Summary
For readers who liked…: The Pull of the Moon and Until the Real Thing Comes Along by Elizabeth Berg, and The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer.
Large target market: There is still fascination with the 1960s, as the 75 pages’ worth of titles from or about this decade listed on Amazon indicate; women who came of age in this era and want to revisit it and younger women who are interested in what it was like to grow up during this up…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781647420260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1647420261 |
| Author: | Deborah K. Shepherd |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1 |
| Release Date: | 20 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 456g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
2022 American Writing Awards Finalist in Best New (Debut) Fiction and Fiction (Women’s Fiction)
2022 Firebird Book Awards First Place Winner in Marriage
2022 Firebird Book Awards Third Place Winner in New Fiction
2022 Firebird Book Awards Third Place Winner in Relationships
“Shepherd takes us on a literal ride into the not-so-distant past,remembering how naïve we were before we understood there are things youjust can’t change—even if you’re destined, even if you’re soulmates,even if you’re willing to risk everything … The reader will ache atthe forced (and quite salty) sass of the young narrator, desperate toshow it doesn’t hurt, and highly enjoy the ironic wit of the maturevoice who knows better and goes for it all the same. A story for anyonewho can relate to how we cling to a fantasy of the past to avoidcommitting to the present.”
—Rita Dragonette, author of The Fourteenth of September
“Many of us waste years fantasizing about a lost love, but the feisty heroine in So Happy Togethertakes to the road to track him down. This compelling novel is about howa smart and lusty drama student in the tumultuous ’60s discovers twentyyears later that she’s trapped in a failing marriage. Shepherd’sengaging characters make mistakes, hurt, and lash out, yet ultimatelyclean up the mess with kindness and humor. Their search forunderstanding is what ultimately sets them free.”
—Elizabeth Garber, author of Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter
About The Author
Deborah K. Shepherd
Deborah K. Shepherd was born in Cambridge, MA and spent much of her early life in the New York area. Before retiring in 2014, she was a social worker with a primary focus on the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault, and provision of victim services. During an earlier career as a reporter, she wrote for Show Business in New York City and for the Roe Jan Independent, a weekly newspaper in Columbia County, New York. She also freelanced as a travel writer. She graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan, and holds a BFA in drama from the University of Arizona and an MSW from the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Deborah lives with her husband and two rescue dogs on the coast of Maine, where she gardens, cooks, swims, reads, entertains her grandsons, and tries to speak French. She is currently at work on a memoir. She lives in Belfast, ME.
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