Forum / 'The Merrill Diaries' by Susan Tepper now available

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  Matt Potter

  Jul 28, 01:56am

  Pure Slush Books is proud to announce the publication of 'The Merrill Diaries' by Susan Tepper.

  To roder, click on the link below, and for some great words on 'The Merrill Diaries' scroll further.

  http://www.lulu.com/shop/susan-tepper/the-merrill-diaries/paperback/product-21131870.html

  Susan Tepper’s hilarious The Merrill Diaries follows a quirky young woman running from a couple of doozy marriages but mainly from herself. Humor as well as pathos are discovered as our narrator opens up to the world, takes risks, and learns. The language is whip smart, the characters live and breathe on the page. A beautiful book.
  Bonnie ZoBell, author of The Whack-Job Girls and Other Stories
  
  Raymond Carver meets Jennifer Egan in Susan Tepper’s new book, The Merrill Diaries, in which a restless young woman finds love and lust. The language is spare and intense getting quickly into the staccato rhythms of Merrill’s slap-dash life. Merrill is never long without a man and her patter about her adventures is fast-paced entertainment. From London to a Pennsylvania nunnery and onto Italy and points beyond, the reader never knows where she’s going next. I don’t think Merrill ever knows either. “When I don’t know what to do, I generally run away.” Great fun, yet sad too.
  Gay Degani, author of Pomegranate Stories and staff editor at Smokelong Quarterly
  
  The Merrill Diaries takes you on a wild ride you don’t want to exit. This novel in stories is the end of innocence and the start of “the broken tracks, the roads where the river has flooded over.” Merrill is one of the most interesting, inventive characters I’ve read in a long time. A delightful, extraordinary book giving us a look at one woman’s unique destiny.
  Gloria Mindock, editor of Červená Barva Press

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  mxi wodd

  Jul 28, 04:44am

  Have you considered approaching Marcus Spech (sp?) for a blurb?

  He's probably busy being interviewed somewhere, anywhere (famous writers are interviewed, therefore being interviewed makes you a...)

  Just a thought.

  Good Luck!

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  Joani Reese

  Jul 31, 10:32pm

  Looking forward to reading this book. Loved Susan's previous book. Congratulations to Susan.

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  Michelle Elvy

  Aug 02, 04:43am

  Congrats! Looking forward to seeing my copy!

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