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& book giveaway contest!
Remember those car trips of your childhood? Trapped in a vehicle with people (also known as siblings) who wouldn't stop talking or kicking your seat or flicking your ear? Eating cold lunches at picnic tables and greasy fried food at questionable diners? Feeling if you didn't escape the Midwest flatness (or the mountains or the shoreline) you would go crazy? Would you voluntarily take that same trip today?
West of Wawa is about taking that seemingly endless car trip except instead of family you're traveling with a revolving cast of complete strangers and instead of a few days the trip last for weeks. Loveless and jobless, Benny thinks maybe she'll find what she's looking for on a bus trip across Canada. Her adventure—like life—is a mixture of humor, horror, the unexpected, and boredom that readers won't soon forget.
Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Inanna Publications
ISBN-10: 1926708245
ISBN-13: 978-1926708249
Twitter Hashtag: #WestOfWawa
West of Wawa is available online at Amazon and Indigo as well as at your local bookstores.
Book Giveaway Contest: If you would like to win a copy of West of Wawa, please leave a comment at the end of this post to be entered in the random drawing. The giveaway contest closes this Thursday, March 1 at 11:59 PM PST. For an extra entry, link to this post on Twitter with the hashtag #WestOfWawa, then come back and leave us a link to your tweet. We will announce the winner in the comments section of this post on the following day Friday, March 2. Good luck!
About the Author:
Originally from South Africa, Lisa has been a Canadian citizen since 2003—although she still retains a lilting voice that causes fellow Canadians to ask, "You aren't from Canada, eh?" With a Bachelor's of Arts in English Literature and Philosophy, Lisa has also lived and worked in the United States, Australia, and Great Britain.Lisa thought she was on her way to fame and fortune when the South African edition of Cosmopolitan bought two of her poems in 1986. Sadly, the road to being a published writer was not as easy as she hoped! Throughout her writing career, Lisa has tried her hand at everything from children's picture books to short stories to novellas to feature magazine articles. Her first novel The Hungry Mirror, which won an IPPY Gold Medal for Women's Fiction in 2011, was inspired by her work as art director for magazines including Vogue and Marie Claire. Lisa is now working on her next novel Between the Cracks She Fell.
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I am fascinated by your synopsis and can hardly wait to read the book. It sounds like it was a bunch of fun to write. Right? Hope it sells like crazy! Deni
Dear Deni, it was great fun to write! Thank you for your kind words :))
Lisa
West of Wawa sounds like an interesting ride! And I loved your One Piece of Advice...thanks so much for sharing.
Very nice post~@
What an interesting bio! I took a bus trip (GREYHOUND) one time from Houston to Austin. I thought it was so interesting--my husband said NEVER AGAIN. In line for the bathroom, this fellow bus passenger starts telling me how she just got out of jail, can't wait to see her kids, etc, etc. :) Anyway, I can imagine a bus trip would make a great novel with an interesting cast of characters. Good luck to you!
Oh my goodness Margo! Well, there's definitely a whole story in itself there!
Thank you everyone, for your lovely words :))
Lisa
Fascinating life Lisa! I'm an aspiring to be published writer and I love motivating comments like yours ( you didn't sound apocolyptic to me!). Wawa makes me think of snacks and sandwiches and the idea of a bus trip across a huge country like Canada sounds intriguing to say the least. I'm looking forward to reading this.
Thank you very much indeed Dear Kim! :)))
Lisa
Have you been back to south Africa?
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