Last night, Alexandre Trudeau was in town to promote his new book Barbarian Lost. The event took place at Library and Archives Canada during the Ottawa International Writers Festival. The author first read an excerpt and then was interviewed by Adrian Harewood. Alexandre Trudeau has always been fascinated by China and attracted to its people, history and culture. It all started when his father, late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, came back from a…
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Writing as a Way of Exploring the World
The following is a guest post by Jan Harden, author of Fear of Staying. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. Many thanks to Cecile for giving me the opportunity to guest post on her great blog. To begin with, I will ask the obvious question: what’s an aging Australian man living in the southern Netherlands doing writing novels?…
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Confessions of a Paris Party Girl by Vicki Lesage
Vicki Lesage, an American from St. Louis, Missouri, finds herself newly single at 25. When she loses her job in an IT company, she decides it is the perfect time to move to France and start over. As soon as she arrives, she relishes the delicious food and rich culture. However, she soon finds out that making new friends is not as easy as she thought and that life in Paris can be…
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Why I am a Writer
The following is a guest post by Mike Martin, author of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com I sometimes get asked why I chose to be a writer. The truth is that I didn’t choose it as much as writing chose me. Having three older sisters, two of whom turned out to…
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Memoirs of a Stranger by Tamar Douglas
Asha Shakes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and now lives in the US. She is desperately trying to get rid of her culture, as she believes it weighs her down. At the same time, she develops all kinds of conditions (paranoia, OCD, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, delusions), and she ends up being admitted against her will to a mental health hospital. During her stay there, she only trusts one therapist, Dr. Gayle….
Aida Zilelian
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The Legacy of Lost Things by Aida Zilelian
Araxi is 18 years old when she runs away from home with her friend Cecile. Her disappearance forces her Armenian relatives to reevaluate their lives and think about the past to determine what went wrong. Levon, Araxi’s father, has to deal with his anger towards his wife and his sister. Tamar, Araxi’s mother, is depressed because of her failed marriage and a lost love. Sophie, Araxi’s younger sister, feels lonely…
Carol Jackson
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Julie & Kishore by Carol Jackson
The following is a guest post by Carol Jackson, author of Julie & Kishore and Julie & Kishore – Take Two. If you would like to write a guest post on my blog, please send me an e-mail at contact@cecilesune.com. The Book Julie – a Kiwi girl, a red headed, freckle faced, plain Jane longed to wear a white wedding dress and see her handsome groom waiting for her as she took…
Krista Bremer
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My Accidental Jihad by Krista Bremer
Krista Bremer, a South California girl who loves surfing, has just moved to North Carolina to study journalism when she meets Ismail Suayah, a Libyan older man from a poor, illiterate Muslim family. Soon they become a couple, but an unplanned pregnancy early in their relationship forces them to make choices. They decide to keep the baby and get married. My Accidental Jihad chronicles the challenges and rewards of a bi-cultural marriage….