caught in a sunbeam as though it is a movie. Leah’s body is warm on mine while we watch the vision. It is as if she has no weight, only warmth.
About this Story
Other Lives won a prize in Minnesota Ink literary Journal more than a decade ago. The idea of creating a picture book originally came from a fan who suggested I turn one of my paintings and its accompanying blog into a children’s book. A perfect way to combine my art and writing, and I thought this tale might be a fortuitous virgin voyage.
The illustrations are collages composed of butcher block and craft papers, gold leaf, pastels, as well as paste papers that I created. I have made books as well as written them for some time. You can check these out at AnnPearlman.net/art-gallery/altered-books-etc
As you see, I’ve had a great fun tearing apart my published books and combining them with my sculpture and art.
I loved illustrating Other Lives. While I write, I “see” images and now I have shared some of the pictures that were in my mind as the words flowed. Of course, I plan to do this again. This is a start of an series of storybooks that contain the thrill of illustrations as we loved in books when we were kids, but with narratives slated for adults.
About the Author
Ann Pearlman is the author of seven traditionally published books. Keep the Home Fires Burning: How to Have an Affair With Your Spouse, garnered the attention of the Oprah Winfrey Show and many other TV talk shows. Infidelity was nominated for a Pulitzer and a National Book Review and was made into a Lifetime Movie. Inside the Crips, with a foreword by Ice T, took readers into the life of a Crip gang member and the California Prison system. The Christmas Cookie Club was translated into six languages and became a national and international bestseller. The Christmas Cookie Cookbook: All the Rules and Delicious Recipes to
Start Your Own Holiday Cookie Club was written with her friend, Marybeth Bayer, who is a terrific baker as well as the hostess of the cookie exchange Ann attends.
The paperback of A Gift for My Sister, which follows two sisters who first appeared in The Christmas Cookie Club will be on the stands in February 2013.
Learn more about Ann, her life, and her many books at AnnPearlman.net/books
Connect with Ann on Facebook at facebook.com/AnnPearlman or on Twitter by following @AnnPearlman .
More from Ann Pearlman
A GIFT FOR MY SISTER
Learn more and read an excerpt at AnnPearlman.net/blog/book/a-gift-for-my-sister
A Gift for My Sister is Ann’s most recent novel, available in late February, 2013. It’s a fast paced, riveting page turner that poses the larger questions of where did I come from, how did I become me, and how do we form a family. Set in a backdrop as vast as a continent, and diverse as plush beach condos, inner city Detroit, and exhilarating rap concerts, it’s a tale told by two fatherless daughters struggling with family curses, eccentric luck, and the complicated multiculturalism that is hallmark of our era.
Praise for A Gift for My Sister :
“A fast-paced novel...(with) no easy answers but lots of soul searching and heart racing action.” - Booklist
“I feel like I could wax poetic about A Gift for My Sister all day long and simply not do it any justice. This is a book I don’t even want to tell you about; I just want you to read it...It addresses so many issues... but most importantly: how you live your life. It was heartbreaking and it was happy...this is the contemporary read I recommend everyone read at least once in their lives.” - Jennifer, The Bawdy Book Blog
“An eloquent and moving novel.”- Minding Spot
“A moving, deeply resonant novel...By rendering shared experiences via their opposing personalities and viewpoints, Pearlman skillfully evokes empathy on both sides,”-Kathleen Gerard for Shelf Awareness
INFIDELITY
Learn more, check out the
About this Story
Other Lives won a prize in Minnesota Ink literary Journal more than a decade ago. The idea of creating a picture book originally came from a fan who suggested I turn one of my paintings and its accompanying blog into a children’s book. A perfect way to combine my art and writing, and I thought this tale might be a fortuitous virgin voyage.
The illustrations are collages composed of butcher block and craft papers, gold leaf, pastels, as well as paste papers that I created. I have made books as well as written them for some time. You can check these out at AnnPearlman.net/art-gallery/altered-books-etc
As you see, I’ve had a great fun tearing apart my published books and combining them with my sculpture and art.
I loved illustrating Other Lives. While I write, I “see” images and now I have shared some of the pictures that were in my mind as the words flowed. Of course, I plan to do this again. This is a start of an series of storybooks that contain the thrill of illustrations as we loved in books when we were kids, but with narratives slated for adults.
About the Author
Ann Pearlman is the author of seven traditionally published books. Keep the Home Fires Burning: How to Have an Affair With Your Spouse, garnered the attention of the Oprah Winfrey Show and many other TV talk shows. Infidelity was nominated for a Pulitzer and a National Book Review and was made into a Lifetime Movie. Inside the Crips, with a foreword by Ice T, took readers into the life of a Crip gang member and the California Prison system. The Christmas Cookie Club was translated into six languages and became a national and international bestseller. The Christmas Cookie Cookbook: All the Rules and Delicious Recipes to
Start Your Own Holiday Cookie Club was written with her friend, Marybeth Bayer, who is a terrific baker as well as the hostess of the cookie exchange Ann attends.
The paperback of A Gift for My Sister, which follows two sisters who first appeared in The Christmas Cookie Club will be on the stands in February 2013.
Learn more about Ann, her life, and her many books at AnnPearlman.net/books
Connect with Ann on Facebook at facebook.com/AnnPearlman or on Twitter by following @AnnPearlman .
More from Ann Pearlman
A GIFT FOR MY SISTER
Learn more and read an excerpt at AnnPearlman.net/blog/book/a-gift-for-my-sister
A Gift for My Sister is Ann’s most recent novel, available in late February, 2013. It’s a fast paced, riveting page turner that poses the larger questions of where did I come from, how did I become me, and how do we form a family. Set in a backdrop as vast as a continent, and diverse as plush beach condos, inner city Detroit, and exhilarating rap concerts, it’s a tale told by two fatherless daughters struggling with family curses, eccentric luck, and the complicated multiculturalism that is hallmark of our era.
Praise for A Gift for My Sister :
“A fast-paced novel...(with) no easy answers but lots of soul searching and heart racing action.” - Booklist
“I feel like I could wax poetic about A Gift for My Sister all day long and simply not do it any justice. This is a book I don’t even want to tell you about; I just want you to read it...It addresses so many issues... but most importantly: how you live your life. It was heartbreaking and it was happy...this is the contemporary read I recommend everyone read at least once in their lives.” - Jennifer, The Bawdy Book Blog
“An eloquent and moving novel.”- Minding Spot
“A moving, deeply resonant novel...By rendering shared experiences via their opposing personalities and viewpoints, Pearlman skillfully evokes empathy on both sides,”-Kathleen Gerard for Shelf Awareness
INFIDELITY
Learn more, check out the
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