Here are some warm words of introduction from the Emporia Gazette:
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Now available for pre-order:
Meadowlark Books
Barnes & Noble
Watermark Books (Wichita)
Round Table Bookstore (Topeka)
Raven Books (Lawrence)
Amazon
Available June 9:
IndieBound
Smashwords
Katie Myrdal is being sent out into the world in the hope that readers from big cities and small towns across the Midwest and elsewhere will come to be as fond of her as I, her WordMother, am. She’s about coming of age, fish out of water, urban versus rural, a beloved landscape, and (I think) some decent writing. One thing I’ve learned is that I had the easy part, the fun part – the imagining and thinking and inhabiting and the messing about with words. Tracy Simmons and Meadowlark Books had the hard job: perfecting, designing, checking and re-checking, emailing, planning, devising and conniving, to give it its best launch. I thank them from the bottom of my heart!