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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nStarting Soon: Salvaging a Family: A Memoir In A Flash by Luanne Castle<\/h2>\n
How much of our parents\u2019 past do we really know?<\/p>\n
And how much of what happened before we were born quietly shapes our own lives, relationships and understanding of who we are?<\/p>\n
Starting on 17th August<\/strong>, we\u2019re delighted to be taking Salvaging a Family: A Memoir In A Flash by Luanne Castle<\/strong> on a Love Books Tours Bookstagram Tour.<\/p>\n Published by ELJ Editions, this 172-page memoir explores family secrets, generational trauma, identity, perseverance and forgiveness through a collection of brief and vivid fragments.<\/p>\n Our #LBTCrew will be sharing their thoughts from 17th\u201323rd August<\/strong>, and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing the conversations this deeply personal book inspires.<\/p>\n Salvaging a Family: A Memoir In A Flash<\/strong> Borne of shame and trauma, the secrets uncovered in Luanne Castle\u2019s hybrid memoir reveal her father\u2019s complicated childhood and the impact it had on their relationship. Told in brief, strikingly vivid fragments, and through various perspectives and forms, the book as a whole presents a deeply moving and unforgettable account. We readers are privileged to bear witness to this emotional excavation, one that ultimately reminds us that love is powerful even when it\u2019s painful and that forgiveness is the only way forward. Scrap: Salvaging a Family is a gorgeous and brilliantly original collection. I highly recommend it. ~Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life: Collected Works<\/p>\n The vignettes in Castle\u2019s Scrap are beautifully rendered. With house as vessel, we are voyeurs through her domesticity, the skilled lens of speaker Luanne\u2019s traumas and perseverance as she navigates the rawness and fragility of youth. The book is both powerful and arresting\u2013Castle is a deft miniaturist\u2013each story etched with a fine blade, yet a delicate touch. Scrap is a collection of constellations of the ordinary. ~Robert Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief of Bending Genres, author of ASKEW.<\/p>\n This lyrical, beautifully imagistic work is both an exploration of the long roots of generational trauma and identity erasure and a vivid look back at growing up female in mid-century America. ~Kathryn Kulpa, author of A Map of Lost Places<\/p>\n Luanne has been a Fellow at the Center for Ideas and Society at the University of California, Riverside. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside (PhD); Western Michigan University (MA, MFA); and Stanford University (Certificate).<\/p>\n Luanne has published four award-winning poetry collections and lives with her husband and two cats in Arizona along a wash that wildlife use as a thoroughfare.<\/p>\n Meet the brilliant #LBTCrew joining us:<\/p>\n 17th August<\/strong> 18th August<\/strong> 19th August<\/strong> 20th August<\/strong> 21st August<\/strong> 22nd August<\/strong> 23rd August<\/strong> Follow @CatPoems<\/strong>, @Elj_Editions_Ltd<\/strong>, @LoveBooksTours<\/strong> and @LBT.Crew<\/strong> to keep up with the reviews throughout the tour.<\/p>\n Salvaging a Family: A Memoir In A Flash<\/strong> is available now.<\/p>\n Buy Salvaging a Family<\/a><\/p>\n Add Salvaging a Family on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n A huge thank you to Luanne Castle, ELJ Editions and every member of our #LBTCrew taking part.<\/p>\n We\u2019re looking forward to following the tour and hearing what our readers make of this moving exploration of family, memory and the things we inherit from those who came before us.<\/p>\n Offering successful book tours, bookstagram tours, cover reveals and blitzes. I would love to work on the promotion of your book. For new and previously released titles. All genres are welcome. Use my contact form to drop us an email or download our info kit here.<\/p>\n https:\/\/kellylacey.com\/love-books-tours\/.<\/a><\/p>\n If you have any questions, please email lovebookstours@gmail.com and we will be very happy to talk you through our services and answer your questions.<\/p>\n Please note our first reply sometimes hides in the spam folder. So please check there if you don\u2019t get anything in your inbox. As we reply to each query.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the name of full transparency, please be aware that this blogAbout the Book<\/h3>\n
Author:<\/strong> Luanne Castle
Genre:<\/strong> Memoir
Pages:<\/strong> 172
Publisher:<\/strong> ELJ Editions
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