Goodreads Summer Reading Giveaway

by

Tracy Shawn, MA

Three autographed copies of the award-winning novel The Grace of Crows (Cherokee McGhee, 2013) will be delivered to three separate winners through Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/97619-the-grace-of-crows. Goodreads has scheduled an open call for entries starting at midnight on Monday, June 23, 2014 and ending at midnight on Monday, June 30, 2014.

Set in the fictional California communities of Breakers Point and Dune Beach, The Grace of Crows is a story about Saylor, a woman who struggles with debilitating anxiety while trying to contend with her mother's blind narcissism, growing concerns for her teenage children, and her husband's need to pretend that everything is okay. After she reconnects with her childhood friend, Billy, homeless and alone since his teens, Saylor is able set out on a journey in which she gains insight into her strange fears, gathers the strength to overcome them, and summons the courage to find help for her family.

A poignant novel that won the 2013 Jack Eadon Award for the Best Book in Contemporary Drama, Second Place for General Fiction for the 2013 Readers Choice Awards, and Runner-Up for 2013 General Fiction with the Great Northwest Book Festival, The Grace of Crows was also listed in the prestigious Santa Barbara Magazine's Hot List Arts Scene in Winter Issue 2014.

The Grace of Crows has been hailed as "a deeply moving heroine's journey," by award-winning author Janet Lucy.

Reviewer Sara Hartley with ForeWord Reviews says, "The Grace of Crows is a painful but valuable story about how a struggling woman learns the importance of forgiving and helping others and, more importantly, letting them do the same for her."

Kerry Methner, PhD with CASA magazine writes: "Shawn's narrative is intriguing, as turns and twists in the plot reveal generational secrets and events that were pushed out of sight and mind, but still impact the present. It is written with a sophisticated understanding of psychological dynamics and personalities."

Tracy Shawn lives and writes on the Central Coast of California. Her educational background includes a master's degree in clinical psychology. Ms. Shawn's award-winning novel, The Grace of Crows, is about how an anxiety-ridden woman finds happiness through the most unexpected of ways—and characters. Dubbed a "stunning debut novel" by top 50 Hall of Fame reviewer, Grady Harp, The Grace of Crows has also been hailed as an accurate portrayal of generalized anxiety disorder and a healing opportunity to the reader.

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