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Most authors tour virtually now. While I miss the face to face contact with readers, a virtual tour allows me to reach many more people, and connect with some wonderful bloggers and websites. Stop number 2 on my Women on Writing (WOW) blog tour is the Books I Think You Should Read blog hosted by Elizabeth Parker.
Elizabeth’s review of Swimming with Maya moved me because of her visceral response to the book. She was reading it on October 4, Maya’s 41st birthday, and realized that I must be missing my daughter. She was right! I do miss Maya, but I also am able to celebrate her life and our relationship, which continues.
If you’ve ever lost a loved one you know that after a time your grief begins to be less about their death and a lot more about memories of times you spent together, their quirks, the way they laughed, or that crazy cowlick they had. All of those memories apply to Maya. For a very feminine looking girl, she had the biggest laugh and the loudest burp I ever heard! And a cowlick that absolutely stood on end like a big blond poof. It still makes me smile.
Because Maya is such a deep part of me, she is still very present in my life. I know she would be lapping up all the attention “her” book is getting right now. She loved the spotlight and was very out there with her talents as an actress and all around witty person. I’m a bit more introverted and, as a writer, I prefer being in the background observing. But I loved my daughter’s sass and applauded her exploits.
To learn more about our relationship, please visit Books I Think You Should Read and enter to win a copy of Swimming with Maya.
Wednesday, October 16@ Books I Think You Should Read
Eleanor Vincent offers a giveaway for her parenting memoir Swimming with Maya and Elizabeth Parker provides an honest review of this moving book.
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