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Seasons of the Vineyard by Catherine MacDonald

Francesca Bernard ran away from her family vineyard because she was determined to live a different life--one without the grapes and her secrets. But when Enrico, the foreman, calls her home because her father's dementia is making it impossible for him to manage the vineyard, she and her son return and discover the vineyard and her father in dire need. She assumes her father's role and deals with the complexities of running the vineyard, his aging, and Enrico's advances. The grapes are struggling. Money is tight. Her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Her teenaged son experiments with drugs, and Enrico is still in love with her. Through sweat and hard work, Francesca rediscovers that the rhythms of the vineyard are deeply restorative. She becomes certain of one thing: she wants to resurrect the vineyard and prove everyone wrong. She is willing to do just about anything to prove she can be a world-class vintner--even if that means sleeping with the competition. Her rel...
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Interview With Author Aline Soules

May 23, 2012 1) Please tell us about you and your book. What is the genre? What's the book about? (If you have any websites or other links, please post them). My book is a collection of prose poems and flash fiction pieces that both stand alone and work together to create a universal woman. Each piece begins with "A woman" and a verb and continues from there. My goal was to emphasize the complexity of a woman and communicate that to my readers. The pieces express a range of emotions, stretch from the elements of daily life to the fantastical, and connect a woman to the world. I begin with a piece that breaks everything apart, after which, each piece examines one aspect of the prism that I split. One of the best compliments I received about my book was from a male writer, Al Garrotto, who provided a blurb for my book, but later wrote an unsolicited review on his blog. He wrote: "Every man who cares about a woman at any level of relationship will com...
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What do Age, Experience and Wisdom have in common?

LESSONS TO LIVE BY...OUR JOURNEY IN LIFE This book launch starts March 14th. Please tell your friends. Do you appreciate wisdom and experience? Do you wish your kids were exposed to strong, positive values? Do you long for simpler times? Then this book is for you! In his memoir, Doyle Barnes shares the most important lessons of his long life in a wonderfully positive allegorical way. Filled with powerful personal tales, his book Our Journey in Life, is great reading for anyone 8 to 80 years old. After regaling his children and grandchildren with his amazing stories for years, he was urged to take his message to the world. Now it's here and it's just right for bedtime reading, sharing with the family and bestowing upon our kids, this book puts a lifetime of success into a little book you’ll cherish. http://bit.ly/OurJIL Barnes offers advice on: how to get what you want through persistence how to make a plan for life how to maximize your abilities how to reach top authoritie...
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