Great review for Please Say Kaddish For Me by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields – Worth reading and treasuring, By Virginia Smith

A strong woman (girl in the beginning) character in one of the dark times of Jewish life is the setting for this novel. Havah is left orphaned during one of the pogrom raids on her village, setting the stage for a story that pulled me in with its honest emotion and well-written descriptions. Having had a long-term relationship with a Jewish man whose mother left the Ukraine during the pogroms in the early years of the 20th century, I had particular interest in the details. I appreciate excellent prose with good grammatical structure and will not read a book without those two characteristics. Thank you to an excellent author for respecting the language while drawing me deep into the lives of each character. Her original artwork added a lovely, gentle touch.

The Historical Novel Society reviews The Lies that Bind: Book One of the DarkHorse Trilogy by Ed Protzel

https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-lies-that-bind-book-one-of-the-darkhorse-trilogy/

Loiacono Literary Agency takes on Carl Watson’s historical, midgrade, adventure novel, Kid Clay!

A former educator, Carl Watson has taught Language Art classes in both elementary and junior high environments. A published author, his work has appeared in both adult and children’s magazines. He is a graduate of North Texas State University and Texas Wesleyan University (ME). After being instrumental in writing a Leadership Training manual for the Boy Scouts of America, he assisted in writing a syllabus for Social Studies in the Fort Worth Public School System. The Fort Worth National Bank awarded him a fellowship to continue his studies in creative writing. His work has appeared in several children’s magazines and in church school stories for the Methodist Publishing House, Child Life, and in True West Magazine.

Kid Clay is a historical, western, adventure novel for middle graders based on his grandfather’s memoirs in which he describes his experiences as a teen cowboy during the time of the National Cattle Trail from 1880 to 1887.

All young boys dream about being a cowboy, driving herds of cattle across the prairies, and chasing Indians. Henry Clay (Kid Clay), the fifteen-year-old son of a Kentucky judge, is no different, but he gets a lot more than he bargained for.

Typhoid, rustlers, stampedes, Buffalo Bill and bank robbers…

Kid Clay has the determination and bravery he needs to survive, but as he makes his way along the trail, he discovers that the West is beginning to change. That’s when he makes a momentous decision that will affect the rest of his life.

Loiacono Literary Agency takes on Bracha Goetz’s memoir, Searching for God in the Garbage, an extremely candid chronicle of how the author became an observant Jew and overcame anorexia, told through actual diary entries and letters, spanning through the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Searching for God in the Garbage reflects changes in both the inner and outer world of the Goetz during these exciting and turbulent times. The reader experiences the loss of her innocence through adolescence, struggles with increasingly riskier behaviors, and the emergence of a gradually developing anorexia.

Groundbreaking insights are realized, impacting her recovery from a wide range of addictions. The thesis of this psychological and spiritual detective book is that eating disorders stem from hungry souls. As demonstrated through the author’s recovery and eventual epiphany, these destructive traits are simply desperate cravings for spiritual nourishment.

Goetz is a Harvard-educated author of over thirty children’s books. Amazon Author Page – Bracha Goetz Her first published piece was a poem that appeared in McCall’s magazine when she won a “Junior McCall’s” contest as a twelve-year-old. Years later, she helped coordinate and contributed an essay to the anthology, Women Look at Biology Looking at Women, while at Harvard, which became a text for many women’s studies courses nationwide. In addition, she writes articles for many newspapers and magazines and has had essays published in Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies and Torn: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood. She also coordinates a Big Brother, Big Sister Program for Jewish Community Services in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Vastola & Gluten Free Diets

Meet the author of Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, Time Stops, Time Stops!  David J. LeMaster! August 25, 2016, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM River Oaks Bookstore 3270 Westheimer, Houston, Texas, 77098

Joan Early, author of The Other Two-Fifths book signings!

August 21st, 1-4pm @ B&N Westheimer Crossing, 7626 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77063 http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2635

AND

September 10th, 1-4pm @ Beaumont B&N, Parkdale Mall 4155 Dowlen Rd, Beaumont, TX 77706

https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2127

Published by Argus Publishing

Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Loiacono Literary Agency takes on two novels by John House—Rancor and Uncommon Bond!

Rancor – When Paul and Cindy’s father is framed and murdered, and his mother commits suicide, they are separated by the courts. Paul vows to find her somehow, someway, someday…and his parent’s senseless deaths must be avenged.

Amidst the turbulent late sixties backdrop of Vietnam, Paul uses his “talents” for God, country, and his rancor…

A reconnaissance team from the 1st Cavalry Division.

Uncommon Bond – Dr. David Hanson volunteers to serve his country during the Vietnam War. All is routine until the curiosity of his chopper pilot catapults them into every serviceman’s nightmare, being a POW. Hanson’s survival depends on an uncommon bond between himself and an NVA surgeon in the bowels of a tunnel complex.

His story is taken from actual events, making them even more heart-racing.

April 1969, Phuoc Vinh

John C. House, MD, creates his novels from his vast and varied experiences in life. He is actively involved in family medicine and previously spent time in sports, prison, and urgent care medicine. He has traveled extensively, including mission trips to Belize, and has sailed and scuba dived in the Virgin Islands, Bahamas, and Belize.

To relieve the stress of a busy medical practice, he spent weekends hiking in the Appalachian Mountains with ‘Tall Guy’, a companion well versed in nature.

Prior to becoming a novelist, John published poetry and he also won prizes for short fiction. His first two novels So Shall You Reap and Choices were written with locations based in Northern and Coastal Georgia. His third novel Trail of Deceit (published by Limitless Publishing) is based on his knowledge and love of nature, set on the Appalachian Trail.

A native Georgian, John received his BS from North Georgia College, his MD from the Medical College of Georgia and completed further training at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia.

House served four years in the US Army, including a tour in Vietnam with the First Cavalry Division, which gives his novels, Rancor and Uncommon Bond, much authenticity and realism.

John and his wife, Pam, live on the Southeast Coast of Georgia. All his creative works involve the richness of the Southern culture. Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency

Johnnie Bernhard

Johnnie Bernhard will be speaking at “The Magic of Books” September 17th at the University of Southern Mississippi Long Beach campus.
http://www.gcwriters.org/event16_magicofbooks.html

Bernhard will be speaking on the editing process.

Johnnie Bernhard is the author of A Good Girl (Texas Review Press, 2017).