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Cherie Magnus on Tour: The Church of Tango

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Author Cherie Magnus

on Tour

October 1-5, 2014

with

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The Church of Tango:
A Memoir

 [memoir / travel, with some elements of romance]

 Release date: January 2012
at Mirasol Press

306 pages

ISBN: 978- 0615573540

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SYNOPSIS

More than a metaphor and much more than a dance, the Tango takes Cherie from being a widow with suicidal tendencies to traveling the world in search of herself, finding love, sorrow and serenity. Her quest takes her to France where she falls in love with aristocratic Olivier, and to Argentina where she falls in love with the tango. Along the way she discovers and deals with her own two separate breast cancers and the loss of all that she’d previously valued. Relationships in the desperate singles world is a whole new dance to learn, before being blessed at the Church of Tango.

The Church of Tango captivates readers struggling with tragic loss, illness, and death, as well as those who are passionate about travel and adventure, who long for love, or who delight in dance of all kinds.

Gold Medal winner 2013 of the Wishing Shelf Book Award [provided by the author]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Cherie MagnusCherie Magnus, a California native, lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 12 years.
She was a dance research librarian in the Los Angeles Central Library
and a dance critic for local newspapers before moving to France, Mexico, and finally to Argentina in 2003.
Many of her articles on dance, books, travel and international culture have been published in magazines,
professional journals, and several anthologies.
She has written a blog on expat life, Buenos Aires culture, and tango since 2006.
Currently she is preparing a prequel, Arabesque: Dancing on the Edge in Los Angeles, to be published in 2014.

Visit her website. Follow her on Facebook, and Twitter 

Buy the book: Amazon (paperback) | Amazon (kindle) | Smashwords

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Wednesday, October 1
Review + Giveaway at Unshelfish

Thursday, October 2
Review + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Friday, October 3
Review at Lisa’s Yarns

Sunday, October 5
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

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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 3 winners: the book as epub or mobi/kindle

Vicki Lesage on Tour: Confessions of a Paris Party Girl

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Author Vicki Lesage

on Tour

March 31-April 9, 2014

with

Confessions of a Paris Party Girl

[memoir/humor]

 Release date: January 14, 2014
at Createspace

ISBN: 1494701529
238 pages
Also available as an ebook

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Purchase the book:
Amazon Paperback | Amazon Kindle

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SYNOPSIS

Wine, romance, and French bureaucracy – the ups and downs of an American’s life in Paris. This laugh-out-loud memoir is almost too funny to be true!

 Drinking too much bubbly. Meeting sappy Frenchmen who have girlfriends or are creeps or both. Encountering problème after problème with French bureaucracy. When newly-single party girl Vicki moved to Paris, she was hoping to taste wine, stuff her face with croissants, and maybe fall in love.

 In her first book, this long-time blogger and semi-professional drinker recounts the ups and downs of her life in Paris. Full of sass, shamefully honest admissions, and situations that seem too absurd to be true, Vicki makes you feel as if you’re stumbling along the cobblestones with her.

 Will she find love? Will she learn to consume reasonable amounts of alcohol? Will the French administration ever cut her a break? [provided by the author]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vicki LesageVicki Lesage is an IT Director by day, writer by night.
And a full-time nerd.
She loves fondue, wine, math, and zombies.
She lives in Paris with her French husband and rambunctious son.

Get in touch:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, March 31
Review at Words And Peace

Wednesday, April 2
Review at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, April 3
Review at Book Nerd

Friday, April 4
Review + Excerpt at Books Are Cool
Interview and review at The French Village Diaries

Wednesday, April 9
Review at Lisa’s Yarns

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