I'm excited to be giving
away an autographed copy of Dancing on Glass
by Pamela Binnings Ewen, which received
the 2012 Single Titles Reviewer Choice Award. This
is a powerful novel about otherwise successful women who find themselves
trapped by relationships with men whose manipulations are woven into their
charm.
As described by the publisher:
In the steamy city of New Orleans in 1974, Amalise Catoir meets Phillip Sharp, a charming, magnetic artist, unlike any man she has known.
A young lawyer herself, raised in a small town and on the brink of a career with a large firm, she is strong and successful, yet sometimes too trusting and whimsical. Ama’s rash decision to marry Phillip proves to be a mistake as he becomes overly possessive, drawing his wife away from family, friends, and her faith.
His insidious, dangerous behavior becomes her dark, inescapable secret. In this lawyer’s unraveling world, can grace survive Ama’s fatal choice?
I met Pamela several years ago through the Northshore Literary Society, a local group she co-founded that provides social and educational events to promote literacy. Since then, she's truly been a flashlight for me, helping me to navigate the world of authoring and publishing and promoting.
After practicing law for
twenty-five years in Houston, she opted for a full time writing
career. The sequel to this giveaway novel, Chasing the Wind, released this
summer. The Moon in the Mango Tree, her first novel, was also recently honored
as winner of the 2012 Eudora Welty Memorial Award given by the National League
of American Pen Women in their Biennial Celebration.
Pamela is the latest writer
to emerge from a Louisiana family recognized for its statistically improbable
number of successful authors. A cousin, James Lee Burke, who won the Edgar
Award, wrote about the common ancestral grandfathers in his Civil War novel White
Dove At Morning.
Among other writers in the
family are Andre Dubus (Best Picture Oscar nomination for The Bedroom; his son, Andre Dubus III, author of The House of
Sand and Fog, a Best Picture Oscar nomination and an Oprah pick; Elizabeth
Nell Dubus (the Cajun trilogy); and Alafair Burke, just starting out
with the well received Samantha Kincaid mystery series.
To win Dancing on Glass by Pamela Binnings Ewen,
please leave a comment about your favorite New Orleans memory or one you’d like
to create. Be sure to include your email address, and leave your comment before
midnight, December 31.
Christa
Allan is a soon-to-be retired high school English teacher and the author of
Walking on Broken
Glass, The Edge of Grace, Love Finds You in New Orleans, and Threads
of Hope. She lives in New Orleans where she is working on her next novel
between eating beignets and making gumbo.