Heya!

I am working on the blurb which will entice readers, (that's YOU:-), to want to buy and read my next e-book, Prairie Child - A Novel Memoir, (which will also be a paperback, later)and would appreciate your take on what I've come up with.

A few of you have read it and have been very encouraging. I do not like to write the "toot your own horn" type of things for my books, but even the publishers expect one to do so. I know, I know, if I, as the writer, can't get the point across how can anyone else?! Anyhow, here 'tis and THANKS:

(P.S., on the page where this will appear, the title and my name are readably visible as well as the cover. Oh, and, I am looking for readers for the next one...hint, hint.:-)

"In the conjured realms of childhood, Kally is the fastest, smartest, prettiest, and most courageous of all. In the real world of the 1950s and 1960s, she's the youngest of five growing up in Wyoming and Colorado. She's the "baby" of the family and with 6, 12, and 16 years between her and her siblings she often spends her time alone with Tramp, her dog, and Vix, her horse. Though her family is close and supportive sharing a love of reading, making music, storytelling, and camping, Kally feels as though she doesn't quite fit in with the others. As the only one with red hair and green eyes she often wonders, as young children do, if she is adopted, or a changeling, even.

"With a vivid imagination, Kally creates worlds in which her "differentness" makes her stand-out, but in a good way, usually as a strong heroine battling the odds. In her fantasy worlds, no taunting words or hard stares sting her heart or make her wish she could melt into the walls. No siblings or schoolmates tease her; she triumphs over strife and evil in every situation.

"In Prairie CHild - A Novel Memoir, LaFrance blends Kally's real world with her play worlds, blending her pretend gypsy dancer, dressed up in fanciful clothes, with entertaining her parents; racing her horse to get home before dark while fantasy ne'er-do-wells hide in the shadows along the road. She goes through many experiences which reflect the times and which she turns into imaginative events with her as the main character. She conjures up many personas, pretending to be a captured WWII spy in Greece, a freedom fighter from Scotland, a wagon train passenger, a saloon girl in a shoot-out in the desert on her way to work for Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty, and other independent woman-types.

"As the book moves along, it is "Love" that plays out in the relationships among the various characters, interweaving Kally's fantasies with a realistic portrayal of a child who doesn't quite fit in her world."

(Tip of my hat and heart to Sinsull for that last paragraph!)

Thanks,

kat