Kate and the Kid
by Anne
Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks
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BLURB:
KATE
AND THE KID is about a young woman (Kate) who has just lost her job and had a
major fight with her boyfriend (also arising from the trauma of being fired).
At this very low point in her life, Kate is tricked into taking care of a sweet
but emotionally damaged six-year-old girl (Jenny) who only communicates with
adults through a doll she calls “Miranda.”
As a result of an eventful night of babysitting, Kate begins to bond
with Jenny, which causes a whole new set of complications with the people in
Kate’s and Jenny’s lives. This book
tells the story of how Kate and Jenny help each other to heal, grow, and
navigate the difficult and sometimes dangerous world of New York City.
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Excerpt
She began to press all the buzzers on the panel in the
building’s foyer, one after the other, hoping that some kind soul among her
neighbors would let her in. The headache
that had started in the cab settled in for the night, pounding just above her
right eye. At that exquisite moment,
Kate saw the kid -- that ghostly, smudge-faced kid -- sitting on the staircase
inside. A one armed Barbie doll was on
the step beside her.
"Hi, Sweetie!" Kate said through the wired glass,
exaggerating the enunciation of the words to make her meaning clear. "Would you come and let me in,
honey? You remember me, don’t you? I live on the third floor?!"
The girl did not budge, apparently still trying for the
grand prize in a zombie look-alike contest.
At first, Kate felt a twinge of concern for the girl. Why on earth was
she out in the hallway so late in the evening?
Kate leaned her forehead against the cool glass and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, Jenny took the
doll into her lap, whispered something into her plastic ear, walloped her twice
across the bottom, and started up the stairs.
"Hey! Hey, where
are you going?!" Kate shouted.
"Hey you better come back here you little... Hey! Hey, did you hear me?!"
And with the little darling thus doubly emblazoned on Kate's
mind, if not yet on her heart, their second encounter ended.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Anne
Rothman-Hicks was born in New York City and, except for a brief exile to the
suburbs imposed by her parents, she has lived there all of her life, the latter
part of which she has shared with her co-author, Kenneth Hicks, and their three
children.
Links: website -- www.randh71productions.com
Facebook
author page --
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenneth-Hicks-and-Anne-Rothman-Hicks/622272714477979y
Anne and Kenneth will be awarding a $40 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thank you for the chance.
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