Claire Fullerton's Blog: A Writing Life - Posts Tagged "mourning-dove"

Nothing is more pleasing to an author with a new book release as seeing the list of their Goodreads Giveaway entrants grow! I wrote my coming of age, Southern family saga, Mourning Dove, with an eye to telling the story of a family dynamic I thought would resonate with everyone. Though family dynamics are peculiar and specific to each family, it is my belief they do have common threads, most of which are rarely discussed outside of the family. But what happens in a family in one’s formative years sets the foundation for the rest of one’s life. In writing Mourning Dove, I had an eye to the concept of cause and effect, and my aim was to portray its arch in a way that the reader will divine their own understanding. Readers are intelligent creatures, and it is for this reason that I wanted to give away ten copies of Mourning Dove. My gratitude to all entrants in this giveaway, which ended on Mourning Dove’s release day, June 29. I am grateful for your interest and hope you all get around to reading the book. Thank you to Goodreads for providing such a delightful, user-friendly forum. Here are the ten winners of an author signed print version of Mourning Dove:



Donna Jordan
Cherie Gravette
Kathy Wiederkehr
Tom Tamir
JAMES LYNAM
Tina M Mol
Heather Ellner
Susan Homan
Cindy Hipolito
Patty Fite