Starting March 22 for 24 hrs, I’m offering the latest novel for free on Kindle at Amazon. Go get it folks and tell your friends why!
New Mexico Book Tour updates for March and April 2012
Finalist in the Royal Dragonfly Awards 2012 New Fiction.
As interviewed on KSFR, KBAC, and appearing on:
GOOD MORNING NEW MEXICO (KOB-TV) on March 26th and NEW MEXICO STYLE’s Bookclub (KASA/ FOX) on Tuesday April 10th.
Collected Works in Santa Fe on Wednesday 11th April at 6pm. Free.
Bookworks in Albuquerque on April 27th at 6pm.
With her novels called provocative, engaging, challenging and inspiring, take a moment to read Sarah’s latest novel, LUCKY SHOT, available at your local indie bookstore and online for printed and e-books.
Radio Interview #2!
NPR radio station KSFR is interviewing me on Friday 24th about the book LUCKY SHOT whilst I’m in Taos for a book reading/ signing and Q&A at Moby Dickens Bookstore. Please stop by, listen the radio at 5pm, or read the Tempo newspaper and look for their story about the novel. Thanks.
Radio Interview #1!
http://www.santafe.com/podcasts/listen/honey-and-sarah-leamy-talk-about-her-new-book-lucky-shot
Yesterday I drove to Santa Fe to chat with Honey Harris of KBAC 98.1. She’s a great interviewer, making me feel incredibly at ease, talking of the book, what’s next and how it all fits together as an author in a small town. Please listen on the link above.
Facebook!
Well, until today I seemed to create new pages for each event. It’s all too much isn’t it? I looked around and realised that with all the social networking and media we are overdosing and no longer noticing what’s really going on.
Hence, one page for my friends who want to know when I burp and where I walk my dogs: Sleam Leamy.
And for those who want to know what I’m writing, what’s been published, and how to find me at book readings and signings, another page. Sarah Leamy.
Not so bad was it? I just have to contact everyone on each page for the three books and let them know. Sigh. A cup of tea in hand, and the woodstove in the background, here I go.
Kirkus Review (1/2012)
One man’s journey through crisis, loss and love is captured through his camera lens.
Lucky Phillips has had a rough year—his father is in coma following a stroke, his girlfriend is cheating with his best friend, his beloved dog has gone missing—when he throws his camera and other belongings into his truck and leaves Santa Fe and his troubles behind. Lucky drives through the Midwest, meeting locals and snapping photos, and feeling all the while that he is “just not living up to” his name. His fortunes change when he arrives by chance in Madison, Wis., and is taken in by two university students, Christine and Joanna, who are charmed by his stories, his cooking and his free-spiritedness. He soon finds himself pursued by two women—good-girl Christine and sexy Michaela, who lives next door—and by a local gallery owner who wants to exhibit his photographs. Despite these promising events, Lucky’s past continues to haunt him as he struggles with feelings of guilt and betrayal and risks sabotaging his budding relationship with Christine. Inevitably, he must return to Santa Fe to face his critically ill father and decide how to care for him—and how to say goodbye. As Leamy’s novel comes full circle, Lucky proves to be an endearingly flawed hero, and the glue that holds this meandering narrative together. While Lucky is complex and engaging, one wishes the plot were as taught and focused as Leamy’s prose. But Leamy also demonstrates a talent for examining small moments—cooking dinner, smoking a cigarette—and probing their emotional depths. With its hopeful ending, this tender story of one man’s very human struggles will resonate with readers.
An endearing, ultimately hopeful novel about self-discovery.
Kirkus Review (1/2012)
One man’s journey through crisis, loss and love is captured through his camera lens.
Lucky Phillips has had a rough year—his father is in coma following a stroke, his girlfriend is cheating with his best friend, his beloved dog has gone missing—when he throws his camera and other belongings into his truck and leaves Santa Fe and his troubles behind. Lucky drives through the Midwest, meeting locals and snapping photos, and feeling all the while that he is “just not living up to” his name. His fortunes change when he arrives by chance in Madison, Wis., and is taken in by two university students, Christine and Joanna, who are charmed by his stories, his cooking and his free-spiritedness. He soon finds himself pursued by two women—good-girl Christine and sexy Michaela, who lives next door—and by a local gallery owner who wants to exhibit his photographs. Despite these promising events, Lucky’s past continues to haunt him as he struggles with feelings of guilt and betrayal and risks sabotaging his budding relationship with Christine. Inevitably, he must return to Santa Fe to face his critically ill father and decide how to care for him—and how to say goodbye. As Leamy’s novel comes full circle, Lucky proves to be an endearingly flawed hero, and the glue that holds this meandering narrative together. While Lucky is complex and engaging, one wishes the plot were as taught and focused as Leamy’s prose. But Leamy also demonstrates a talent for examining small moments—cooking dinner, smoking a cigarette—and probing their emotional depths. With its hopeful ending, this tender story of one man’s very human struggles will resonate with readers.
An endearing, ultimately hopeful novel about self-discovery.
How do I post a pdf file of a review here?
I just received another review of Lucky Shot, but can’t remember how to save, copy, paste from pdf files. Any help?
Kirkus Indie review 2011
While some may find the subject matter dismal and the novel’s chilly tone depressing, readers who enjoy vulnerable, flawed characters will find themselves engaged by Lucky’s courageous attempts to leave the past behind. Leamy’s writing is solid, but the book’s tendency to abruptly jump between the past and the present can be distracting. Still, readers who have been down on their luck, especially in these difficult economic times, will find themselves sympathizing with Lucky and will ultimately be inspired. For a hefty dose of harsh reality, tempered by the kindness of others, give this book a “shot.”
Kirkus Indie, Kirkus Media
For the link to all books available:
https://www.amazon.com/author/sarahleamy
Sample of a review for LUCKY SHOT
After reviewing Sarah Leamy’s book When No One is Looking for Bookpleasures.com last spring I was very eager to read her new book, Lucky Shot, a Novel of Sex, Death and Photography. I was not disappointed. It is said that a picture is a worth a thousand words and in this novel, the protagonist is a photographer (click). Leamy’s prose is lean, almost stacatto at times, and creates a series of pictures in the mind’s eye of readers. What another writer might need thousands of words to describe, she can describe vividly in far fewer words. Reading her fiction is like viewing a film, you hear the voices, see the facial expressions and body language and feel each character. The style swings along in an easy, engaging rythym, and as a reader I feel like I’m dancing along with the characters to my favorite music.
SANDRA SANCHEZ of Bookpleasures.com
