It's launch day for The Silence by Katharine Johnson, a psychological, coming of age story set in Tuscany.
What's the book about? Ok, here's the elevator pitch: Doctor Abby Fenton has a rewarding career, a loving family, an enviable lifestyle - and a secret that could destroy everything. When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an idyllic Tuscan holiday home she is forced to confront the memories she has suppressed until now and relive the summer she spent at the villa in 1992. A summer that ended in tragedy. The nearer she gets to the truth the closer she comes to losing her sanity. In order to hold onto the people she loves most, she must make sure they never discover what she did. But the reappearance of someone else from that summer threatens to blow her secret wide open... There is also a short video trailer you can watch which gives you a good idea of what the story is about. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1e1LNFWAVxeAILRAo4NzmTRqd9CVu7sD0iJ4_HYoaYyA_4Z3K0zFX7MZsf4Bf7A323T4JZn2CmA9kGWv6C1eYKNVekV08Sp21pZB6a9l0ELVM2LJnTf0qcPmny2CYrElGMukXcEo8r2xq6B5gpECi642xMm_mTu62FFwGO-7p7mHs_2yZYX2vAVsCZzuu8fepACma14KGXJeA1TUSWtJjGF6ZUjliwnFhyjjVegOo0kZQpxYZqYLXRwFTKOq3bFRTbs4LhkQpfYDpp4ac2Jit2ktsmDQOoBummQ_usVHXMHRtwZ-CB83KcfWmGl0Vrg-WEgfj01QYCIp1RhVNB5Gm36bkREjbkpAJn3VSxxryRfEaPhY3t42Tl_Iz9Zr9-gLWTuoqDqtTRLUnXqbTIYLRKHok_JtMDaD6kSem720D_-UyV_iVu86cZ7Ul3lOtnnThar7oCJQWDH_z_GjpVWEGSQ/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F7Sv-gwfEFiM How are you feeling about the launch? Excited - and a bit terrified. It's like how I felt seeing my children go off to school on their first day. I'm thrilled to see the final published version - I love the cover and am especially pleased with the spine because it's so simple. But I know I've passed the point of no-return now. I can't suddenly grab it back and rewrite anything! Where did you get the idea for the book? I just wrote the book I wanted to read. I love stories about houses with secrets and I love coming of age stories where someone makes a choice that will change the course of their life. Why did you choose Tuscany as the setting? I wanted it to be set somewhere beautiful to contrast with the events which are quite dark. I know Tuscany well because I've lived in Florence and had a home in Lucca for several years so it was quite easy to describe. I also felt the remoteness of some of the Tuscan mountain villages would make it easier for an event like this to be covered up and forgotten for many years. But also, with so many old houses being bought up and restored, it was quite likely that the secret would be discovered at some stage. A skeleton was found in a house near us when it was being renovated which gave me the idea. How are you celebrating the launch? I'm having an online launch party on Facebook today and would love to invite your readers along. Here is the link to the page. There will be information about the book, visiting authors and giveaways. The main event is at 8pm UK time but the page will be up throughout the day and the following day so people from other countries or who are busy this evening can join in and enter the giveaways. https://www.facebook.com/events/206556209850202/?ref=6&ref_notif_type=plan_user_invited&action_history=null I will also be having a launch/book signing in my village on 22 June. How can we buy the book? It's available from Amazon on this link http://secure-web.cisco.com/1YnU7ntjQlP6ihnIuuAITIs4HNhI942uf0JGQHOjM_8GUl2m5btXSw-SbI2x5H2VURjKs3dwNuujEYlk6UKPq-_RyXlsjQyGw_F9dT1cNd-Xb_VTZyysvKgCv4_SiowH5vIok53xxm_onI380gcbCb8s8E1fI0DxGFCp86NRzXvfHg4-KMjmIHG3aHz7Ks_487ERBPiKMbPfHMu85-SSzCBjj_Dj2-wirtSvAbPDkPFn54zo3FmVRWUIzmJN40HmYqWkIb0sOB6y6qlzUUhFZXyBNpeiyLvtHcMSfZXqQX9OzR52onTf29uLhZtWhPmC6c7tZT2uLKJZ9b6M020RSfJ6-ZdWtx1fQep66Bvpe2XVNkSKYRER6U50MFr5wLiRFa5YOMOZBclqO34ci7BsNAemyf-vdg-T22oWm-wc7h8ot1A640_9dqE3fXbTJuiVO5K7SOSBDzl5yF6I5GSNOZw/http%3A%2F%2Fmybook.to%2FTheSilence There is more information on Amazon author page http://secure-web.cisco.com/1OVBrzAFhCQGXu2HYcwYJc0CaFbD-cgSC_Lw7_KTeTXlyLiwawplQrwyzzCkE6JUUpe612c9HYu8tms2SEyKAD2y7KfHEInV-LiJTSNjZmwMdEXyLENheb_JH1Dwex8rK_gRsZVg7i3WZc4iFqHD5SunLUXzodR3uGa8acZRtRYCgpHy3jLwt4ZTIDIbJg2D4hB2X4wI0_700ttbgj2pGH6Q-t7344U7uff6byNSbZrnJKyPhFnvzphSbmYaK3KDK6He-lZg7OYt1nx8bK7AOG1GOKL8gNg5-HwHLr7pUu-ymvGMxSyPZSbn9_GpoBQto-UdFj6nUZ292xDBgWCl08kHl0bBsOVPFzazHHPOetASlRSj-0nnSxjgzJK_yR-zgohsDbLSGjI1tlfSXnf1hzYfhbFaCxBb-nk1-CMHQUcw-9UDUgydR5LY7hHySiPikOn7d7NqTcdP4TqT-W1qNcw/http%3A%2F%2Fauthor.to%2Fkatharinejohnson and my website https://secure-web.cisco.com/1Dy9cQRC0fRk-Hd4W6GyjPGqJi3TW8YaUDrjuQZFR1423Y5-UcgKsxYaxBa_ugSFFJs85dOm24q4Q63fhgBmHbc7qRE_ArsxwKKODqlSjIN2467DQ6wsLyXr6Qhy7sFELcfVTeUFMkXvCGKpkZeimizIx45rJjp9zW2lfVRFV0GoptOyQHOzBYnjnq59vqD6zHZ1_cPsKTfHkKSqWEhRhOBG4tpByKDO1eTyECBfBYdBsfXnNUX1u_MOH6T5WA_40E4QU91_q1uYQbf_O9HApv2Xs3dADDZ4ehnoLHoqJLlPx5Mr4EXfGXEa--n4FGJAaI7Sz46SN4x2-zIfMvGO5grcc4qNglqIWcrU1UyBuvuL2rgbVmkcmxUDmK2w66_yXOKECxXeKLhpN5WxZIrwdErCQ89BDTEWA_hCIqZpviYdc608lelE4IaQ03R7RU_vHqNAvyy4wuPoDAeI68JwMlg/https%3A%2F%2Fkatyjohnsonblog.wordpress.com%2F
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