Dreaming of Laughing Hawk
by Linda
Katmarian
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BLURB:
In 1964 Elizabeth Leigh is looking forward to college, escape from
her unhappy home, and the fulfillment of her dreams. Adventure. Love. Her place
in the sun. On a restless afternoon, she leaves school early and discovers her
mother is packing to run off with a lover, abandoning Elizabeth and her
stepfather. Worse, she learns her mother has squandered the college money her
grandfather left her.
A
fortuitous invitation from her cousin Melina to come to Los Angeles rescues her
from an uncertain future. In Los Angeles, Elizabeth finds security in the
embrace of her aunt’s family and is introduced to the man who soon becomes her
fiancé, Collin Greenslade, an ambitious, up-and-coming real estate developer.
Life could not be more perfect.
When
her cousin’s boyfriend, a civil rights activist, has his Thunderbird vandalized
in Mississippi, he enlists his roommate, Mark Laughing Hawk, to tow his car
back home. Melina insists that she and Elizabeth should come along for the
ride, but what starts as a fun romp across the country becomes a journey of the
soul that complicates love and endangers lives.
Dreaming
of Laughing Hawk explores the desire for love, power, and sense of purpose and
the lengths we will go to attain them.
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Excerpt
Elizabeth
At her
insistence, James had driven her by Grandfather's old farm one day. She had
claimed curiosity, but she had gone expecting to rediscover something. The
place had been burnt to the ground, her childhood memories reduced to a
blackened foundation and a dingy clutter of outer buildings.
The image of
leaving that spectacle of ruin was burnt in her mind—she and James driving down
the gravel road. Weeds and the low-hanging branches of unpruned trees swooshed
and thumped against the car while gravel popped loudly under the car's tires.
As the car had bumped along, a flock of startled black birds exploded out of
the brush. For a moment, they fluttered and swirled about like pieces of
charred paper in the draft of a flame and then they were gone. The mind could
play such tricks.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Author Linda
Katmarian grew up in the Midwest and graduated with a Master’s Degree in French
literature from Illinois State University. She has studied under Sol Stein,
prolific author and former owner of Stein & Day publishing company in New
York, and Louella Nelson, an experienced romance writer and teacher of fiction
writing. In 2012, after a long career as a technical writer, Linda committed
herself to writing fiction full time. She lives in Southern California.
DREAMING OF LAUGHING HAWK is her debut novel.
Author
page: http://amazon.com/author/lindakatmarian
Website: http://www.lindakatmarian.com
Blog:
http://www.scheherazade-thewritinglife.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/LindaKatmarian
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/authorlindakatmarian
Link to
ebook: http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-of-Laughing-Hawk-ebook/dp/B00B2NWZRK/
Link to print
book:
http://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Laughing-Hawk-Linda-Katmarian/dp/0988297205/
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My review:
Well, I did not really like this book. It was way too long, and it was hard to follow. The book moved around too much for me.
However, with that being said, the plot was great, and I was kept interested. I enjoyed the mystery, and of course the love story. The ending was okay and it tied up the loose ends. There is definitely a lot of description in this book, so make sure you put time aside, because you will want to read it all at once. I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own!.
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