As we approach the launch of Day by Day: There is Always a Little Bit More a memoir by James Robertson, I am happy to share that our virtual book tour is well underway. There is no deadline for reviews, so if you'd like to join in, message me to request a review copy. Early reviewers, family friends, and medical professionals have called Day by Day: There is Always a Little Bit More everything from “gut-wrenching” to “beautiful and touching.” These comments encapsulate the more than forty years of caring for their special needs son, Graham, who is not just James and his wife, Kari’s, eldest child, but also a beloved brother, uncle, and friend, who has never been defined by his disability, a rare form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. The story is mostly told from a father’s perspective but also includes chapters from immediate family members, and a life-long special friend who helped Graham tell his side of the story too. The raw, vulnerable, and often diff...
We are keeping on our roll these days of historical fiction titles releasing with Carolyn J. Nicholson's new historical novel, Isabel: The Quest for Freedom , coming out on September 11. The fictional main character in Carolyn's latest book that has resulted from years of research into her own ancestry is Isabel Morton, the daughter of a prominent Nova Scotia family that wants the best for their twenty-four-year-old daughter—a suitable marriage—but Isabel will have none of it. She wants to be free, even if it means she must live as an “old maid” in a garret. Then she meets William Wishart, who offers her the freedom to follow her own stars if she marries him. But how does a woman follow her own stars in a culture where women are the property of their fathers, or if married, their husbands, and are to be meek, pious, and subservient? With no access to representative government, no right to vote, how can women be free? Isabel tries to find a way through many twists and turns of...