My Debut Novel

Since my sewing machine is in for repair and there will be no sewing at my house for a while, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to show another project I have been waiting to share -- something I am very proud of.  My debut novel The Town That Drowned will be released on October 7, 2011.  It's been a very busy and exciting time for me lately working with the publisher to start to put promo in place for the fall.  And now that the book can be preordered, it is as good a time as any to show it here.  Yay! 

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So, about the book (from the publisher) ...
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Living with a weird little brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through the ice at a skating party and nearly drowning are grounds for embarrassment. But having a vision and narrating it to the assembled crowd solidifies your status as an outcast.

What Ruby Carson saw during that fateful day was her entire town — buildings and people — floating underwater. Then an orange-tipped surveyor stake turns up in a farmer's field. Another is found in the cemetery. A man with surveying equipment is spotted eating lunch near Pokiok Falls. The residents of Haventon soon discover that a massive dam is being constructed and that most of their homes will be swallowed by the rising water. Suspicions mount, tempers flare, and secrets are revealed. As the town prepares for its own demise, 14-year-old Ruby Carson sees it all from a front-row seat.

Set in the 1960s, The Town That Drowned evokes the awkwardness of childhood, the thrill of first love, and the importance of having a place to call home. Deftly written in a deceptively unassuming style, Nason's keen insights into human nature and the depth of human attachment to place make this novel ripple in an amber tension of light and shadow.

Riel Nason writes about antiques and collectibles for the daily Telegraph-Journal. Her short stories have appeared in The Malahat Review, The Antigonish Review, Grain, and The Dalhousie Review. The Town That Drowned is her sensational debut novel.

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It can be preordered at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Chapters Indigo, and Barnes & Noble.  It will be in independent bookstores on October 7.  I'll have to post a little more about it as the release date moves closer.  I'm going to be going on a book tour and to some literary festivals, so eventually I will need some suggestions of quilt stores to stop in along the way.

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Thanks for stopping by! 

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