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Jill Hendrix
Fiction Addiction
864-675-0540
info@fiction-addiction.com
http://www.fiction-addiction.com
Book Your Lunch with Spartanburg Author Michel Stone
 Greenville, SC, February 16, 2012 - Book Your Lunch with Spartanburg author Michel Stone on Monday, March 26th, from 12-2 pm at The Lazy Goat in downtown Greenville. Tickets are $25 each and must be purchased in advance at http://www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540.
Spartanburg author Michel Stone's debut novel, The Iguana Tree (Hub City, hardcover, $24.95, on sale 3/12/12), gives readers a glimpse at illegal immigration from a viewpoint not seen in the news.
Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter.
This harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends; exploitation by corrupt officials and rapacious landowners on the U.S. side; and finally, the inexorable workings of the U.S. justice system.
Hector and Lilia meet Americans willing to help them with legal assistance and offers of responsible employment, but their illegal entry seems certain to prove their undoing. The consequences of their decisions are devastating. In the end, The Iguana Tree is a universal story of loss, grief, and human dignity.
.jpg) Michel Stone has published over a dozen stories and essays, including the title story in Expecting Goodness and Other Stories, edited by C. Michael Curtis, the runner-up in the Independent Publishers IPPY Awards for the top collection of short fiction in North America, 2009. Her work has appeared numerous times in the Raleigh News and Observer's emerging Southern writers series. Michel is a winner of SC Magazine's Very Short Fiction Contest, as well as the Hub City Fiction Prize. Her short story, "Bobby Knight's Nu-Way of Thinking," was included in Hub City's publication, When Stars Fell on Spartanburg. For the past five years, her short story "Relative" has been used by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for its English I Public School Testing booklet. Her essay "Danny Ford: The Man, the God" was included in the Novello Festival anthology Sports in the Carolinas. Michel was the editor of Outdoor Adventures in the Upcountry, a collection of essays about outdoor pursuits. She is a 2011 recipient of the South Carolina Fiction Project Award, given by the S.C. Arts Commission, and her flash fiction was a finalist in Undefined Magazine's 2011 Creative Writing Contest. The Iguana Tree is her first novel.
Michel is an alumna of the Sewanee Writers' Conference. A 10th generation South Carolina Lowcountry native, Michel now lives in Spartanburg with her husband and their three children. She is at work on her second novel.
If you cannot make the event, you can reserve a personalized copy of The Iguana Tree by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.
ABOUT FICTION ADDICTION Fiction Addiction is a local, woman-owned, independent bookstore established in 2001. The store carries a mixture of new and used fiction and nonfiction, including children's books, as well as gift items. For more information, visit our website at http://www.fiction-addiction.com or call us at 864-675-0540.
 ABOUT BOOK YOUR LUNCH The Book Your Lunch author event program was launched in September 2009, and is a new way to bring authors and readers together -- right here in Greenville. This luncheon series provides the ultimate food for thought with a wide range of authors -- from mystery writers, to award-winning regional novelists to nonfiction and cookbook authors. Jill Hendrix, the owner of Fiction Addiction, founded the event program and is responsible for booking the authors. Book Your Lunch is co-sponsored by Greenville's independent restaurant group, Table 301. For more information about Book Your Lunch, please visit our website at http://www.bookyourlunch.com. |
