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Lynn Kiele Bonasia

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The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.lynnkielebonasia.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

member since

August 2008

About this author

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Lynn Kiele Bonasia is the author of two novels set on Cape Cod. Summer Shift (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), about a woman who runs a New England clam bar, is scheduled for release on June 1, 2010. Her first novel, Some Assembly Required (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), came out in 2008. Prior to that, Lynn sold her soul as a freelance advertising copywriter.

Technically a “washashore,” Lynn moved to the Cape as a teen and graduated from Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham. Upon graduation, she set out to seek fame and fortune, or at least to acquire some sort of formal education (a BA in journalism at the University of Massachusetts), find love, become an advertising copywriter, which she was able to do as a freelancer once h...more

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Lynn Kiele Bonasia's Blog

Looking back, and ahead to summer...

The other day I found an old photo of me as a kid, red-cheeked with sun bleached hair, arms wrapped around a Dressy Bessy doll. It had been taken in front of the Town Crier Motel on Route 6 in Eastham, where my family spent many a summer week. We’d tried other motels for our annual trek to the Cape but my parents loved this one for its indoor pool and game room that gave us a Plan B in the even... read more »

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Books by Lynn Kiele Bonasia

Average rating: 3.20 · 358 ratings · 89 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Summer Shift 3.19 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Some Assembly Required 3.20 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Countess Nobody 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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April 2012, Lynn Kiele Bonasia
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? LB: Happy to be here. Hoping to stick around. SS: What is your motto or maxim? LB: Everything in moderation. Sounds like a snooze, but it served my nonagenarian relatives well. What Re..." ...More

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Lynn's Writing

Excerpt from Summer Shift (June 2010) (Literature & Fiction)

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Description: Read and excerpt from my forthcoming novel. At the end of Chapter Four, 44-year-old Mary Hopkins is reeling from the death of an employee, a young waitress who, unbeknownst to Mary, had had a child. Add to this, a mysterious visit from a long lost love earlier in the day. Now, she’s about to learn her secret crush from last year has a mystery girlfriend of his own.

Lynn is Currently Reading

Lynn Bonasia is currently reading:

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

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Lynn's Recent Updates

Lynn Kiele Bonasia wrote a new blog post: Looking back, and ahead to summer... Looking back, and ahead to summer... The other day I found an old photo of me as a kid, red-cheeked with sun bleached hair, arms wrapped around a Dressy Bessy doll. It had been taken i... read more »
Apr 13, 2012 12:41am · like
Lynn Bonasia is currently reading: The Secret History by Donna Tartt	My rating:
Mar 15, 2010 01:48pm
Lynn Bonasia said "yes" to attending the event: Cape Cod Writers Center Breakfast with the Authors date: July 09, 2010 09:30AM location: tbd, Osterville, MA, The United States description: One of 3 authors presenting and signing books. Others tba.
Mar 15, 2010 01:46pm
Lynn Bonasia gave to: Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler	My rating:
Mar 11, 2010 01:44pm
Lynn Bonasia gave to: The Chester Chronicles by Kermit Moyer	My rating:
Mar 11, 2010 01:42pm
Lynn Bonasia gave to: The Maytrees by Annie Dillard	My rating:
Mar 11, 2010 01:42pm
Lynn Bonasia gave to: Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan read in March, 2010	My rating:
Mar 11, 2010 01:41pm
Lynn Bonasia wrote Excerpt from Summer Shift (June 2010): Beginning at the end of Chapter Four "Mary woke at her desk with a crick in her neck and the mud taste of tobacco in her mouth. How many h" …more
Mar 11, 2010 01:39pm · like