Right from the first page of this book, I was rooting for the protagonist. Nicole Michelin is filled with quirks and neuroses, yet she is easy to relate to and entirely likeable. She has been running from her troubled and uncertain childhood for almost 30 years. The author, Alice Wisler, does a fabulous job of letting the reader experience Nicole's past unraveling and consuming her life. She is certainly in for the ride of her life, and as a reader, I thoroughly enjoyed being part of the ride.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Alice sold her first story to David C. Cook for a take-home Sunday School paper called Sprint. The year was 1988, this was her first submission to a paying market, and the check sent to her was for $125.00.She was on her way!
Since then, Alice has sold articles and devotions to the Upper Room, Alive Now, Standard Publishing, ByLine magazine and others.
In 2006 she sent her novel Rain Songto Bethany House...and the rest is history! She signed a two -book deal and the second, How Sweet It Is will be out in 2009.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Nicole Michelin avoids airplanes, motorcycles, and most of all, Japan, where her parents once were missionaries. Something happened in Japan...something that sent Nicole and her father back to America alone...something of which Nicole knows only bits and pieces. But she is content with life in little Mount Olive, North Carolina, with her quirky relatives, tank of lively fish, and plenty of homemade pineapple chutney. Through her online column for the Pretty Fishy Web site, she meets Harrison Michaels, who, much to her dismay, lives in Japan. She attempts to avoid him, but his emails tug at her heart. Then Harrison reveals that he knew her as a child in Japan. In fact, he knows more about her childhood than she does.If you would like to read the first chapter of Rain Song, go HERE
2 comments:
This is sitting on my pile from the library - can't wait!
Thanks for the post!
~ Alice J. Wisler
author of Rain Song
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