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Divorce has become a common part of our culture. We accept it, we claim to understand it, but often we're looking at it from an adult's point of view. What does divorce look like from the other side? Do they see divorce as a new beginning, the bridge to a better life, as something that just "happens"?
In Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg's debut novel The Divorce Girl, readers are invited to look at divorce through the eyes of Deborah, a teenager who is an unwilling witness to her parents' divorce and new lives. The divorce of this average couple in the New Jersey suburbs during the 1970s propels Deborah to the biggest flea market in the free world, a Greek diner with immigration issues, a New York City taxi company, a radical suburban synagogue, and a hippie-owned boutique. The Divorce Girl combines humor, sadness, and the many faces of love while recording the transformation of a broken girl into a strong woman.
Paperback: 374 pages
Publisher: Ice Cube Press (July 7, 2012)
Genre: Fiction
ISBN-10: 1888160667
ISBN-13: 978-1888160666
Twitter Hashtag: #DivGrl
The Divorce Girl is available in paperback at Ice Cube Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and your local independent bookstore.
Book Giveaway Contest: If you would like to win a copy of The Divorce Girl, please leave a comment at the end of this post to be entered in the random drawing. The giveaway contest closes this Thursday, July 12 at 11:59 PM PST. For an extra entry, link to this post on Twitter with the hashtag #DivGrl, then come back and leave us a link to your tweet. We will announce the winner the following day—Friday, July 13. Good luck!
About the Author:
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg is the Poet Laureate of Kansas, and the author of 14 books, including a forthcoming nonfiction book, Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and Polish Resistance Fighter Beat the Odds and Found Each Other (Potomac Books); The Sky Begins At Your Feet: A Memoir on Cancer, Community & Coming Home to the Body (Ice Cube Books); the anthologies An Endless Skyway: Poetry from the State Poets Laureate (co-editor, Ice Cube Books) and Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems (editor, Woodley Press); and four collections of poetry. Founder of Transformative Language Arts—a master's program in social and personal transformation through the written, spoken and sung word—at Goddard College where she teaches, Mirriam-Goldberg also leads writing workshops widely. With singer Kelley Hunt, she co-writes songs, offers collaborative performances, and leads writing and singing Brave Voice retreats.
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Website: 23 Comments on Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, author of The Divorce Girl: A Novel of Art and Soul launches her book tour, last added: 7/12/2012
Sounds interesting. Great interview. Best of luck on your blog tour!
Caryn, I was delighted to read this interview and to learn of your novel. I will be teaching a workshop at the Kansas Authors state convention in October. Since you are the Saturday evening keynote speaker, I was pleased to learn more about you. I'm looking forward to meeting you in person.
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nice words about small publishers and good writing
This book sounds right up my alley! I would love to review it. I also love small presses. Thanks for the interview!
Looks like a good book.
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Sounds like a great book.
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I liked reading the interview and as a child of divorce in the 70s this book looks like a perfect read for me.
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https://twitter.com/rilekat/status/222513217971302402
Wow! This sounds like a terrific book
Sounds like a terrific book. I would love to read it. :)
Second entry https://twitter.com/DianaS58/status/222869272328798208
This book sounds amazing! I am def going to read this! Great interview. Thank you!
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Sounds like a great book! Would love to read it :)
vschilke at gmail dot com
i'm a readaholic and this would surely keep my interest
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Sounds like a great book!
LOVE to read this book!!! sounds awesome!
Sounds interesting I tweeted
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I think this sounds like a good read, especially with your insight from your own history. Enjoyed the interview as well. Best of luck with the blog tour!
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I've long admired Caryn as a poet and as writers' advocate. I'm eager to read her new novel. Sunbonnets OFF to Caryn Miriam-Goldberg!
Caryn sounds like a wonderful read, thank you for sharing!
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I love Caryn already!! I bet her book is a great read!
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would love to read the book
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Sounds like a great book!