Author Spotlight: Laurie Beach Is Here with a New Southern Isles Novel!
I fell in love with Laurie Beach’s Southern writer voice when I was the CE on her book, The Firefly Jar. She makes you long for sweet tea, grits, and starry southern nights with every heartwarming word.
Laurie Beach is a former news reporter, advertising producer, and political press secretary who, after raising children, is parlaying her love of reading and writing into a career as an author. She is a sucker for elderly people, furry animals, and all things chocolate. Having grown up in Alabama, she loves novels set in the South. Laurie now lives in Colorado with her husband, herds of elk, and the occasional bear.
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She’s here with her newest holiday gem: Christmas on Goose Island.
Giveaway: Would you want to know the date and time you will die? Two commenters will win an e-book copy of Christmas on Goose Island, so tell us… would you?
Christmas on Goose Island
What if you woke up knowing the exact date and time you would die?
Dorothea Boone is no sissy. She knows full well that her amateur prognostications aren’t always spot-on, but this one has her reeling—especially since it was clear that she might drop dead early Christmas morning. So, when John Stanley enters her life, she doesn’t know whether to run toward him, or sprint away as fast as she can.
She’s supposed to have half of her life left to figure things out. Which means she absolutely cannot leave Earth while she still has a strong sense that something is missing. But what is it? Is it the fact that she’s been closed-off to men since her surprise unwed pregnancy? Or that her children are all off living their own lives without her? The uncertainty of her life stirs up old memories and mysteries from childhood that have her spinning.
So when Christmas approaches and John is determined to make sure she sticks around, will she allow him in? Or will she simply let fate take its course?
4 Comments
Doris Lankford
No I would not want to know.
Denise
No. I wouldn’t want to know.
Laurie Reese
Thank you so much, Nan!! I appreciate all of the help you offer other authors.
Liz Flaherty
Hi, Laurie. I loved Christmas On Goose Island! In answer to your question, I’d have to say No, because I know I’d ruin my own last days by not enjoying them. While the ability to get all my ducks in a row would be nice, I’m not sure it would be worth the tradeoff for loving every day.