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The Long Way Home
Winning the 1,000 Mile Iditarod Footrace with Persistence, Patience, and Passion
by Pete Ripmaster
I had grown up reading books like Hatchet, Endurance, and The Call of the Wild, so “the last frontier” stories always held a special place in my heart. When I heard about the prestigious but notoriously brutal 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska, I knew I had to give it a try. It took many attempts and wore me down physically and mentally, but I never gave up and finally won first place in 2018. This is my story.​ ​
Rendezvous at the Altar
From Vietnam to Virginia
by Thuan Le Elston
Beyond Absolute Love
by Lucretia Bingham​
Burning Bright
Book Two in the Rise and Fall
of Dani Truehart Series
by Michele Kwasniewski
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Inspired by the tales of four grandmothers - Thuan Le Elston's and her husband's - Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia traces Anne's Southern upbringing to her Mad Men-like married life; Kim's family as they survive French colonialism and the Vietnam War; Mary's transformations through the Great Depression and two marriages; and Ty's migration from Hanoi businesswoman to Arizona matriarch. Through a mother's journal to her children and the four grandmothers' narrations that bridge punk band names to the Temple of Literature, Elston compares gender roles, parenting, aging, and dying in a multicultural family.
"Thuan Le Elston's writing is eloquent, and her RENDEZVOUS AT THE ALTAR is profound. It brings four distinct pasts into a future universal family. These grandmothers' voices from the grave teach the living how to gain compassion and insight."
-- Le Ly Hayslip, author of the memoir WHEN HEAVEN AND EARTH CHANGED PLACES, the inspiration for Oliver Stone's movie HEAVEN AND EARTH
Beyond Absolute Love is a YA version of Eat, Pray, Love meets The English Patient with a twist of Gossip Girl thrown in. The story builds on its predecessor Absolute Cornelia but can stand on its own as well.

This fast-paced romantic drama veers from the modeling world of NYC to the misty hinterlands of Switzerland and India. Teenage Cornelia Woodstock supports both herself and her mother as a successful but unfulfilled model. Then she faces betrayal from her first lover after she travels to India to be with him. Painful decisions about life, love and death follow. Will she abandon the cult in which she grew up? Will she find happiness as a super model or will she follow love’s call?
 
Cornelia learns about the beautiful heritage and traditions of India where she experiences first love and tragic loss of her father and her unborn child. It’s a difficult journey where she learns that no matter where she may travel or who she may meet, her ultimate responsibility is to be true to herself, first and foremost.
  
Genre
  • Young Adult/Teen
  • Love Story
  • Religion and Cults
  • Travel: India
  • ​Female Self-Empowerment
Coming Nov. 1 2021
Burning Bright is the second installment in the YA series about Dani Truehart and her rise to stardom in the unpredictable world of show business.

​"A warm, salty breeze stirs my senses.  I gaze about my room bathed in early morning sunlight and take in the enormous television and piles of designer clothes oozing out of my overstuffed closet.  Today is the first day in months that I have nowhere to be.  I lazily stretch, enjoying a peaceful moment while I reflect on the past few months."