Luanne Rice's Blog, page 25
February 5, 2011
Silver Boat Audio
I am so happy that Blair Brown will be reading THE SILVER BOAT for audio. Blair has read many of my books-on-tape (I mean CD) and I love the warmth and wisdom in her voice. We live near each other, so I get to experience her wonderfulness first-hand. Aside from her incredible film work, and [...]
February 3, 2011
The Silver Boat
Praise for Luanne Rice: "Exciting, emotional, terrific." —The New York Times Book Review "In her hands families. . . seem worth cherishing." —San Francisco Chronicle From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time to say goodbye to [...]
January 17, 2011
A Winter's Note
I love winter. It's partly the drawing in, staying warm, keeping together with family and friends. But just as much, it's bundling up, walking in the snow, feeling icy weather, watching changes in nature. Leaves are down; more light and sky are visible through the branches. On clear nights, the stars seem to catch on [...]
January 11, 2011
Book Lovers
Yesterday I spent the day at the ALA Midwinter meeting. Early in the morning I had breakfast with booksellers. We met at the U.S. Grant Hotel, and the conversation flowed instantly. Put book lovers and coffee together and off we go. We talked about The Silver Boat, and I was thrilled to hear they [...]
January 6, 2011
Paris
(Photograph by Peter Turnley, Café Ma Bourgogne, Place des Vosges, Paris, 1982) Lydie McBride occupied a café table in the Jardin du Palais Royale and thought how fine it was to be an American woman in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. That is the first line of Secrets of Paris, a novel [...]
January 4, 2011
Secrets of Paris
To be published January 2011. Passion and friendship get equal billing in this entertaining love story, shaded with dark undertones, from the author of Crazy in Love. Lydie McBride, a photographer's stylist, and her architect husband Michael move to Paris while Michael, on a cultural exchange program, redesigns a room in the Louvre. Lydie is [...]
January 3, 2011
The Silver Boat
Praise for Luanne Rice: "Exciting, emotional, terrific." —The New York Times Book Review "In her hands families. . . seem worth cherishing." —San Francisco Chronicle From The Silver Boat: Looking around the kitchen, Dar knew that "things" mattered. Sea glass, channeled whelks, and driftwood gathered on family walks were just as important as other family heirlooms. She [...]
January 2, 2011
December 30, 2010
Gliding into the new year…thanking you all.
Thank you to all my dear friends and readers for making 2010 so wonderful.I love the community that has grown up around this website, as well as on my Facebook fan page. The comments have been so warm, touching, poetic, filled with humor and kindness. I am moved by the way you support each other, [...]
December 27, 2010
Blizzard
Driving snow, wind howling up the Hudson River, thunder and jagged lightning, an epic storm. Torn: stay inside, write and be cozy, watch sheets of snow blow past the windows, river unseeable though the whiteout? Or bundle up and go outside, coat-hat-scarf-gloves-boots, and feel the blizzard? Both, as it turned out. Last night, ice [...]
