Wednesday

DANIEL LAZAR and more on Broken for You

Hey All -This is Dan Lazar from Writers House. Shalla invited me to join your forum for a few hours tomorrow (Wednesday July 20th), so I'll be logging in to chat. So any questions about Writers House, about my list here, or about agents and publishing in general, feel free to post and I'll respond tomorrow.

Thanks,

Dan

www.writershouse.com

http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/DanielLazar/


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Dan mentions a couple of books in our Q&A, here's some more info on them:
Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
"The dead, Margaret thought. They can be so loud."
So muses the protagonist of this dreamy,
powerful tale of familial warring, secrets and redemption.
When elderly Margaret Hughes discovers that she has a malignant brain tumor, she refuses treatment and decides to take a nice young tenant into her huge, lonely Seattle mansion for company.
What she gets is Wanda Schultz,
a tough-as-nails stage manager who is secretly seeking the man who left her and prone to inexplicable weeping breakdowns.
Wanda, ignorant of Margaret's illness, is intrigued by the museum-like house and its eccentric owner—so when Margaret unexpectedly invites her to a drink-champagne-and-break-the-priceless-antique-china party for two, she's delighted.
But a dark history lurks; the houseful of gorgeous antique porcelain comes from Margaret's father's WWII pilfering of European Jewish homes. Meanwhile, Wanda's father, who deserted her years ago, is on the road trying to heal, and Margaret's mother's ghost is haunting the Seattle mansion, lounging about in expensive peignoirs and criticizing her only daughter.
Wrestling to keep the dead and the ghosts of their pasts at bay,
the two women slowly build an extraordinary friendship,
and when Wanda discovers a talent for mosaics,
the past begins to quiet.
Though it takes a while to get started,
this haunting and memorable debut is reminiscent of early Atwood, peopled by lovably imperfect and eccentric characters.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Fate, redemption, and hope are the forces at work in BROKEN FOR YOU.
A lonely, elderly Seattle woman living in her stately, old mansion with only ghosts and antiques for company initiates a complicated chain of events when she decides to take in a boarder.
This is just the beginning of what grows to be an ad hoc family.
The expanding collection of characters offers Anna Fields fertile ground for narrating this offbeat but engaging story.
She gives a nuanced reading (and some singing, too) that showcases her versatility with accents and complex characterizations.
J.E.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

posted by Shalla at 5:34 AM