The Mermaid's Sister, Bookstore Visits,
& a Star Whale
Hi!
Below, you'll find a press release for a book signing I'll be doing in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania at Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University. I thought I'd post it here because it contains a little bit about the book (The Mermaid's Sister)and the author (me!)--in case you don't know us.
If you're in central PA, please come & meet me at Webster's Bookstore & Café on November 6, 2015, during State College's First Friday events. I attended Penn State there, so I'm very excited to be revisiting its hometown.
Check out my events page for more info on signings & appearances, including links to the stores' websites. I hope to meet you soon!
Lewisburg Bookstore to Hold
Signing for Award Winning Author
LEWISBURG, PA-
On Friday, October 2, Barnes and Noble at Bucknell University (400 Market St.)
will host a book signing event with Carrie Anne Noble, winner of the 2014
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Young Adult Fiction. Noble will sign copies
of her novel “The Mermaid’s Sister” from 6 to 8 p.m.
Opening in Pennsylvania’s
mountains in the 1870s, “The Mermaid’s Sister” tells the tale of Clara and
Maren, 16-year-old foundlings adopted by an old healer woman. When Clara
discovers shimmering scales on her sister’s side, she realizes Maren is
becoming a mermaid—and there is no cure for being who you truly are. Because
mermaids cannot survive long on land, Clara, Maren, and their best friend
O’Neill undertake a journey to deliver Maren to the sea. But no road is ever straight, and they fall
prey to an evil family of traveling performers. Clara and O’Neill must find a
way to save themselves and the ever-weakening mermaid Maren before it’s too
late.
“The Mermaid’s
Sister” was published in March by Skyscape. Praised as “a must read” by Publishers
Weekly, and called “engaging and magical” by Kirkus, the novel has received
over 900 5-star reviews. Although the book is marketed for teens, readers of
all ages have enjoyed Noble’s delightful blend of fairy tale elements and
historical fiction.
Noble wrote
the first draft of “The Mermaid’s Sister” as her National Novel Writing Month
project in November 2012, weeks after the death of her own beloved sister.
Writing a fictional “sister story” provided her with comfort and a path through
grief to acceptance and hope—themes that lie just beneath the surface of the
lyrical fantasy novel.
A native of
Lycoming County, Noble has been writing fiction for most of her life. As an
adult, she spent a year as a staff writer for a local newspaper, but she much
prefers inventing stories of her own.
More about the
book and author can be found at http://www.carrienoble.com. For more information about the book signing
event, call Barnes and Noble at (570) 577-1128.
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There are lots of good books on the list & a few I'm adding to my personal TBR pile.
