I’m giving away 10 advance-reader copies of CHAPEL OF EASE
Chapel of Ease, the fourth Tufa novel, won’t officially be out until September. But I have some advance copies to give away right now.
Here’s the official description:
When Matt Johanssen, a young New York actor, auditions for “Chapel of Ease,” an off-Broadway musical, he is instantly charmed by Ray Parrish, the show’s writer and composer. They soon become friends; Matt learns that Ray’s people call themselves the Tufa and that the musical is based on the history of his isolated home town. But there is one question in the show’s script that Ray refuses to answer: what is buried in the ruins of the chapel of ease?
As opening night approaches, strange things begin to happen. A dreadlocked girl follows Ray and spies on him. At the press preview, a strange Tufa woman warns him to stop the show. Then, as the rave reviews arrive, Ray dies in his sleep.
Matt and the cast are distraught, but there’s no question of shutting down: the run quickly sells out. They postpone opening night for a week and Matt volunteers to take Ray’s ashes back to Needsville. He also hopes, while he’s there, to find out more of the real story behind the play and discover the secret that Ray took to his grave.
Matt’s journey into the haunting Appalachian mountains of Cloud County sets him on a dangerous path, where some secrets deserve to stay buried.
So to win one of ten ARCs of Chapel of Ease, tell me about your favorite musical theater bit: a certain song, a specific performance, a great show, anything. Leave that comment here before midnight on Sunday, May 15.
Look forward to reading your choices!
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I've been a big fan of Tuatha Dea for a number of years now. Recently I read the Tufa Tales series. Between the two it has inspired me to finally put forth real effort into learning the guitar, something I've wanted to do for years now. I don't have a particular live musical experience to point to, but the musical landscape created by the Tufa novels, and brought to life by Tuatha Dea is inspirational.
I've been lucky enough to experience that more than once in my life: people I know suddenly revealing this talent that I usually knew about, but had no idea of the scale of it. Shawn wrote: "Strange as it sounds, the moment of musical theater that made the biggest impact on me was my first exposure to a live musical production - a high school production of Oliver where the lead was pla..."
That's awesome, Jeremy. I'm honored to be a part of that.Jeremy wrote: "I've been a big fan of Tuatha Dea for a number of years now. Recently I read the Tufa Tales series. Between the two it has inspired me to finally put forth real effort into learning the guitar, som..."
So I did theater in highschool, and not being a soloist myself I ran tech. My favorite show we did was "Once on This Island" by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, which was based on "My Love, My Love" by Rosa Guy. There was this part where Cliff (our show choir guy) who was playing Agwe had all these great lines, but there were three other (much louder) theater people singing at the same time. I remember cutting everyone elses mics and boosting the heck out of his. I felt like I was being so cheaty and stealthy; it was like eating ice cream.
I was astounded to see someone I knew performing. To think that an ordinary person was capable of this thing I'd only ever seen celebrities do.