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Wisconsin Bookstore Appearances by Author Laura Chester Will Attract Mothers and Daughters Who Love Horses
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., June 18 PRNewswire — Wisconsin bookstores will host writer and editor Laura Chester for readings and signings in July to celebrate the publication of her new children's fantasy novel, Marvel the Marvelous. Horse-crazy mothers and daughters will flock to Books & Company, 1039 Summit Avenue, Oconomowoc, July 5th from 2-4 p.m., and to Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, 10976 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, July 8th at 7 p.m.
Kids love reading about horses, as the popularity of National Velvet, Black Beauty and even the "My Little Pony" series can attest. Now, in Marvel the Marvelous, Chester shares her love of horses with kids ages 8-12. The author's deep connection to horses has also found expression in her recent illustrated literary anthologies Heartbeat for Horses and, for adults, Eros and Equus (all from Willow Creek Press).
In a story sure to entrance young animal-lovers, Marvel, a magical pink pony, helps to rescue Lee, a lost child. In the company of Garbanzo and Beanie, a mastiff and pug, they set off from Northern Joya, so that Lee can make her way home. Chester's previous novel, Hiding Glory, also set in Joya, features a small blue horse and a lonely, timid girl. Both novels include dramatic illustrations by award-winning fantasy artist Gary A. Lippincott.
Young horse lovers everywhere will recognize themselves in Heartbeat for Horses, which celebrates the special bond between girls and horses. Included are selections by Jane Smiley, e.e. cummings, James Herriot, and many others. Stunning color photographs by Donna DeMari show girls riding in the show ring, at the rodeo, or on the trail. Chester's more sensual anthology for adults, Eros and Equus, features black-and-white photographs by DeMari, and writing by John Hawkes, D.H. Lawrence, Annie Dillard, and more.
Laura Chester, www.laurachester.com, is the author of such acclaimed books for adults as Holy Personal: Looking for Small Private Places of Worship and Lupus Novice: Toward Self-Healing. She has edited many literary anthologies, including the first 20th-century American women's poetry anthology from Simon & Schuster, Rising Tides. Chester's novels and collections of short fiction include the forthcoming Rancho Weirdo (Bootstrap Press).
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