Words to read and write by...
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be
violent and original in your work."-- Gustav Flaubert
"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man."
--Francis Bacon
"If you would not be forgotten,
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
Or do things worth writing."
-- Benjamin Franklin
"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Dreams are necessary to life." --Anais Nin
"Reading is like breathing in; writing is like breathing out." --Pam Allyn
Joanne was the 2014 winner of the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project!
The Things We Save
Kirkus Reviews calls it a "well-plotted, lyrical novel filled with the harsh emotions of a family torn apart by death."
Booklist Online says "readers will be drawn into this intense and compelling family saga and rewarded with an emotionally satisfying conclusion."
BookLife Prize for Fiction, Publishers Weekly says "Zienty grabs hold of the reader from the beginning and never lets go..."
Joanne Zienty's debut novel, a coming-0f-age family saga set in the ever-fascinating city of Chicago, is now available here, on Amazon.com (trade paperback and Kindle), independent book stores such as Anderson's, and Barnes and Noble. It is also available on a variety of e-books formats, including Nook, Kobo, and iPad, if you are into that sort of thing. For a brief synopsis and a book discussion guide, click on the Jo's Work tab.
Booklist Online says "readers will be drawn into this intense and compelling family saga and rewarded with an emotionally satisfying conclusion."
BookLife Prize for Fiction, Publishers Weekly says "Zienty grabs hold of the reader from the beginning and never lets go..."
Joanne Zienty's debut novel, a coming-0f-age family saga set in the ever-fascinating city of Chicago, is now available here, on Amazon.com (trade paperback and Kindle), independent book stores such as Anderson's, and Barnes and Noble. It is also available on a variety of e-books formats, including Nook, Kobo, and iPad, if you are into that sort of thing. For a brief synopsis and a book discussion guide, click on the Jo's Work tab.
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