Archive for July, 2014

Marcia DeSanctis on Tour: 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go

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Author

Marcia DeSanctis

on Tour

October 27-November 5, 2014

with

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100 Places in France
Every Woman Should Go

[travel essays]

 Release date: October 21, 2014
at Travelers’ Tales

380 pages

ISBN: 978-1609520823

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SYNOPSIS

Told in a series of stylish, original essays, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is for the serious Francophile, for the woman dreaming of a trip to Paris, and for those who love crisp stories well-told. Like all great travel writing, this volume goes beyond the guidebook and offers insight not only about where to go but why to go there. Combining advice, memoir and meditations on the glories of traveling through France, this book is the must-have in your carry-on when flying to Paris.

Award-winning writer Marcia DeSanctis draws on years of travels and living in France to lead you through vineyards, architectural treasures, fabled gardens and contemplative hikes from Biarritz to Deauville, Antibes to the French Alps. These 100 entries capture art, history, food, fresh air and style and along the way, she tells the stories of fascinating women who changed the country’s destiny. Ride a white horse in the Camargue, find Paris’ hidden museums, try thalassotherapy in St. Malo, and buy raspberries at Nice’s Cour Saleya market. From sexy to literary, spiritual to simply gorgeous, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is an indispensable companion for the smart and curious traveler to France. [provided by the author]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Photo credit: Ron Haviv

Photo credit: Ron Haviv

 

Marcia DeSanctis is a former television news producer for Barbara Walters, NBC and CBS News.
She has written essays and articles for numerous publications including Vogue, Marie Claire, Town & Country, O the Oprah Magazine, Departures, and The New York Times Magazine.
Her essays have been widely anthologized and she is the recipient of three Lowell Thomas Awards for excellence in travel journalism,
as well as a Solas Award for best travel writing.
She holds a degree from Princeton University in Slavic Languages and Literature and a Masters in Foreign Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Visit her website. Follow her on Facebook, and Twitter 

Buy the book: Amazon, on Travelers’ Tales.

New York Times Best-Sellers list for Travel!

Click on the link to see the list

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, October 27
Review + Giveaway at The Fictional 100

Tuesday, October 28
Review + Giveaway at Readerbuzz

Wednesday, October 29
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, October 30
Excerpt + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Saturday, November 1
Review + Giveaway at I’d Rather Be At The Beach
Review at Library Educated

Sunday, November 2
Review at Words And Peace

Monday, November 3
Review + Giveaway at Chocolate And Croissants

Tuesday, November 4
Interview  at  Jorie Loves A Story

Wednesday, November 5
Review + Giveaway at  Griperang’s Bookmarks
Review + Giveaway at The Discerning Reader

Thursday, November 6
Review  at  Jorie Loves A Story

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below
.

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Entry-Form

1 US resident
will win a print copy of this book

Dominique Marny on Tour: I Looked for the One My Heart Loves

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Dominique Marny

 on Tour

 September 2-11, 2014

with

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I Looked for
The One My Heart Loves

[fiction]

 Release date: August 12, 2014
at Open Road Integrated Media / Publishers Square

384 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4804-6116-1

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SYNOPSIS

Anne and Alexis are separated by war as children and reunited later by destiny. A powerful and dramatic love story that spans decades in spite of its seeming impossibility.

Anne, 9, and Alexis, 11, grow up together in the Montmartre area of Paris. While she has a major crush on him, he merely sees her as his friend’s little sister. After WWII begins, the two are separated as their families flee Paris to avoid the German occupation. When they say goodbye, Alexis promises to always protect Anne.

Anne holds on to this promise for years as she constantly thinks of Alexis, wondering where he may be. Anne grows up, finds works in an art gallery, and marries a kind, devoted man with whom she has two children. But her heart still belongs to Alexis and she never stops looking for him. Their paths cross fatefully one day in Brussels many years after they were separated.

Alexis, living in Canada and soon to be moving to San Francisco, has a family of his own; a wife in constant depression and a son. Despite their responsibilities to family and the geographical distance that keeps them apart, Anne and Alexis find a way to love one another, secretly yet passionately.

But after all this time, will they ever manage to be truly together, completely?  [provided by the publisher]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dominique Marny

 

Dominique Marny was raised in a family that loves art,
literature, adventure and travels.
In addition to being a novelist,
she is a playwright, screenwriter, and writes for various magazines.

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WATCH THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO
where Dominique Marny speaks
about her book,
and how Paris inspired her writing

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

 Tuesday, September 2
Review + Giveaway at  Readerly Musings

Wednesday, September 3
Review + Giveaway
at  Musings of a Writer & Unabashed Francophile

Thursday, September 4
Review + Giveaway at Mommasez…

Friday, September 5
Review at Jorie Loves A Story
Review at The French Village Diaries

Sunday, September 7
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Monday, September 8
Review + Giveaway at Deal Sharing Aunt
Review + Giveaway at Unshelfish

Tuesday, September 9
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Thursday, September 11
Review + Giveaway at The Book Binder’s Daughter

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below
.

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Entry-Form

It’s open internationally
We will have 2 winners:
An ARC for a US resident.
An ebook for a resident of any country

France Book Tours stops for July 7-11

The Chocolate Kiss cover

Monday, July 7
Review + Giveaway at Mommasez…

Tuesday,  July 8
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at
Queen of All She Reads

Wednesday, July 9
Review + Interview + Giveaway at
An Accidental Blog

Thursday, July 10
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Friday, July 11
Review + Giveaway at
Musings of a Writer and Unabashed Francophile