Yes, I know it's #MilitaryMonday, and I should be talking about other things, but it's that time of year when parties and events and concerts and gatherings and general insanity picks up, so I'm a tiny bit behind on blog posts. Okay, a lot behind. The good news? I've started writing again. :)
Anyway, today, instead of Military stuff, I'm participating in my publisher-mate Janet Jensen's cover reveal for her new novel,
Gabriel's Daughters! I haven't read it yet, but the blurb sounds intriguing. And possibly controversial...
Curious? You'll have to wait a minute.
First here's more about Janet Jensen:
Janet Jensen leads a quiet life in a college town nestled in the
foothills of the northern edge of the Wasatch Mountains. She and her husband
Miles, an attorney, met as members of Utah State University’s Intercollegiate
Debate Team and are parents of three grown sons: a soccer enthusiast/physician
in Salt Lake City, Utah; an exercise physiologist/football coach/graduate
student in Jyvaskyla, Finland; and a skydiver/embedded systems engineer in
Berkeley, California. The Jensens have happily become grandparents of four.
Janet is co-author of a literature-based cookbook, The Book
Lover’s Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Great Works of Literature and the
Passages that Feature Them (Wenger & Jensen, Ballantine, 2003), and an
award-winning novel, Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys (Bonneville Books,
2007), which won a gold medal for Cultural Fiction in the Readers Favorite
International Book Awards Contest.
Her work also appears in Parables for Today (Cedar Fort,
2012) and Gruff Variations (Writing for Charity, 2012). Baking Day,
a personal essay, placed second in the 2011 national essay/memoir contest
sponsored by The Writer Magazine and Gotham Writers Workshops.
Janet holds degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from Utah State
University and Northwestern University and worked in educational settings for
more than twenty years.
A retired soccer mom, Cub Scout leader and PTA president, she is a now a
full-time writer and a literacy tutor who feels genuine panic when she is
stranded without something to read. Janet welcomes correspondence with readers.
Janet has quite a CV. And now more about the story...
An impressive work of literary fiction that accurately
explores the struggles of being raised in a polygamous community. Jensen’s novel
explores the unique strengths and weaknesses of the bonds in a polygamous
family.
Gabriel's Daughters wrestles with issues of polygamy,
homosexuality, and modernity through the lives of the large, loving, and
polygamous Martin family. The story is told primarily through the eyes of Zina
Martin, a young girl who, upon discovering she is impregnated by her
"sterile" teacher—and will soon be married off to a man three times
her age— escapes the enclosed polygamous town of Gabriel's Landing, Utah.
Zina then embarks on a journey full of self-discovery, yet
she can never completely escape the longing she has for her family and even the
controversial and outdated lifestyle she once lived. Through both tears and
triumph, Jensen has crafted a moving story that not only acts as insightful
social commentary but also prompts readers to reevaluate their lives.
Wow. Polygamy, escape, and self discovery. I sense a book club possibility!
So... Are you ready to see the cover?
Scroll down for the big reveal!
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Mysterious! Can't wait to read it.
Want to find out more about Janet Kay Jensen and her writing?
and an author page at GoodReads. She tweets as @JanetKJensen and
So? What are your thoughts? Let me know below, or pop by my Facebook page and join the conversation there.
Until next time!
Brenda
