Rae Meadows's Blog, page 3
August 2, 2016
Book Trailer of the Day
I had so much fun making this. It's the book trailer of the day over at Shelf Awareness!
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshe...
http://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshe...
August 1, 2016
The Leonard Lopate Show
Friends in New York, (or anywhere on WNYC.ORG) tune into wNYC on August 10th. I'll be talking I Will Send Rain with LEONARD LOPATE! I'm thrilled, though I hope I can handle meeting the voice. I'm on around 12:40 pm.
Amazon
Amazon Editors' Best Books of the Month selection for Literature and Fiction
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July 20, 2016
BookPage Review
Thank you, BookPage! Go book, go book, go book!
“The strength of Meadows’ novel lies with these sympathetic and carefully drawn characters, each one confronting this harsh reality in his or her own way. Regardless of how much readers know about the Dust Bowl, reading this thoroughly engaging and meticulously researched novel will make them feel as if they have experienced it themselves.”
-BookPage
“The strength of Meadows’ novel lies with these sympathetic and carefully drawn characters, each one confronting this harsh reality in his or her own way. Regardless of how much readers know about the Dust Bowl, reading this thoroughly engaging and meticulously researched novel will make them feel as if they have experienced it themselves.”
-BookPage
July 13, 2016
We Have a Book Tour
I'm hitting the road. Please come and say hi!
I Will Send Rain Book Tour
8/10 7:00 pm BookCourt, Brooklyn: Book launch!
8/15 6:30 pm Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City: with filmmaker Lance McDaniel
8/16 3:00 pm Brace Books, Ponca City, OK: with filmmaker Lance McDaniel
8/17 6:00 pm Watermark Books, Wichita
8/18 7:00 pm King’s English, Salt Lake City: with writer Lynn Kilpatrick
8/29 7:30 pm Powell’s, Portland: with writer Anthony Effinger
8/30 7:00 pm Book Passage, Corte Madera: with writer Kelly Corrigan
8/31 7:00 pm Elliott Bay, Seattle: with writer Martha Brockenbrough
9/7 7:00 pm Prairie Lights, Iowa City: with writer Dean Bakopoulos
9/9 7:00 pm Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis: with writer Peter Geye
10/20 Excelsior Bay Books (MN) Lit Lovers Night
10/21 7:00 pm WI Book Festival/
A Room of One’s Own, Madison: with writer Michelle Wildgen
I Will Send Rain Book Tour
8/10 7:00 pm BookCourt, Brooklyn: Book launch!
8/15 6:30 pm Full Circle Books, Oklahoma City: with filmmaker Lance McDaniel
8/16 3:00 pm Brace Books, Ponca City, OK: with filmmaker Lance McDaniel
8/17 6:00 pm Watermark Books, Wichita
8/18 7:00 pm King’s English, Salt Lake City: with writer Lynn Kilpatrick
8/29 7:30 pm Powell’s, Portland: with writer Anthony Effinger
8/30 7:00 pm Book Passage, Corte Madera: with writer Kelly Corrigan
8/31 7:00 pm Elliott Bay, Seattle: with writer Martha Brockenbrough
9/7 7:00 pm Prairie Lights, Iowa City: with writer Dean Bakopoulos
9/9 7:00 pm Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis: with writer Peter Geye
10/20 Excelsior Bay Books (MN) Lit Lovers Night
10/21 7:00 pm WI Book Festival/
A Room of One’s Own, Madison: with writer Michelle Wildgen
Oprah!
Oprah.com includes I Will Send Rain in Books to Read if You Love Fierce, Smart Women, and calls it a "lyrical, devastating novel...With echoes of Faulkner and Steinbeck."
Wake me up from my faint.
http://www.oprah.com/book/Books-with-...
Wake me up from my faint.
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July 1, 2016
Indie NEXT
I love independent booksellers so much. Thank you for making our lives richer, and thank you for selecting I Will Send Rain for the August Indie NEXT List!
http://www.bookweb.org/news/august-20...
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June 28, 2016
June 25, 2016
Booklist--Starred Review!
This is an exciting ride! I'm so so happy about this review:
STARRED REVIEW
I Will Send Rain. Meadows, Rae (Author) Aug 2016. 272 p. Holt, hardcover, $26. (9781627794268).
An exceptional talent for creating vivid imagery and a tender regard for her characters mark Meadows’ new novel set in the Oklahoma Panhandle during the Dust Bowl. With other farmers, the Bell family despairs as dust storms replace topsoil and plants with dry grit and grasshopper husks. As some neighbors abandon homes and head west, the remaining citizens of Mulehead respond differently: some cling to their faith, some take advantage of others, many cling to routines, and others grieve in anger, violence, or resignation. Hearing God’s voice in his dreams, Samuel Bell builds an ark, with the help of his mute, asthmatic son. His daughter and his wife find clandestine love from others. An air of melancholy settles like dust in these pages, along with stark pictures of slaughtering jackrabbits, shooting
cannonballs into the clouds to bring rain, and filling window casings with paste to keep the dust out. And, yet, the Bells’ quiet courage and steely perseverance override the despair, becoming an unforgettable symbol of American
tenacity and hope. Similar to John Steinbeck’s haunting portrait of tenant farmers in The Grapes of Wrath, but also with the gritty, bittersweet elements in Rilla Askew’s Harpsong (2007) and the poignant lyricism of Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust (1997).
STARRED REVIEW
I Will Send Rain. Meadows, Rae (Author) Aug 2016. 272 p. Holt, hardcover, $26. (9781627794268).
An exceptional talent for creating vivid imagery and a tender regard for her characters mark Meadows’ new novel set in the Oklahoma Panhandle during the Dust Bowl. With other farmers, the Bell family despairs as dust storms replace topsoil and plants with dry grit and grasshopper husks. As some neighbors abandon homes and head west, the remaining citizens of Mulehead respond differently: some cling to their faith, some take advantage of others, many cling to routines, and others grieve in anger, violence, or resignation. Hearing God’s voice in his dreams, Samuel Bell builds an ark, with the help of his mute, asthmatic son. His daughter and his wife find clandestine love from others. An air of melancholy settles like dust in these pages, along with stark pictures of slaughtering jackrabbits, shooting
cannonballs into the clouds to bring rain, and filling window casings with paste to keep the dust out. And, yet, the Bells’ quiet courage and steely perseverance override the despair, becoming an unforgettable symbol of Americantenacity and hope. Similar to John Steinbeck’s haunting portrait of tenant farmers in The Grapes of Wrath, but also with the gritty, bittersweet elements in Rilla Askew’s Harpsong (2007) and the poignant lyricism of Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust (1997).
June 8, 2016
Big Red Star
Starred review from Publishers Weekly and the Indie Next List for August! A huge thank you to all my Goodreads friends who have reviewed the book and added it to their To Read shelves!!
