Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host A. Gavazzoni and her new book, “Sketches of Life”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
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This eBook is on SALE
during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!!
See below for more details.
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Sketches of Life
by A. Gavazzoni
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GENRE: Action-Mystery-Historical
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BLURB:
In
the middle of WWII, France has surrendered to Germany, and young Lily, half
French and half American, has her life turned upside down. A careless girl full
of dreams, Lily must leave France and go to her father’s homeland, taking her
mother with her. Lily’s mother becomes completely dependent upon her teenage
daughter, and Lily is forced to grow up quickly. Trying her best to support
them both, balancing work and dreams of continuing her studies, Lily meets her
first love and discovers passion and betrayal on her way. Ninon is a survivor.
Alone in the world, she works as an exotic dancer in a French cabaret called Le
Passioné, where she moves her hips to put food on her plate until a new and
dangerous opportunity is presented to her. Although Ninon has lost faith in
love and God, life will show her surprises can be found around every corner.
France, the United States, Spain, Austria, and Argentina present the backdrops
for an epic tale of people trying to adapt to a world in turmoil—one that’s
filled with secrets and surprises.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Having
nobody else in the world and nothing to lose is terrifying, but it’s also
liberating. No matter what I had to do, I would have the courage. I couldn´t
disappoint anybody, nobody would cry over my actions, and I had nobody to
please.
Things
are as big as your proximity to them, and if you keep your distance, nothing
can scare you or threaten you. Everything is just a matter of perspective, and
the secret to surviving was to keep my heart safe and never expect anything
from anyone. In the end, all feelings, good or bad, are only as powerful as you
allow them to be.
I
learned to live day by day, planning but not living for my plans, trying to
solve just the problems I had in front of me and not worrying about things that
hadn´t introduced themselves yet. As life had shown me, and Malena once told
me, we had no control over the future, and it was as unpredictable as the
ocean—it could drown a person if they thought they could tame it.
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BOOK TRAILER:
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A. Gavazzoni will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N
GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
GUEST POST:
Describe Your Book Cover and How it Came About:
My
book cover shows the faded image of a woman and a few elements that convey the
presence of war. I wanted to bring to mind the idea of a woman being formed or
molded by her life experiences. In the first book, she is not complete—she is
only a “sketch” of the person she will eventually become. By the end of the
trilogy, she will be fully formed. I described these ideas to the wonderful
artist Kelly A. Martin, and she translated them onto the paper. I wanted to add
something to let the reader know the book took place during WWII, and Kelly
came up with the cannons and airplanes, which completed the work. By the way,
I’m proud to say the cover was a finalist in the Da Vince Eye contest.
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AUTHOR BIO:
A. Gavazzoni is a
Brazilian writer, a former professor of law and has been a practicing lawyer
for 28 years. Her first series of
self-published novels, Hidden Motives:
Behind the Door, Lara´s Journal and The Brilliant Game, won several writing
contests, gathered five gold medals, one bronze medal, five honorable mentions
and was finalist of many great contests (B.R.A.G medallion (Gold Medal); Book
Excellence Awards (Two Gold medals);
e-lite awards (Gold medal), Golden Book Award (Gold Medal); IPPY AWARDS (Bronze Medal), Readers Favorite
(three honorable mentions); Paris Book Festival (Three honorable mentions);
Eric Hoffer Book Award (Finalist); American Fiction Awards (Finalist); Indie
Excellence Awards (Finalist); Independent Author Network (Finalist); Indie
Excellence (Finalist); The IAN book of the year awards (Finalist); The
Kindle-book award (semi-finalist).
Adriana
speaks Portuguese (her native language), English, French and Spanish and she
loves to travel. Adriana loves to cook
for her friends, to dance the tango, to work out, she is a voracious reader and
a proud dog's mom of two girls, Juno and Charlotte.
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CONNECT WITH A. GAVAZZONI:
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Blog:
Email:
adriana@adrianagavazzoni.com
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AMAZON BOOK BUY
LINKS & BOOK SALE INFO:
**The Sketches of Life eBook is on SALE during the book tour
for ONLY $0.99!!!**
Amazon Kindle eBook:
Amazon Paperback:
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Adriana ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Ally, it is a pleasure to be back!!!!!
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteGood morning and thank you for the book description and giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome James
DeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteLovely cover
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a very intriguing book. Thanks!
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