Cherise Wolas's Blog, page 3
July 10, 2019
Book giveaway of THE FAMILY TABOR paperback
There's a Goodreads Giveaway for THE FAMILY TABOR paperback coming out on July 16, 2019!
May 20, 2019
Author Talk on May 22 at Yorkville Branch of the NYPL
I'll be doing an Author Talk at the Yorkville Branch of the NYPL on Wednesday, 5/22 at 5:30 PM. 222 East 79th Street. Talk, Q&A, books for sale, book signing!
May 16, 2019
JUNE 13, The Family Tabor will be in paperback in the UK!
On JUNE 13, The Borough Press will publish the UK paperback of THE FAMILY TABOR!
Thank you to so many who have read the hardcover, written to me to express their love for it, who have reviewed it here, on Amazon, and on Instagram. Summer is coming and the Tabors are in Palm Springs, CA with all of their secrets.
You can preorder the paperback at any independent bookstore in the UK, including at City Books Bookstore: http://city-books.co.uk, and at Amazon: amzn.to/2HlpOU9
Thanks so much!
Thank you to so many who have read the hardcover, written to me to express their love for it, who have reviewed it here, on Amazon, and on Instagram. Summer is coming and the Tabors are in Palm Springs, CA with all of their secrets.
You can preorder the paperback at any independent bookstore in the UK, including at City Books Bookstore: http://city-books.co.uk, and at Amazon: amzn.to/2HlpOU9
Thanks so much!
April 6, 2019
MONDAY April 8 at 3 PM at Peninsula Public Library, Lawrence, NY
Join me on Monday, April 8 at 3 PM at the PENINSULA PUBLIC LIBRARY, 280 Central Avenue, Lawrence, New York. I'm in conversation about THE FAMILY TABOR and signing copies!
https://nwsdy.li/2Keukax
https://nwsdy.li/2Keukax
April 3, 2019
International Dublin Literary Award
I've been so lucky that my novels have been nominees for various literary prizes, but tomorrow, the shortlist for the 2019 International Dublin Literary Award is announced, 141 books from around the world, including translations, down to 10, and I'm going to say it, I would levitate if THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY, currently on the longlist, made it to the shortlist. The odds are against it, but a writer can hope and dream and I will always be thrilled that it was nominated in the first place!
March 25, 2019
THE FAMILY TABOR one of the STUNNING NOVELS THAT EXPLORE FAMILY DYNAMICS
If you like books full of emotional depth and interesting character interactions, stories about families are the way to go. They're full of complex relationships that will draw you in and keep you invested from start to finish. So if you're looking for a great new read, check out the fourteen stunning novels listed here. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker.
http://bit.ly/2CG9xq9
14 Stunning Novels That Explore Family Dynamics
Title Author
1. The Family Tabor Cherise Wolas
2. Where Reasons End Yiyun Li
3. The Girl Made of Clay Nicole Meier
4. The Ones We Choose Julie Clark
5. Beyond the Pale C. Michelle McCarty
6. The Cactus Sarah Haywood
7. The Crying Tree Naseem Rakha
8. The Book of Essie Meghan MacLean Weir
9. Before the Wind Jim Lynch
10. Number One Chinese Restaurant Lillian Li
11. Good Neighbors Joanne Serling
12. Bitter in the Mouth Monique Truong
13. Ordinary People Diana Evans
14. Brass Xhenet Aliu
http://bit.ly/2CG9xq9
14 Stunning Novels That Explore Family Dynamics
Title Author
1. The Family Tabor Cherise Wolas
2. Where Reasons End Yiyun Li
3. The Girl Made of Clay Nicole Meier
4. The Ones We Choose Julie Clark
5. Beyond the Pale C. Michelle McCarty
6. The Cactus Sarah Haywood
7. The Crying Tree Naseem Rakha
8. The Book of Essie Meghan MacLean Weir
9. Before the Wind Jim Lynch
10. Number One Chinese Restaurant Lillian Li
11. Good Neighbors Joanne Serling
12. Bitter in the Mouth Monique Truong
13. Ordinary People Diana Evans
14. Brass Xhenet Aliu
February 7, 2019
THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY recommended by UK Shelf Improvement
A wonderful UK bookseller has started Shelf Improvement, an email subscription for book recommendations. THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY is among the first recommendations.
"I was going to try and save The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas for as long as possible but I just can't wait any longer. I adore this novel - it is a beautiful, sprawling, completely engrossing read. Joan finds fame early on in life with two hugely successful short story collections and just as she's about to write her first novel, life intervenes. She becomes many things throughout her life - wife and mother amongst them - but keeps trying to get back to what seems her core self, the writer. It's a novel that transforms - there's a great big twist of shock and betrayal in the middle, then journeys on to the final third (literally for Joan, who finds herself in a new and unfamiliar country) - reading the book is like living someone else's life. Throughout it are extracts of Joan's writing which felt so authentic it was genuinely disappointing to put the book down and remember I couldn't read the rest of her stories because they don't exist! It was Wolas' debut novel (which is completely outrageous - it is so accomplished and Joan's life as a writer is so fully formed) and it has stayed with me since I first read it in a way that few books do. Just writing about it makes me want to read it again."
You can subscribe at:
tinyletter.com/shelf-improvement
"I was going to try and save The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas for as long as possible but I just can't wait any longer. I adore this novel - it is a beautiful, sprawling, completely engrossing read. Joan finds fame early on in life with two hugely successful short story collections and just as she's about to write her first novel, life intervenes. She becomes many things throughout her life - wife and mother amongst them - but keeps trying to get back to what seems her core self, the writer. It's a novel that transforms - there's a great big twist of shock and betrayal in the middle, then journeys on to the final third (literally for Joan, who finds herself in a new and unfamiliar country) - reading the book is like living someone else's life. Throughout it are extracts of Joan's writing which felt so authentic it was genuinely disappointing to put the book down and remember I couldn't read the rest of her stories because they don't exist! It was Wolas' debut novel (which is completely outrageous - it is so accomplished and Joan's life as a writer is so fully formed) and it has stayed with me since I first read it in a way that few books do. Just writing about it makes me want to read it again."
You can subscribe at:
tinyletter.com/shelf-improvement
November 23, 2018
The tribe Camille Tabor wanted to research is in the news.
How strange that the Sentineli tribe, unknown to most of the world, and which I heavily researched and included in THE FAMILY TABOR, as the tribe Camille Tabor wants to investigate, should now be all over the news.
https://nyti.ms/2PTb2dr
https://nyti.ms/2PTb2dr
November 20, 2018
THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY IS NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby has been nominated for the 2019 International Dublin Literary Award and is in stellar company! I'm completely honored and thrilled!
http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nom...
http://www.dublinliteraryaward.ie/nom...
September 11, 2018
A READER PENS A LETTER TO THE NYTBR EDITOR ABOUT THE FAMILY TABOR: OLDER PEOPLE HAVE SEX!
Letters to the Editor
Aug. 31, 2018
Geriatric Sex
To the Editor:
While reading Alex Kuczynski’s review of the novel “The Family Tabor” [by Cherise Wolas] (Aug. 19), I was shocked when she wondered how Harry and his wife could have fabulous sex for 44 years. She made it sound improbable. In fact, many long-married couples can enjoy a healthy sex life into the later years.
A study of the sex habits of 70-year-olds in Sweden from 1970 to 2001 found that older adults are having more sex than we might think. Of all the sexually active older adults interviewed at the end of the study, roughly 25 percent reported having sex at least once a week (compared with 10 percent in the 1970s). Not only that, but at least half of the men and women said their relationships were “very happy.”
JOSEPHINE DERVAN
PALM COAST, FLA.
Aug. 31, 2018
Geriatric Sex
To the Editor:
While reading Alex Kuczynski’s review of the novel “The Family Tabor” [by Cherise Wolas] (Aug. 19), I was shocked when she wondered how Harry and his wife could have fabulous sex for 44 years. She made it sound improbable. In fact, many long-married couples can enjoy a healthy sex life into the later years.
A study of the sex habits of 70-year-olds in Sweden from 1970 to 2001 found that older adults are having more sex than we might think. Of all the sexually active older adults interviewed at the end of the study, roughly 25 percent reported having sex at least once a week (compared with 10 percent in the 1970s). Not only that, but at least half of the men and women said their relationships were “very happy.”
JOSEPHINE DERVAN
PALM COAST, FLA.
