the Pulpwood Queen Book Club Experience. Check it all out below!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/
Hello Ladies,
We had such a great time reading this book and listening to the two men enlighten us. We decided that we would like to try and hear Denver's slow drawl and Ron's witty humor in person (and of course, I did offer the Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens to be their dates the night we go…). Please respond if you would like to attend their speaking engagement and which one. Once I know who, when, and where, we can start looking at Hotels and other things we could do during the trip. You can see the entire schedule and many other great items at their website: file://www.samekindofdifferentasme.com/ (including reading our own Barbara's comment!).
--------------------------- Here are the opportunities we have (note - only one of them is on a Saturday night):
Now until early November When: Saturday, September 27, at 7:30pm Where: Second Baptist Church, Woodway campus, 6400 Woodway, Houston, TX Event: World Mission Offering Cost: no cost to attend *** special book signing will take place after the event***When: Monday, November 3, at 7:00 PM Where: Baton Rouge River Center Theater for the Performing Arts Event: To support United Methodist HOPE Ministries, Baton Rouge, LA (file://www.hopeministriesbr.org/) Cost: Tickets are $25.00 in advance; $35 at the door. Tickets go on sale September 15. (asking about group rate)Past early November: When: Thursday, November 20, Lunch Time (Luncheon so far) Where: Not available at this time Event: Open Door Mission, Houston, TX Fundraising Luncheon Cost: Not available at this time When: Thursday, January 29, Time unavailable Where: Westin Galleria Hotel, Houston, TX Event: To support "Star of Hope", For Houston's Homeless Since 1907 Cost: Not available at this time --------------------------------------
Please stay safe during the weather activities approaching!! Princess Allison P White (hail Queen Kay!)Work Phone 337-558-3203Cell 337-661-4900
Here is the Discussion Guide for the Same Kind of Different As Me. We have an author call-in scheduled with Ron Hall and hopefully Denver Moore. The Event Site also has the Discussion Guide is you wish to comment online.
Denver lived for decades as a virtual slave in Louisiana and a homeless drifter in Texas, until he met Deborah. But her art dealer husband, Ron, is more comfortable around millionaires than the destitute. So when Deborah is diagnosed with cancer, will Ron embrace her dream of rescuing Denver? Or will Denver save Ron?
Discussion Questions for Same Kind of Different As Me
Prejudice
What are some modern examples of prejudice? Other than racial prejudice, what other kinds of prejudice are common today?
What are three things you can do to combat your personal prejudices?
What does being prejudice say about your personal self-esteem?
Homelessness
What is your initial reaction to encountering a homeless person or someone who is in serious financial or personal need?
If you were in that situation, how would you want others to respond to you?
Other than give money to social service agencies, what are three things you can do to provide ministry to the homeless people in your community?
Sickness and Suffering
Bad things happen to good people. What might God be trying to reveal about Himself through these types of situations?
Recognizing our mortality puts life in perspective. What are three things for which you want to be remembered? What are you doing to accomplish these goals today?
Forgiveness
Is it harder to give or to receive forgiveness? Why?
Why is it so hard for us to grant unconditional forgiveness? How can your faith help you become a more forgiving person?
What is the role of forgiveness in your personal life? In your spiritual life?
Faith
In chapter 44, Denver said, "Our limitation is God's opportunity." How has this statement been authenticated in your life?
Throughout the book, Denver's initial response to life's challenges often was rooted in his simple faith in God. Why is it so hard for society’s successful people to have this kind of faith? What keeps you from having this kind of faith?
With Deborah in critical condition, the object of ministry (Denver) became the source of ministry. Denver had been through a lot and was equipped to provide for Ron’s needs. Through what experiences has God worked to equip you for ministry? How has God used you to meet the needs of others?
Deborah extended the reach of her ministry by investing in the lives of others. How are you investing in the lives of others?
The memorial service for Deborah was a celebration. How can such a somber occasion be celebratory? What does this say about the faith of the one who passed away?
Friday, August 29, 2008
Pulpwood Queen Book Club End of Summer Updates!
Dear Pulpwood Queens and Beauty and the Booklovers!
Kathy L. Patrick thought you might be interested in this Yahoo! Image Search result:http://static.flickr.com/2159/2220796441_b1ee553c2d.jpg
September 1, is almost here and that is the deadline for the Early Bird Special $150.00 for the V.I.P. Pulpwood Queen Package for our annual convention and book festival which we call our Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza held the third weekend in January 2009 here in East Texas, details forthcoming. You must have your check in the mail or call me at 903-665-7520 to purchase by credit card to get that rate. After September 1, 2008 the price goes up $50.00 per month per package. It's always $100 higher each month for non-members so join the Pulpwood Queens today! Send checks and make payable to Beauty and the Book, address below and we accept all major credit cards. (Go to http://www.beautyandthebook.com/ and click on Pulpwood Queens for that information).
Also I will be announcing the winner of a drawing for a FREE Complimentary V.I.P Package to Girlfriend Weekend after September 1, 2008 so check this site for that announcement. You must have posted a book review on either http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ to be entered into this drawing. If you did, both your name will be entered twice! If you have already paid for Girlfriend Weekend and your name is drawn, you will receive a full refund. So post your book review now to get in that contest and hopefully you will be the lucky winner!
Below you will find the Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections. I post them just about every month at this site. Please print them out for your members. I will be posting soon the list through the end of the year, so check this site daily or at least weekly and read all posts. Remember we are a book club and it's all about reading, ha ha ha!
September 9, as you will see in a previous post, we are hosting what we call a "Willie Nelson, the book, and author, Joe Nick Patoski, Picnic" here on the grounds of Beauty and the Book. Our PG rated version, so come on bring a blanket, lawn chairs, and dish for dinner on the grounds. See previous post for details and note NO SKINNY DIPPING in the fish pond out front, ha ha ha! I'll have tables to set food, iced tea, plates and silverware. R.S.V.P. please by email to kathy@beautyandthebook.com. I need to know how many are coming and what dish you will be bringing. Besides having Joe Nick Patoski as our special author guest, I have also lined up the musical entertainment of Terry Dorgan who does a mean Willie Nelson. Come see and hear for yourself. What a better way to kick off our fall reading than a big to do with an author who has covered the music industry and written about such a Texas icon. This is your time to bring a friend to show that we are the book club that makes reading BIG TIME FUN!
I will be starting a Life Writing Class this fall at Beauty and the Book, so stay tuned for that notification if you have ever wanted to write your life story. I am doing so now at the homeless shelter, Newgate Mission in Longview, Texas and this has been the greatest gift to me in my life. I can't wait to start one here in Jefferson!
Also I will be traveling this fall to several book festivals including the West Texas Book Festival in Abilene, Texas and the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas to speak. Let me know if you are interested in going as I love to have a Pulpwood Queen Posse' as we are "On the Road Again", see I have Willie Nelson always on my mind, ha ha! I am speaking in Gilmer, Texas, September 11, 2008 for two events and will have those dates, times, and locations, posted sometime this weekend.
So enjoy your holiday weekend and know the kat is one busy literacy promoting trooper as all of you too! With over 200 chapters of the Pulpwood Queens now almost up and going, we are most certainly, the largest "meeting and discussing book club in the world! More soon, so check this site often!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life"
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
P.S. Call my cell 903-445-2353 after Saturday to purchase Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend tickets and do note this feature below also today on the online website Shelf Awareness.
Quotation of the Day
Michael Rosen: 'Give Children Books, Not SATs'
"One of the things I would do is put the enjoyment and pleasure in books
of all kinds right at the centre. You would get teachers sitting round
saying, 'Look, here is this massive historical body of books going back
3,000 years, full of stories and knowledge. How can we make the grabbing
hold of that stuff absolutely central?' It's not through drawing up a
specific curriculum. It's through the teachers working out, with
advisers and researchers, how to do that. We've lost the ability to put
those processes in place. What we think we have to do is produce
directives from central government."--Michael Rosen, the U.K.'s
Children's Laureate, in the Independent
<http://news.shelf-awareness.com/ct.jsp?uz2871233Biz7205256>.
Pulpwood Queen Book 2008 Book Club Selection Announcements (So Far)!
2008 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections (so far)!
January 2008
The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life by Kathy L. Patrick, Grand Central Publishing
Bonus Book Club
The Stylist: A Novel (P.S.) by Cai Emmons, Harper Perennial
From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By by Robin Roberts, Hyperion
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Rowdy in Paris by Tim Sadlin, Riverhead Hardcover
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Curse of Catunkhamun by Tim Raglin, TR Books
February 2008
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee, Grand Central Publishing
Bonus Book Club
The Sweet Life by Lynn York, Plume
The Big Beautiful by Pamela Duncan
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Shermie Alexie, Little Brown Young Readers
March 2008
The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson, UnBridled Books
Bonus Book Club
God Said Yes by Heather Hornback Bland, Berkley
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs, Simon & Schuster
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins
April 2008
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West, Harper
Bonus Book Club
One Fell Swoop by Virginia Boyd, Thomas Nelson
All the Numbers by Judy Larson, Ballentine Books
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
My Mother The Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow, Harper Teen
From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White by Beverley Olsen Buller,
May 2008
A Model Summer by Paulina Porizkova, Hyperion
Bonus BookClub
the memoirs of a beautiful boy by robert leleux, St. Martins Press
Women of Magdalene by Rosemary Poole-Carter, Kunati Inc.
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Remember As You Pass Me By by L. King Perez, Milkweed
Jim Limber Davis: Black Orphan in the Confederate White House by Rickey Pittman, Pelican Publishing Company
June 2008
The Schooling of Claybird Catts by Janis Owens, Harper Paperbacks
Bonus Book Club
My Brother Michael by Janis Owens, Pineapple Press
Myra Sims by Janis Owens, Pineapple Press
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Chicken Dance by Jacques Covillion, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton, Pocket Books
July 2008
The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton, Ballentine Books
Bonus Book Club
How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird, Knopf Publishing Group
Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin by Susan Reinhardt, Kensington
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Wall by Peter Sis, Farrah, Straus, & Giroux
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, Atheneum
August 2008
Where the River Ends by Charles Martin, Broadway Books
Bonus Book Club
Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello, William Morrow Publishers
The Unlikely Lavender Queen by Jeannie Ralston, Broadway Books
September 2008The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg, Knopf Publishing Group
Bonus Book Club
Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson
Hairdos & the Mildly Depressed by Doug Crandell, Virgin Books
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell, Virgin Books
Splinters (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Elsworth, Henry Holt & Company
Mockingbird by Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt & Company
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
I am Scout by Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt & Company
October 2008
Serena by Ron Rash
Bonus Book Club
Singularity by Kathryn Casey, St. Martins Minotaur
Kathy L. Patrick thought you might be interested in this Yahoo! Image Search result:http://static.flickr.com/2159/2220796441_b1ee553c2d.jpg
September 1, is almost here and that is the deadline for the Early Bird Special $150.00 for the V.I.P. Pulpwood Queen Package for our annual convention and book festival which we call our Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza held the third weekend in January 2009 here in East Texas, details forthcoming. You must have your check in the mail or call me at 903-665-7520 to purchase by credit card to get that rate. After September 1, 2008 the price goes up $50.00 per month per package. It's always $100 higher each month for non-members so join the Pulpwood Queens today! Send checks and make payable to Beauty and the Book, address below and we accept all major credit cards. (Go to http://www.beautyandthebook.com/ and click on Pulpwood Queens for that information).
Also I will be announcing the winner of a drawing for a FREE Complimentary V.I.P Package to Girlfriend Weekend after September 1, 2008 so check this site for that announcement. You must have posted a book review on either http://www.amazon.com/ or http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ to be entered into this drawing. If you did, both your name will be entered twice! If you have already paid for Girlfriend Weekend and your name is drawn, you will receive a full refund. So post your book review now to get in that contest and hopefully you will be the lucky winner!
Below you will find the Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections. I post them just about every month at this site. Please print them out for your members. I will be posting soon the list through the end of the year, so check this site daily or at least weekly and read all posts. Remember we are a book club and it's all about reading, ha ha ha!
September 9, as you will see in a previous post, we are hosting what we call a "Willie Nelson, the book, and author, Joe Nick Patoski, Picnic" here on the grounds of Beauty and the Book. Our PG rated version, so come on bring a blanket, lawn chairs, and dish for dinner on the grounds. See previous post for details and note NO SKINNY DIPPING in the fish pond out front, ha ha ha! I'll have tables to set food, iced tea, plates and silverware. R.S.V.P. please by email to kathy@beautyandthebook.com. I need to know how many are coming and what dish you will be bringing. Besides having Joe Nick Patoski as our special author guest, I have also lined up the musical entertainment of Terry Dorgan who does a mean Willie Nelson. Come see and hear for yourself. What a better way to kick off our fall reading than a big to do with an author who has covered the music industry and written about such a Texas icon. This is your time to bring a friend to show that we are the book club that makes reading BIG TIME FUN!
I will be starting a Life Writing Class this fall at Beauty and the Book, so stay tuned for that notification if you have ever wanted to write your life story. I am doing so now at the homeless shelter, Newgate Mission in Longview, Texas and this has been the greatest gift to me in my life. I can't wait to start one here in Jefferson!
Also I will be traveling this fall to several book festivals including the West Texas Book Festival in Abilene, Texas and the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas to speak. Let me know if you are interested in going as I love to have a Pulpwood Queen Posse' as we are "On the Road Again", see I have Willie Nelson always on my mind, ha ha! I am speaking in Gilmer, Texas, September 11, 2008 for two events and will have those dates, times, and locations, posted sometime this weekend.
So enjoy your holiday weekend and know the kat is one busy literacy promoting trooper as all of you too! With over 200 chapters of the Pulpwood Queens now almost up and going, we are most certainly, the largest "meeting and discussing book club in the world! More soon, so check this site often!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life"
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
P.S. Call my cell 903-445-2353 after Saturday to purchase Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend tickets and do note this feature below also today on the online website Shelf Awareness.
Quotation of the Day
Michael Rosen: 'Give Children Books, Not SATs'
"One of the things I would do is put the enjoyment and pleasure in books
of all kinds right at the centre. You would get teachers sitting round
saying, 'Look, here is this massive historical body of books going back
3,000 years, full of stories and knowledge. How can we make the grabbing
hold of that stuff absolutely central?' It's not through drawing up a
specific curriculum. It's through the teachers working out, with
advisers and researchers, how to do that. We've lost the ability to put
those processes in place. What we think we have to do is produce
directives from central government."--Michael Rosen, the U.K.'s
Children's Laureate, in the Independent
<http://news.shelf-awareness.com/ct.jsp?uz2871233Biz7205256>.
Pulpwood Queen Book 2008 Book Club Selection Announcements (So Far)!
2008 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections (so far)!
January 2008
The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life by Kathy L. Patrick, Grand Central Publishing
Bonus Book Club
The Stylist: A Novel (P.S.) by Cai Emmons, Harper Perennial
From the Heart: Seven Rules to Live By by Robin Roberts, Hyperion
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Rowdy in Paris by Tim Sadlin, Riverhead Hardcover
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Curse of Catunkhamun by Tim Raglin, TR Books
February 2008
Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home by Kim Sunee, Grand Central Publishing
Bonus Book Club
The Sweet Life by Lynn York, Plume
The Big Beautiful by Pamela Duncan
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Shermie Alexie, Little Brown Young Readers
March 2008
The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson, UnBridled Books
Bonus Book Club
God Said Yes by Heather Hornback Bland, Berkley
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs, Simon & Schuster
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, HarperCollins
April 2008
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West, Harper
Bonus Book Club
One Fell Swoop by Virginia Boyd, Thomas Nelson
All the Numbers by Judy Larson, Ballentine Books
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
My Mother The Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow, Harper Teen
From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White by Beverley Olsen Buller,
May 2008
A Model Summer by Paulina Porizkova, Hyperion
Bonus BookClub
the memoirs of a beautiful boy by robert leleux, St. Martins Press
Women of Magdalene by Rosemary Poole-Carter, Kunati Inc.
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection)
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Remember As You Pass Me By by L. King Perez, Milkweed
Jim Limber Davis: Black Orphan in the Confederate White House by Rickey Pittman, Pelican Publishing Company
June 2008
The Schooling of Claybird Catts by Janis Owens, Harper Paperbacks
Bonus Book Club
My Brother Michael by Janis Owens, Pineapple Press
Myra Sims by Janis Owens, Pineapple Press
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Chicken Dance by Jacques Covillion, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton, Pocket Books
July 2008
The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton, Ballentine Books
Bonus Book Club
How Perfect is That by Sarah Bird, Knopf Publishing Group
Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin by Susan Reinhardt, Kensington
Splinters (our teen version of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Wall by Peter Sis, Farrah, Straus, & Giroux
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, Atheneum
August 2008
Where the River Ends by Charles Martin, Broadway Books
Bonus Book Club
Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello, William Morrow Publishers
The Unlikely Lavender Queen by Jeannie Ralston, Broadway Books
September 2008The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg, Knopf Publishing Group
Bonus Book Club
Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore, Thomas Nelson
Hairdos & the Mildly Depressed by Doug Crandell, Virgin Books
The Flawless Skin of Ugly People by Doug Crandell, Virgin Books
Splinters (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Elsworth, Henry Holt & Company
Mockingbird by Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt & Company
Pinecones (our pre-teen version of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club) Selection
I am Scout by Charles J. Shields, Henry Holt & Company
October 2008
Serena by Ron Rash
Bonus Book Club
Singularity by Kathryn Casey, St. Martins Minotaur
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Joe Nick Patoski
Contact: Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
Email: kathy@beautyandthebook.com
Press Release for Immediate Release:
August 27, 2008
Jefferson, Texas - Beauty and the Book and the Pulpwood Queens Book Club would like to invite you to a very special event. We’re calling it our“Tribute To Willie Nelson, (the book), an Joe Nick Patoski Picnic”!
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
Email: kathy@beautyandthebook.com
Press Release for Immediate Release:
August 27, 2008
Jefferson, Texas - Beauty and the Book and the Pulpwood Queens Book Club would like to invite you to a very special event. We’re calling it our“Tribute To Willie Nelson, (the book), an Joe Nick Patoski Picnic”!
Texas writer Joe Nick Patoski will talk (in a drawl) and sign copies of his critically-acclaimed biography "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life" on the grounds at Beauty and the Book, 608 North Polk Street in historic Jefferson, Texas, Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30 pm.
Also we welcome special musical guest artist, Terry Dorgan, who is a local boy that when he performs if you keep your eyes closed, would make you swear Willie was here himself.
Joe Nick Patoski is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Patoski was a staff writer at Texas Monthly magazine for 18 years, former senior editor, and has authored six other books, including the Stevie Ray Vaughan biography "Caught in the Crossfire" and “Selena: Como La Flor.” A contributing editor to No Depression magazine, he has written too for Country Music, Rolling Stone, Spin, the Texas Observer, the New York Times, and the Austin American- Statesman, among other publications. He lives near the Texas Hill Country hamlet of Wimberley.
All we ask is that you grab your friends, bring lawn chairs, a dish, whatever, for a community dinner on the grounds. Tables for food and iced tea will be available for the dinner. Following will be a book talk by Joe Nick Patoski and then a book siging followed by the musical performance or Terry Dorgan.
Books may be pre-purchased at Beauty and the Book, call 903-665-7520 or email kathy@beautyandthebook.com. Supplies are limited so to ensure you have a book to get signed, do call early. Beauty and the Book accepts all major credit cards.
Special note: No skinny dipping in the fish pond out front! Ticket price is your attendance!
The book release couldn’t be better as Willie Nelson is celebrating his 75th year and what a better celebration than a picnic!
Joe Nick Patoski has written what appears to be the definitive biography of a country music great in WILLIE NELSON.
Publishers Weekly
For a guy who isn't me, Joe Nick Patoski can really write. Willie Nelson: An Epic Life is heartbreaking enough to have been ghostwritten by Hank Williams. It may be the best book ever written about the life of Texas's greatest gift to the world.
Kinky Friedman
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs Are Growing!
Dear Readers,
Here is some exciting news from Pulpwood Queens in Jackson, Mississippi! Check it out!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
www.beautyandthebook.com
New Book Club forming!**********PLEASE FORWARD TO ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED*************Are you interested in joining a new Ladies' Book Club? Suzanne Russell and I recently met at Lemuria Books(at the book signing of Kathy Patrick's book...see below...)and the inspiration for this club began... Monday, September 15, 5:30pm at Lemuria.com(building just north of Banner Hall - across parking lot),a new book club will form and meet for the first time.We will meet the 3rd Monday of each month.Lemuria is kind enough to offer us their buildingand it is a good, central location for everyone!If you are interested in joining (or just think you might be), email me backJonni Webb - adexec1@aol.com so we will have some idea of how many ladies to expect and can start forming an email list.Everyone that enjoys reading is invited!Our group will be associated with The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, started by Kathy Pa trick of Jefferson, TX. You can read more about the club and Kathy by clicking on the link below.http://beautyandthebook.com/pulpwood.htmA Lifetime Membership is only $25.While Kathy started the clubs for fun and friendship, her goal is to promote literacy. There are several (optional) author events throughout the year, such as Girlfriend Weekend in Jefferson, TX, that is SOOO much fun (I've been going as a member-at-large for the past four years!) It's a lot of fun to get to meet some of the authors and talk about their books. And Jefferson is a really cool little town in East Texas (about 4 hour drive). You will be amazed at the authors who take the time to come to this event in this small town...they LOVE it!The first book will be Kathy's own book: The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life, the official book of the Pulpwood Queens—“where tiaras are mandatory and reading good books are the rule!”—celebrates the transformative power of reading and is a resource for book clubs and book lovers everywhere. We will have a discussion of the book at this first meeting. It is available at Lemuria. After that, we will decide together about the book selections from current and past Pulpwood Queen selections. (Lemuria will keep up with our selections and keep them in stock).This will be a fun, casual group. All that's required is reading one book per month and coming to discuss it. New friendships can be formed, too. It will be a great way to meet other women around the area, get out of the house on a Monday evening (once a month), have a glass of wine (optional??) and enjoy the power of books! So, let me know and mark it on your calendar.Lemuria has the book and we have less than a m onth...Let's have some fun! ***Oh, and bring a friend along!***Jonni R. WebbPublisher, Front Desk USAPotter, JRWebb Pottery(601) 842-0423
Here is some exciting news from Pulpwood Queens in Jackson, Mississippi! Check it out!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
www.beautyandthebook.com
New Book Club forming!**********PLEASE FORWARD TO ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED*************Are you interested in joining a new Ladies' Book Club? Suzanne Russell and I recently met at Lemuria Books(at the book signing of Kathy Patrick's book...see below...)and the inspiration for this club began... Monday, September 15, 5:30pm at Lemuria.com(building just north of Banner Hall - across parking lot),a new book club will form and meet for the first time.We will meet the 3rd Monday of each month.Lemuria is kind enough to offer us their buildingand it is a good, central location for everyone!If you are interested in joining (or just think you might be), email me backJonni Webb - adexec1@aol.com so we will have some idea of how many ladies to expect and can start forming an email list.Everyone that enjoys reading is invited!Our group will be associated with The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs, started by Kathy Pa trick of Jefferson, TX. You can read more about the club and Kathy by clicking on the link below.http://beautyandthebook.com/pulpwood.htmA Lifetime Membership is only $25.While Kathy started the clubs for fun and friendship, her goal is to promote literacy. There are several (optional) author events throughout the year, such as Girlfriend Weekend in Jefferson, TX, that is SOOO much fun (I've been going as a member-at-large for the past four years!) It's a lot of fun to get to meet some of the authors and talk about their books. And Jefferson is a really cool little town in East Texas (about 4 hour drive). You will be amazed at the authors who take the time to come to this event in this small town...they LOVE it!The first book will be Kathy's own book: The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide to Life, the official book of the Pulpwood Queens—“where tiaras are mandatory and reading good books are the rule!”—celebrates the transformative power of reading and is a resource for book clubs and book lovers everywhere. We will have a discussion of the book at this first meeting. It is available at Lemuria. After that, we will decide together about the book selections from current and past Pulpwood Queen selections. (Lemuria will keep up with our selections and keep them in stock).This will be a fun, casual group. All that's required is reading one book per month and coming to discuss it. New friendships can be formed, too. It will be a great way to meet other women around the area, get out of the house on a Monday evening (once a month), have a glass of wine (optional??) and enjoy the power of books! So, let me know and mark it on your calendar.Lemuria has the book and we have less than a m onth...Let's have some fun! ***Oh, and bring a friend along!***Jonni R. WebbPublisher, Front Desk USAPotter, JRWebb Pottery(601) 842-0423
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The Pulpwood Queen has a NEW Mission!
Friday, August 22, 2008
The Pulpwood Queen Has a NEW Mission!
Writing my first book was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. First, because it was my story of my life in books, that made it highly personal, and second, because I had to do it while working full time and being a wife and mother.
What to tell, what not to tell. I battled for six years, internally, always with the thought in mind that everything I said would have consequences. This was to be my new baby. And when my baby was born I knew that my life would never be the same as it had when I had my first two children. What I went through pushed me to the limits on what I thought I could bear, but the pain and suffering I went through the birth process of my book made me forget everything when I received my first printed copy.
What joy! My story was to be told and to me it was beautiful.When the book was published I turned my book over to God. God is love and he would guide me through my publishing angst days ahead. What I did not know is that God had a bigger plan for me than declaring my life not only a reading life, but a writing life. One that has left me with this feeling of wonder and anticipation, much as the delight of sitting down with a new book that I have waited with bated breath to read. Oh, the joy of opening a new book to the first page. Yes, besides reading and writing AND promoting literacy, a new page has opened for me in life and one that involves a new mission. They call it Newgate.
Books have taken me many wondrous places. But one book in particular took me to a fundraiser for Newgate Mission, a mission whose sole purpose is to help people get back on their feet with a Christian foundation. Someone gave me the book “Same Kind of Different as Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore when I was on book tour. “You have to read this book, Kathy!” How many times had I heard this before but I always listen as the best books I have ever read have been presented to me by that word of mouth.
I missed church over this book. I began to read it after work on Saturday and woke Sunday early to finish the book. It was soon time for church but I was lost in the story. So lost, tears streamed down my face as I finished the last page. I had to write the author immediately and I did, via email. Ron Hall called me personally right back and we began a conversation.I felt really bad missing church. I explained to my minister, Allison and gave her the book to read. She grabbed my arm after reading the book and told me she would have missed church too.
The book is just that good. What I did not know would happen would be that soon I would travel with my daughters in tow to Longview, Texas to hear Ron Hall and Denver Moore speak about their book as a fundraiser for Newgate Mission. I believe over 2,000 people flooded into the doors of T.J. Field to hear the authors speak. It was standing room only and at the last minute the organizers added a front row and led us standing in the back to sit right in front of the podium. I met there some of my other Pulpwood Queen Book Club members who had brought their families.To read a book is one thing, but to have an author or authors speak of their book is another. This brings their story entirely into focus. I have never been so moved. You just have to read the book.
Afterwards, I spoke to Ron and Denver and leaving I noticed volunteers standing to each side behind tables of displayed information brochures on Newgate. I have to admit I had never heard of the mission before that evening. I paused as a young woman asked me if I would be interested in volunteering to help at the mission. Funny, I stopped and asked what kind of help did they need? That conversation has now led me to leading a life writing class at Newgate Mission.
I go once a month to the mission and I can tell you my life will never, ever be the same.Yesterday was just the third time I have gone to Newgate. As I write, I sit in disbelief at what happened at yesterday’s visit. I had both my daughters, age 14 and 18 in tow. I firmly believe that you want to teach your children what is important in life, you show them. Actions do speak louder than words.
We arrived to find a wooden cross propped against the outside door that was covered with hand written messages and stuffed animals. We entered and anxiously could not wait to introduce the girls to the incredible men and women who come to the mission for my class. My youngest had come with me the last time and she had begged me to bring her again. She too had experienced the same joy I had from getting to know these people. That time 19 men and one woman had showed up for the class. We even took photos at the end that were posted last month on my blogsite, www.pulpwoodqueen.com.
This time only five were in attendance but the stories began to unfold. A man after the class stopped me to show what he had written. He had begun his life story and then he told me why he had to tell his story. What he told me will be the story that I will never forget for the rest of my life. I can still see his eyes; the pain, the want and the need to have someone hear his story. He told me that from the first time he heard me speak, he knew that I was someone he could trust. I have never been given such a better gift.
What I did not understand as I volunteered to come to the mission once a month to lead this class would be what I would receive. I thought of this venture as one where I would be giving the giving. As the girls and I left I was filled with such a sense of what a gift this class was going to be for my life that I was blind sighted by what I learned next. Remember, the cross by the door as we entered the mission? I asked the minister in charge, Kent, what the cross was all about as we exited the building. He told me that a woman had been shot and murdered there the night before. She had been sleeping on a bench by the back door. Can you imagine?
My daughters and I stared in shock. Who knew such a world existed. We know now.As I write this column my oldest daughter, called out to me that Newgate Mission was on the news about the murder. Our eyes have been opened wide. I always knew that reading could take me places I never dreamed but to learn that reading could also lead me to a higher purpose? Yes, it can, it can indeed. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone would read voraciously. What roads reading may take us, what journeys, what joys!
May reading lead all of you to a higher purpose too. I assure you my life has been blessed from being a reader. Now let my actions speak louder than those words.
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life"
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
www.beautyandthebook.com
The Pulpwood Queen Has a NEW Mission!
Writing my first book was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. First, because it was my story of my life in books, that made it highly personal, and second, because I had to do it while working full time and being a wife and mother.
What to tell, what not to tell. I battled for six years, internally, always with the thought in mind that everything I said would have consequences. This was to be my new baby. And when my baby was born I knew that my life would never be the same as it had when I had my first two children. What I went through pushed me to the limits on what I thought I could bear, but the pain and suffering I went through the birth process of my book made me forget everything when I received my first printed copy.
What joy! My story was to be told and to me it was beautiful.When the book was published I turned my book over to God. God is love and he would guide me through my publishing angst days ahead. What I did not know is that God had a bigger plan for me than declaring my life not only a reading life, but a writing life. One that has left me with this feeling of wonder and anticipation, much as the delight of sitting down with a new book that I have waited with bated breath to read. Oh, the joy of opening a new book to the first page. Yes, besides reading and writing AND promoting literacy, a new page has opened for me in life and one that involves a new mission. They call it Newgate.
Books have taken me many wondrous places. But one book in particular took me to a fundraiser for Newgate Mission, a mission whose sole purpose is to help people get back on their feet with a Christian foundation. Someone gave me the book “Same Kind of Different as Me” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore when I was on book tour. “You have to read this book, Kathy!” How many times had I heard this before but I always listen as the best books I have ever read have been presented to me by that word of mouth.
I missed church over this book. I began to read it after work on Saturday and woke Sunday early to finish the book. It was soon time for church but I was lost in the story. So lost, tears streamed down my face as I finished the last page. I had to write the author immediately and I did, via email. Ron Hall called me personally right back and we began a conversation.I felt really bad missing church. I explained to my minister, Allison and gave her the book to read. She grabbed my arm after reading the book and told me she would have missed church too.
The book is just that good. What I did not know would happen would be that soon I would travel with my daughters in tow to Longview, Texas to hear Ron Hall and Denver Moore speak about their book as a fundraiser for Newgate Mission. I believe over 2,000 people flooded into the doors of T.J. Field to hear the authors speak. It was standing room only and at the last minute the organizers added a front row and led us standing in the back to sit right in front of the podium. I met there some of my other Pulpwood Queen Book Club members who had brought their families.To read a book is one thing, but to have an author or authors speak of their book is another. This brings their story entirely into focus. I have never been so moved. You just have to read the book.
Afterwards, I spoke to Ron and Denver and leaving I noticed volunteers standing to each side behind tables of displayed information brochures on Newgate. I have to admit I had never heard of the mission before that evening. I paused as a young woman asked me if I would be interested in volunteering to help at the mission. Funny, I stopped and asked what kind of help did they need? That conversation has now led me to leading a life writing class at Newgate Mission.
I go once a month to the mission and I can tell you my life will never, ever be the same.Yesterday was just the third time I have gone to Newgate. As I write, I sit in disbelief at what happened at yesterday’s visit. I had both my daughters, age 14 and 18 in tow. I firmly believe that you want to teach your children what is important in life, you show them. Actions do speak louder than words.
We arrived to find a wooden cross propped against the outside door that was covered with hand written messages and stuffed animals. We entered and anxiously could not wait to introduce the girls to the incredible men and women who come to the mission for my class. My youngest had come with me the last time and she had begged me to bring her again. She too had experienced the same joy I had from getting to know these people. That time 19 men and one woman had showed up for the class. We even took photos at the end that were posted last month on my blogsite, www.pulpwoodqueen.com.
This time only five were in attendance but the stories began to unfold. A man after the class stopped me to show what he had written. He had begun his life story and then he told me why he had to tell his story. What he told me will be the story that I will never forget for the rest of my life. I can still see his eyes; the pain, the want and the need to have someone hear his story. He told me that from the first time he heard me speak, he knew that I was someone he could trust. I have never been given such a better gift.
What I did not understand as I volunteered to come to the mission once a month to lead this class would be what I would receive. I thought of this venture as one where I would be giving the giving. As the girls and I left I was filled with such a sense of what a gift this class was going to be for my life that I was blind sighted by what I learned next. Remember, the cross by the door as we entered the mission? I asked the minister in charge, Kent, what the cross was all about as we exited the building. He told me that a woman had been shot and murdered there the night before. She had been sleeping on a bench by the back door. Can you imagine?
My daughters and I stared in shock. Who knew such a world existed. We know now.As I write this column my oldest daughter, called out to me that Newgate Mission was on the news about the murder. Our eyes have been opened wide. I always knew that reading could take me places I never dreamed but to learn that reading could also lead me to a higher purpose? Yes, it can, it can indeed. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone would read voraciously. What roads reading may take us, what journeys, what joys!
May reading lead all of you to a higher purpose too. I assure you my life has been blessed from being a reader. Now let my actions speak louder than those words.
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life"
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
www.beautyandthebook.com
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Pulpwood Queen featured on NEW Texas Magazine website!
Dear Readers,
A NEW magazine is coming out called TEXAS and I am being featured on their website! Do note in the feature that I have NOT done Don Henley's hair. I have met him on occasion and he once came into the business I shared with my fellow bookseller, Fred McKenzie, but I would not want anyone to think I did do his hair. On the other hand I would welcome him to my shop at anytime to do just that, big fan my friends, big fan!
Everything else in the article is correct, (see below) and I have also included the teaser and link to feature on Joe Nick Patoski that will be here the second Tuesday in September for his latest book, "WILLIE NELSON: An Epic Life". Please contact me immediately to reserve your copy for the event at 903-665-7520 or email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com. We accept all major credit cards and the book is $27.99 + tax and shipping if you would like us to do so. We can get you a copy personalized for you or as a gift for anyone who is a Willie Nelson fan or wants a great book on the Texas Music scene. I have never enjoyed reading a book so much but then again, I did go to one of Willie's picnics. That could be a book in itself.
Thank you Texas Magazine for the great exposure on our mission to promote literacy!
Tiara Wearing and Book Sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/
Hairdresser to the Authors That's Kathy Patrick, owner of the only salon/bookstore in the country
Classics like In Cold Blood or even the Iraq Study Group Report invoke imagery between the lines, like Truman Capote’s affinity for hats, or James A. Baker III’s statesmanly grimace. But what of these authors’ haircuts? Enter Kathy Patrick, proprietress of Texas’ Beauty and the Book, billed as “The only hair salon/bookstore in the country.”
» read more
On the Road Again Joe Nick Patoski is king of the book circuit with Willie biography. Next up, Alpine's Way Out West Texas Book Festival
Texas writer Joe Nick Patoski’s book Willie Nelson: An Epic Life came out in April to much critical acclaim.
A NEW magazine is coming out called TEXAS and I am being featured on their website! Do note in the feature that I have NOT done Don Henley's hair. I have met him on occasion and he once came into the business I shared with my fellow bookseller, Fred McKenzie, but I would not want anyone to think I did do his hair. On the other hand I would welcome him to my shop at anytime to do just that, big fan my friends, big fan!
Everything else in the article is correct, (see below) and I have also included the teaser and link to feature on Joe Nick Patoski that will be here the second Tuesday in September for his latest book, "WILLIE NELSON: An Epic Life". Please contact me immediately to reserve your copy for the event at 903-665-7520 or email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com. We accept all major credit cards and the book is $27.99 + tax and shipping if you would like us to do so. We can get you a copy personalized for you or as a gift for anyone who is a Willie Nelson fan or wants a great book on the Texas Music scene. I have never enjoyed reading a book so much but then again, I did go to one of Willie's picnics. That could be a book in itself.
Thank you Texas Magazine for the great exposure on our mission to promote literacy!
Tiara Wearing and Book Sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/
http://www.beautyandthebook.com/
Hairdresser to the Authors That's Kathy Patrick, owner of the only salon/bookstore in the country
Classics like In Cold Blood or even the Iraq Study Group Report invoke imagery between the lines, like Truman Capote’s affinity for hats, or James A. Baker III’s statesmanly grimace. But what of these authors’ haircuts? Enter Kathy Patrick, proprietress of Texas’ Beauty and the Book, billed as “The only hair salon/bookstore in the country.”
» read more
On the Road Again Joe Nick Patoski is king of the book circuit with Willie biography. Next up, Alpine's Way Out West Texas Book Festival
Texas writer Joe Nick Patoski’s book Willie Nelson: An Epic Life came out in April to much critical acclaim.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Pulpwood Queen Cries Like a River!
Dear Readers,Yes, I cried like a river when I read Charles Martin's latest "Where the River Ends". Since Charles is a Pulpwood Queen favorite author, I wanted to do something really special to commemorate his returning to the Pulpwood Queen fold and to honor his latest book. We would take a ride down the river or at least on our own Big Cypress Bayou that runs through my hometown of historic Jefferson Texas. I sent the word out to the Queens and the boat ride SOLD OUT with chapter members coming from Tyler, Marshall, Linden, and Jefferson, Texas AND Shreveport, Louisiana.
August 12, 6:00 p.m. "Rolling on the River" author event with Charles Martin of "Where the River Ends", Random House hosted by The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs at The Turning Basin boat landing off Old Karnack Highway on Big Cypress Bayou in historic Jefferson, Texas. For tickets to this event, please contact: kathy@beautyandthebook.com or call 903-665-7520
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Now I pride myself on helping undiscovered authors get discovered in a big way. We have watched Charles since the beginning as a writer and truly believe that "Where the River Ends" will finally take him to a place with a national audience. The boat ride was to be our victory launch for all Charles hard work and paying his writing dues. Then it began to rain, not quite forty days and nights but it has been raining on and off for a few days. I woke up to hear it raining pretty hard. Reminded me of the hurricane part of Charles book of which you must read but you better have a Kleenix box nearby. It's one book where you can do some major sobbing in a good way. In fact, his publisher sent me a whole basket load of tissue packets artistically printed with the old adage, "cry me a river" and the cover of his book. I plan on handing them out to all who attend the book event tonight with Charles and as an added bonus, his wife Christy will also be in attendance.
Will we take the boat ride? That is the burning question and one that will only be answered at 6:00 p.m. tonight. So if you are attending the event tonight, please go to the Turning Basin right over the Big Cypress Bridge to the boat ramp. If my Inferno Red Pacific is NOT in that parking lot and the landing seems awfully quiet, please turn around and head back down Polk Street to my shop, Beauty and the Book, 608 North Polk, as the event will be their in case of inclement weather. My cell phone is 903-445-2353 but at this time I can't tell you in which place it will be. So see you tonight in Jefferson at one or the other places.
The Pulpwood Queens will be serving tonight dessert only as we are making homemade ice cream and Auntie Bev is bringing me a birthday cake! Yes, the BIG 52 is approaching rapidly and as always, I would rather celebrate this occasion with my book club members who truly understand what turning 52 actually means. CELEBRATION!
Below is more on Charles Martin and his book or go to www.charlesmartinbooks.com. For those that did not make the reservations for the boat ride, I'll be posting a follow up story on www.readinggroupguides.com and also on this blog site with photos. I have only a handful of books left so if you wish to purchase one, you better catch me at the shop today if you want it personalized to you. Call 903-665-7520.
If you aren't joining us, may I suggest you read ALL of Charles Martin's books.
Each one is truly a present and perfect for summer time or really anytime reading.
Tiara and leopard galoshes wearing, Charles Martin book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life"
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
P.S. For next months Pulpwood Queen Book Club meeting, help celebrate Willie Nelson's 75 birthday with Joe Nick Patoski, author of "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life", September 9, 2008. This is one of most fascinating biographies I have ever read and also must mention, it really too is an insider's guide to Texas music. Some of the conversation is this book is laugh out loud funny, highly entertaining and very enlightening. Who ever knew that Willie Nelson went to Baylor University? Read this book and you will find out many, many things about Willie that you did not know and practically everything there is to know about him and the Texas Music scene.We meet the second Tuesday of each month so let me know if you will be coming and if you want to pre-order your copy of the book. I am sure I will run out unless I know for sure how many to be sure an order. Again, call 903-665-7520 and we accept all major credit cards. So for now, keep your fingers crossed, on the boat again, ha ha ha!
For more on Joe Nick Patoski go to www.joenickp.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joanna Pinsker
212-782-8941
WHERE THE RIVER ENDS
By Charles Martin
In the tradition of Nicholas Sparks, Charles Martin makes his mainstream debut with a heart-tugging novel about one man's unshakeable love for his dying wife. WHERE THE RIVER ENDS (Broadway Books; on-sale July 15, 2008; Hardcover; 978-0-7679-2698-0) by Charles Martin chronicles a love-filled, tragedy-tinged journey and a bond that transcends all.
They're an unlikely pair: Doss Michaels grew up in a trailer park in southern Georgia and works as a fishing guide and part-time artist in Charleston; Charleston native and current supermodel Abbie Coleman is the only child of the senior senator from South Carolina. For her family, it was not a match made in heaven.
After a decade of happy marriage, Abbie discovers a lump in her breast. That leads to four years of non-stop medical treatments, toxic drugs, and unending nausea--in short, the end of life as Doss and Abbie knew it.
When even her doctors throw in the towel, Doss still refuses to give up. But rather than let his wife waste away at home in the care of hired strangers, Doss packs their bags and slips out with Abbie in the middle of the night. Together they start a 130-mile river trip down the St. Mary's River--fulfilling a promise Doss had made to Abbie years ago.
To spur Abbie to finish the trip, Doss brings along her wish list--10 things she hoped to accomplish in life. There is nothing extraordinary on the list. No Mount Everest climbs, no ultra-marathons, no tours of remote corners of the globe. The wishes are simple, which is exactly the point. Because after all the hospital visits and excruciating treatments, 'normal' is a fleeting memory. Doss and Abbie want nothing better than to steal back some time together.
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While the Senator searches to find his daughter--along with most every major news network and law enforcement agency in the South, Doss makes a somewhat heroic push for the river's end. He encounters two problems: the river has a mind of its own and Doss has a secret he has not shared, not even with Abbie.
Charles Martin has written a powerfully emotional and beautiful story of heartbreaking loss and undying love.
20-City National Book Tour: Jacksonville, FL, Atlantic Beach, FL, Columbia, SC, Highlands, NC, Clayton, GA, Pawleys Island, SC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Beaufort, SC, Savannah, GA, Shreveport, LA, Henderson, TX, Jackson, MS, Oxford, MS, Memphis, TN, Nashville, TN, Lexington, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, Montgomery, AL, Sea Island, GA, St. Simons Island, GA.
AUTHOR BIO
Charles Martin is the author of five heart-wrenching novels: Chasing Fireflies, Maggie, When Crickets Cry, Wrapped in Rain and The Dead Don’t Dance. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and their three young sons.
WHERE THE RIVER ENDS
By Charles Martin
Published by Broadway Books
A Division of the Doubleday Publishing Group
July 15, 2008/Hardcover
$19.95/384 pages/ISBN: 978-0-7679-2698-0
WORKING TOUR SCHEDULE FOR CHARLES MARTIN
7/14-15 Orlando, FL: CBA
7/16 Jacksonville, FL: Barnes & Noble
7/18 Atlantic Beach, FL: Bookmark Books
7/19 Daytona Beach, FL: Sam’s Club signing
7/19 Party hosted by author in Jacksonville
7/21 Boston, MA: Bookseller Dinner
7/23 Columbia, SC: Happy Bookseller
7/25 Highlands, NC: Cyrano’s Bookshop
7/26 Clayton, GA: Prater’s Books
7/26 Clayton, GA: Persimmon Creek Winery (w/Prater’s Books)
7/28 Blowing Rock, NC
8/1 Pawleys Island, SC: Litchfield Books (The Moveable Feast)
8/2 Mt. Pleasant, SC: Barnes & Noble
8/7 Beaufort, SC: Bay Street Trading
8/8 Savannah, GA: Books A Million
8/11 Shreveport, LA: Barnes & Noble
8/12 Jefferson, TX: Beauty & the Book
8/13 Jackson, MS: Lemuria
8/14 Oxford, MS: Square Books
8/21 Sun City, South Carolina w/University of South Carolina
8/26 Memphis, TN: Davis Kidd
8/28 Nashville, TN: Davis Kidd
9/3 Lexington, KY: Joseph Beth
9/4 Cincinnati, OH: Joseph Beth
9/16 Atlanta, GA: Margaret Mitchell House
9/18 Birmngham, AL: Alabama Booksmith
9/19 Montgomery, AL: Books A Million
9/23 Sea Island: The Cloister
9/24 St. Simons Island: GJ Ford
9/26-28 Mobile, AL (SIBA Trade Show)
11/5 Hilton Head, SC: Event w/Bay Street
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