Don’t you think we need a Chanel Bonfire Tour Bus?
I’ll work on it. Maybe add some flames! In the meantime, you can come see me, ask questions, get books signed and talk about Chanel Bonfire, crazy moms and anything else you like at the Glendale Public Library in Glendale, CA on April 15th at 7PM.
If you can’t make that and your book group is reading Chanel, I’d be happy to arrange a Skype Q&A with you. Just shoot me an email at chanelbonfire@gmail.com !
Two Days Left in our new Goodreads Giveaway!
Click on the link below and enter to win a FREE copy of “Chanel Bonfire”. If you like it, suggest it to your Book Group and I’ll be happy to do a Skype Q & A with you all!
With Wendy Lawless
Monday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
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Actress and author Wendy Lawless discusses her stunning memoir about her unconventional, heartbreaking childhood with an unstable alcoholic and suicidal mother and the unusual strength that allowed her to rise above it all.
By the time Wendy Lawless turned seventeen, she’d known for quite some time that she didn’t have a normal mother. But that didn’t stop her from wanting one. Georgann Rea didn’t bake cookies or go to PTA meetings; she wore a mink coat and always had a lit Dunhill plugged into her cigarette holder. She had slept with too many men, and some women, and she didn’t like dogs or children. Georgann had the ice queen beauty of a Hitchcock heroine and the cold heart to match. In this evocative, darkly humorous memoir, Wendy deftly charts the highs and lows of growing up with her younger sister in the shadow of an unstable, fabulously neglectful mother. Georgann, a real-life Holly Golightly who constantly reinvents herself as she trades up from trailer-park to penthouse, suffers multiple nervous breakdowns and suicide attempts, while Wendy tries to hide the cracks in their fractured family from the rest of the world. Chanel Bonfire depicts a childhood blazed through the refined aeries of The Dakota and the swinging townhouses of London, while the girls’ beautiful but damned mother desperately searches for glamour and fulfillment. Ultimately, they must choose between living their own lives and being their mother’s warden. The program is sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Department. |
Tune In Tomorrow April 8th @ 11AM Eastern to WJFK 1580AM and WNEW 99.1FM for…
A terrific story from my local paper:
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0403-a-memoir-thats-hard-to-read,0,6937945.story
Special thanks to Liana Aghajanian for a wonderful write-up. And don’t forget, I’ll be answering questions, reading and signing books at the Glendale Public Library on April 15th at 7PM. See you there!
I am always grateful when people read my book and glad when it has touched them or helped them or simply entertained them. My publisher and book stores and Amazon always celebrate the big newspaper or magazine reviews and that’s great. But today I’d like to celebrate all the other reviews from Amazon Vine or GoodReads or individual blogs. I love the fact that people are out there sharing their perspectives and reactions and creating a new and varied conversation. Thank you all. Here’s a sample from a very interesting book blog called Bookworm is My Totem:
