Patti Frazee's Blog
April 29, 2012
Free Book on Kindle
Today only, Cirkus will be a free download on Kindle. Out of Harmony is also $2 off today and will be priced at 1.99 for a limited time.
Don't delay...two books for one low price!!
Don't delay...two books for one low price!!
February 9, 2012
Second novel, Out of Harmony now available
Out of Harmony, my second novel, is now available at all major online bookstores, and it is also avialable as an ebook for Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Sony eReader, and Kobo.
In Harmony, Nebraska, no one paid much attention to Jude Jenkins, the girl who lived in the incinerator of an abandoned building. And when she disappeared more than twenty years ago, her best friend Alison thought Jude had run away to New Orleans. Now, as Alison’s life in Minneapolis begins to crumble and the tensions in her longtime relationship begin to rise, Alison is faced with the news that Jude’s skeletal remains have been found. But Jude’s secrets didn’t die on the day of her suicide; they live with Alison and she yearns to be free of those long-held secrets.
Alison returns to Harmony for Jude’s burial and begins to face the relationships and memories she hoped to leave behind. And even as Alison relives the stories Jude told her about the abuse suffered at the hands of her father, Alison begins to fear that she may have caused Jude’s death.
Betrayal, lust, and guilt weave through this novel that transcends time, as Alison Bouchard struggles to find freedom from the life she has built and the lies she lives.
In Harmony, Nebraska, no one paid much attention to Jude Jenkins, the girl who lived in the incinerator of an abandoned building. And when she disappeared more than twenty years ago, her best friend Alison thought Jude had run away to New Orleans. Now, as Alison’s life in Minneapolis begins to crumble and the tensions in her longtime relationship begin to rise, Alison is faced with the news that Jude’s skeletal remains have been found. But Jude’s secrets didn’t die on the day of her suicide; they live with Alison and she yearns to be free of those long-held secrets.
Alison returns to Harmony for Jude’s burial and begins to face the relationships and memories she hoped to leave behind. And even as Alison relives the stories Jude told her about the abuse suffered at the hands of her father, Alison begins to fear that she may have caused Jude’s death.
Betrayal, lust, and guilt weave through this novel that transcends time, as Alison Bouchard struggles to find freedom from the life she has built and the lies she lives.
December 17, 2011
Cirkus now on Kindle
The Kindle version of Cirkus is now available at Amazon.com. New cover, same great story.
http://www.amazon.com/Cirkus-ebook/dp...
http://www.amazon.com/Cirkus-ebook/dp...
December 4, 2011
Cirkus: the beginning
As I reread Cirkus to prepare to release it as an ebook, I started thinking about the process.
Many people asked me if I had a love of the circus when I was younger. The fact is...I had never been to a circus when I was young. In fact, I have never been to a circus (unless one counts Cirque de Soleil).
My first exposure to the circus, in person, was when I worked at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska. Everyday on my way to the box office, where I worked, I passed the lion cages in the "backstage" area of the circus. Um...they were in these tiny cages with a tarp over them.
And the few times I got close to the elephants, I noticed the whip marks along their sides.
Both of these things totally turned me off of the circus. But they stuck with me...enough to put this kind of cruelty in the book. Mariana reacts to it many times in the book; she longs to free the animals.
When I did research for the book, I tried to stay away from anything about the animals because it made me sad. But I do know that circuses in the early 1900s didn't know how to treat these exotic animals. They treated their health care as they would a dog or cat. Many of the animals died over the winter months.
So no, I do not have a love for the circus. The book was born out of my interest in the conjoined twins...but more about that in a later blog.
Many people asked me if I had a love of the circus when I was younger. The fact is...I had never been to a circus when I was young. In fact, I have never been to a circus (unless one counts Cirque de Soleil).
My first exposure to the circus, in person, was when I worked at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska. Everyday on my way to the box office, where I worked, I passed the lion cages in the "backstage" area of the circus. Um...they were in these tiny cages with a tarp over them.
And the few times I got close to the elephants, I noticed the whip marks along their sides.
Both of these things totally turned me off of the circus. But they stuck with me...enough to put this kind of cruelty in the book. Mariana reacts to it many times in the book; she longs to free the animals.
When I did research for the book, I tried to stay away from anything about the animals because it made me sad. But I do know that circuses in the early 1900s didn't know how to treat these exotic animals. They treated their health care as they would a dog or cat. Many of the animals died over the winter months.
So no, I do not have a love for the circus. The book was born out of my interest in the conjoined twins...but more about that in a later blog.
