Many friends turned out for my reading and signing at Nicola’s Bookstore in Ann Arbor. It felt like a celebration. I explained that an abused woman I had worked with as a psychotherapist inspired me to write the novel; that my protagonist Tulip lived in Ypsilanti in the late 60's when John Norman Collins, serial rapist and Killer, was on the prowl, At that time there were no services for battered women. Fast forward to today and we have the incredible Ann Arbor Safe House Center which serves over 4,000 women, children and men each year. During the discussion, Julaine Le Duc, Resource Development Director at the facility, answered questions about the program.
Three dollars of each novel purchased will be donated to the local Safe House Center. Nicola generously split the contribution with me. Thank you, Nicola!
My greatest supporter and critic, husband Murray, photographed the affair. Murray has figuratively allowed Tulip and her brood to live at our home for the past four or five years and has read every draft before my writing groups. I am indebted to him as I am to my writing colleagues. He told me to enjoy the reading, and I did.
The Next Step: Contact local libraries and deliver books.
If you read Four Walls and a Leaky Roof, I'd appreciate your commenting on Amazon Books and/or Good Reads. I'd appreciate comments on this blog also.
The Next Step: Contact local libraries and deliver books.
The Participants
Dan Minock WCC Creative Writing Professor
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| Lynn Riehl Events Coordinator, Bremda Meisels, Julaine Le Duc Safe House |
Middle Front, Writing Partner Susan Morales
