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Golden Apples: A Poetic Journey of Self-Discovery and Family Secrets in Southern Italy. Beth is a creative, contemplative soul, and a loving mom. She is at a crossroads in the marriage, and without a clear sense of her gifts and inherent worth. When her spirited Aunt Ro falls while turning to toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Beth embarks on a journey on a journey that leads to her ancestral village in Italy. The discovery of a family secret, and a new understanding of herself.
The book has a guide with prompts for readers and book clubs to craft their own literary inspired journals and poems.
ABout the Author
Jacqueline Demeri has a diverse background in education, literature, workshop facilitation, herbalism, and yoga. She brings over 25-years of experience teaching ages preschool – adults. Her love of learning, and enthusiasm for sharing life-enriching information is transferred to her classes and writing projects. She is the author of Animooves: Yoga & Creativity Inspired by Animals, a Mom’s Choice Gold Honoree book.
Virtual book launch party
Jackie Costello has bee a member of our network before joining the book club. Join us as she shares her inspiration behind writing the book and listen to a live book reading.
My love of writing began as a young girl, exchanging letters with my grandparents. My mother also appreciated folkloric tales and poetry; she recited them to me and inspired me to create my own stories, plays, and poems. In this way, I never actively decided to become a writer. Writing is something I have always done.
Yes! So many authors, poets, and storytellers — I love nonfiction, too! I couldn’t even name a single favorite! With regard to inspiration for Golden Apples, I must acknowledge the work ofherbalist and author, Gail Faith Edwards. Her books and teachings weave herbal wisdom and folklore, spirituality and science, story and medicine in a soul-nourishing way that I find spellbinding!
Writing is such a mysterious process. The characters begin to reveal their story to you as you write. I enjoyed how that unfolded and the special relationship between the protagonist and the wise and loving Zia Lilliana, whom she meets in Southern Italy. We discover so much about ourselves as we write and read, and there is an appendix in the book with a writing workshop for readers to explore and discover their creative voices.
I would first congratulate them — there is magic in beginnings! We all have a story to tell and never know how it might be of service to others. Honor that wish inside you.Also, be patient with yourself and the process.
Featured Author
The Little Book of Big Lies:
A Journey into Inner Fitness
In fourteen raw, personal stories, Tina teaches you how to change your self-perception―to see yourself in the best possible light, to love and honor what you see, and to forge a new sense of what’s possible in every aspect of your life. But make no mistake, The Little Book of Big Lies is not a “rah-rah” quick fix for fear and pain. Like physical fitness, building and maintaining emotional strength requires continued effort. This invaluable book is the foundation you need to start building inner health and well-being so you can thrive.
Tina guides you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you turn shame into self-acceptance, self-rejection into self-love, blame into freedom, and old hurt into power. Wise and powerful, The Little Book of Big Lies will completely change how you think and live.
ABout the Author
Hollywood veteran Tina Lifford plays the vivacious breakout character Aunt Vi on the critically acclaimed television drama, Queen Sugar. She has played over 100 characters in her long-standing career, including notable roles on Scandal & Parenthood. Equally accomplished behind the camera, Tina is the respected playwright of THE CIRCLE, a play about how seven diverse women navigate the choppy waters of life together.
She is the author of The Little Book of BIG LIES (released by Harper Collins in November 2019); and CEO of The Inner Fitness Project, a personal development network committed to making the practices and benefits of “Inner Fitness” as familiar, well understood and accessible as those of physical fitness.
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