An Official Debut...

To my surprise I got my first official book review this week. It appeared in the Provincetown Banner, a regional weekly newspaper serving the four communities that make up the outer Cape on Cape Cod.
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Some of the review was a bit hokey, as you will see, but I am pleased and thankful. Here's a portion of the review:

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'The book is a telling probe into relationships and the complications that accompany them. It is an exploration into family and the dynamics that bind loved ones despite the differences and hurt than can disrupt the unit. And this book is a story with a twist that comes unexpectedly at the end accompanied by love letters from the heart delivered from the grave long after death.'

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'A complex story written with a steady hand, 'The Light Stays On' is not a dark offering despite the subject matter, rather a ray of hope for those on a mission to reap the rapturous sting that Cupid's arrow slings.'
(Note from me: that last sentence is hokey, huh?)
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I have never had a book reviewed before. I have never written a book before. So this is hopefully the beginning of quite a ride. I hope the story of Alex and Lily is well received--I can vouch that their love for each other is real and enduring and that's what I wanted most to convey--but no matter what, I will learn and be grateful.

Next, my steady friend Bill prepared the most wonderful postcards announcing the book. If you want one, just email me your address and I'll mail one out to you. (And if you by chance have the desire or means to circulate many, I'll mail you a wheel barrel full!)

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"When one door closes, another opens." I suspect this is true. I and the tulips will look ahead to the breaking of the ground in spring.

To my blog buddies: thanks again and again for your support of my work and writing. What a difference it makes.