Non-Fiction / Memoir
Publisher: Desert Dog Books
Published Date: April 6, 2019
Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley is a guided tour through a Tilt-A-Whirl life that takes so many turns that you may find yourself looking up from the pages and wondering how the hell one person managed to fit them all into 40-odd years. And many of them are odd years indeed. From a rootless, abusive childhood and mental illness through serious and successful careers in music and art, much of which were achieved while being involved in a notoriously destructive mind-control cult. Carol Es presents her story straight up. No padding, no parachute, no dancing around the hard stuff. Through the darkness, she somehow finds a glimmer of light by looking the big bad wolf straight in the eye, and it is liberating. When you dare to deal with truth, you are free. Free to find the humor that is just underneath everything and the joy that comes with taking the bumpy ride.
Illustrated with original sketches throughout, Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley is not just another survivor's tale, it's a creative ride where raw and intimate revelations are laid bare. As an artist and a woman finding self-worth, it's a truly courageous, relatable story that will keep you engaged to the end.
Current Amazon Rating of 4.4*'s!
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April 4 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight
April 6 - On a Reading Bender - Excerpt
April 8 - Book Addict - Spotlight
April 9 - The Avid Reader - Interview
April 10 - Jazzy's Book Reviews - Spotlight
April 11 - Texas Book Nook - Review
April 12 - Stephanie's Book Reviews - Spotlight
April 15 - A Life Through Books - Interview
April 16 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight
April 17 - Truly Trendy - Review
April 18 - T's stuff - Spotlight
April 19 - Novel News Network - Review
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April 24 - Dina Rae Writes Stuff - Spotlight
April 25 - The Indie Express - Review
April 26 - Momma Says to Read or Not to Read - Spotlight
Los Angeles writer, musician, and self-taught artist Carol Es writes for the Huffington Post, Whitehot Magazine, and Coagula Art Journal. She’s been published with Bottle of Smoke Press, Islands Fold, Chance Press, and her Artist’s books are featured in the Getty Research Library, Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is a two-time recipient of the Durfee Foundation’s ARC Grant, a Pollock-Krasner Fellow, and won the Wynn Newhouse Award in 2015.
Awarded grants in writing from the National Arts and Disability Center, Asylum Arts in Brooklyn, NY, Carol won the Bruce Geller Memorial Award WORD Grant for 2019.
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