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March 20, 2008 - Jen-Zen and the One Shoe Diaries is a modern Cinderella story filled with love, lost shoes and whimsy. Brad Lynberry is a successful photographer who––haunted by the memory of his lost girlfriend Jen-Zen––begins to feel connected to her while photographing shoes. The riddle becomes a mystery that turns to an obsession. Is he going off the deep end? Is she communicating with him from the beyond, and can he rescue her?
The author says, “While reading this magical and quirky book…don't be surprised if you start looking at stray shoes on the side of the road and finding new wonder in the world around you. "
When given an advance copy of the novel the Executive Director of the Southern California Writers Conference, Michael Steven Gregory stated, “Haunting and hypnotic, Shapiro's debut novel will long linger in the reader's mind. JEN-ZEN illuminates the beauty to be found in the dark vacuum of unfathomable personal loss, and inspires. “
In the recent profile of the author published January 27th in the North County Times, reporter Gary Warth stated that, “For inspiration, Shapiro is likely to take a walk down Coast Highway or on the beach, not watching clouds passing overhead or waves crashing on the sand, but gazing at the ground where a discarded gum wrapper, bottle cap or single shoe might catch her eye. Where somebody else might see litter, Shapiro finds inspiration and wonders about the story behind each item.”
Editor Scott Barnes of New Myths, a literary magazine, stated in their December book review that,” This a singular book, original in voice, thoughtful in tone and that the shoes seem to be telling Brad something. Jen-Zen has had an accident and is trying to communicate from somewhere beyond. Can Brad use his photographer’s art to rescue his true love?”
The author will be available in Pop Syndicate’s virtual book tour and sharing excerpts the week of March 17th. Pop Syndicate is located at www.popsyndicate.com/books/story/book_tour_introducing_julie_ann_.
About Julie Ann Shapiro
Julie Ann Shapiro http://www.julieannshapiro.com is a novelist, freelance writer, Pushcart nominee, short story author and local flash fiction workshop leader. She was recently mentioned in USA Today, http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-03-11-kindle_N.htm and profiled in the North County Times, www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/27/books/9_13_441_26_08.txt.
Her fiction is best described as literary, quirky and in the magic realism vein. Julie’s second novel, Three Drop Pennies was recently a semi-finalist in Amazon’s Break Through Novel Contest. She’s also received recognition as a Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2004 and has over seventy published short stories.
For more information about the novel, Jen-Zen and The One Shoe Diaries visit Synergebooks.com http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_oneshoediaries.html.
Contact Information
Contact Julie Ann Shapiro at Julie ( @ ) julieannshapiro dot com, or at http://www.julieannshapiro.com.
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