Four Walls and a Leaky Roof is Available
Three dollars of each purchase will be donated to a domestic violence program.
A couple of weeks ago I opened my door to find the second proof copy of Four Walls and a Leaky Roof but also a box containing fifty copies of the first proof. Very complicated. Since my husband thought I was neurotic when I found errors in this first proof, I was relieved that he was not home. After I calmed myself, I called Createspace, who immediately acknowledged their error. A few days ago fifty copies of the corrected novel arrived on my doorstep.
Four Walls and a Leaky Roof will be available at Nicola’s Ann Arbor bookstore, Createspace, and Amazon Books. Or, I have fifty copies—and fifty proofs. I'm wondering, should I sell the proofs at a discount or would people laugh at the six obvious errors?
READING: NICOLA’S BOOKSTORE ANN ARBOR SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9th 3:00p.m.
The following is an announcement for Nicola's bookstores website.
For Walls and a Leaky
Roof is a psychological novel
about an abused woman’s growth and redemption. It begins on an icy winter
night, when Tulip stuffs clothing in paper bags, gathers her three young
children, and flees her husband. Set
in Ypsilanti, Michigan in the late 1960s, Tulip is terrified of her abusive
husband and also of the serial killer John Norman Collins.
Tulip impulsively purchases a dilapidated house, the eyesore of
the neighborhood. Her genteel neighbors are appalled by this brassy woman and
her unrestrained children.
Will Tulip’s feisty can-do attitude, her hard work, courage and
humor be enough to revive “Old Grouchy” and create a home? Or will she need
help from an unexpected source?
About
the Author:
Brenda Meisels is a retired social worker psychotherapist living
in Ann Arbor with her husband Murray Meisels. In 2009, she published Family at Booknook, about a reclusive, single
mother’s love and her feisty daughter’s determination. Ms. Meisels states that
she writes to keep sane but that her husband chuckles and states that it does
not work.
I'm on chapter 9, and can't put it down, can't wait to see what happens, I'm from these small towns she talks about so it is wonderful to read all about them.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous, I’m pleased you are engrossed in the novel. I too enjoy reading books set in places I’m familiar with. It jogs my memory and invites me into the story. I often took my children to Hidden Lake Gardens near Adrian, Michigan and have fond memories of the beautiful hills and landscaping. It’s also interesting to research the events happening in the area. I found the capture of Ypsilanti rapist and killer John Norman Collins fascinating and had fun weaving a thread of the event into Tulip’s story.
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