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Embrace Your Voice: Buy a Book, Support a Cause

April 18, 2018 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Embrace your Voice

Embrace Your Voice – April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I’ll donate $5 to The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence for each sale of my award-winning novel In the Context of Love from my Etsy store HERE during April. I’ll even sign it for you.

Read an uplifting coming-of-age story about a young woman who must rebuild her life after the discovery of a devastating family lie turns her world upside down, and support a great cause! The book was inspired by the real life stories of several women who learned they were conceived when their mothers were raped.

If you enjoy books by Anne Tyler, Nicholas Sparks or Jacqueline Mitchard, you’ll enjoy In the Context of Love.

2017 New Apple Book Awards Official Selection
2016 Sarton Women’s Fiction Finalist
2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist
2016 Readers’ Favorite Finalist
2016 USA Book News Best Book Finalist

Journey to truth – Reviews of In the Context of Love

“Maya Angelou says there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Such a story informs the life of Angelica, the main character in this great read. In today’s charged climate of the ‘Me, too’ women, this novel is really relevant… an important story for our current days of reckoning. For all the women on their journeys to truth, this is a book for you.” ~Barbara Rebbeck, author of NOLA Gals

“Stories of women who have suffered sexual abuse have been at the forefront of media recently. How do we empower these women to find strength within darkness? How do we ensure that they are heard? Those are questions Linda Sienkiewicz has us think about in her debut novel, In the Context of Love.”  ~ Jennifer Bairos, blogger and book reviewer for A Splendid Messy Life

“The relationship between mother and daughter redeems itself, as it often does with time. Angelica learns to love and accept her mother’s situation and begins to help her heal from it. A genuine flawless love and relationship between the two is born and it is one that makes the entire book so worth the read. Yet, it is not the only element of the book that is so well told. Joe and Angelica also have a beautiful love story, one that like the mother/daughter tale is just so beautiful to read.” ~Anthem Book Review

“I couldn’t put it down, couldn’t wait to see how the author would resolve this deep heartache. I was not disappointed. This moving story of fated soul mates and the author’s unique narrative voice make this book one not to be missed.” ~ Cynthia Harrison, author of the Blue Lake series.

So please, buy a copy of In the Context of Love from my Etsy shop and support Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

You will be sent a receipt that shows the $5 donation made in your name.

Filed Under: In the Context of Love Tagged With: saam2018, sexual assault, shame, voice

Imagining Fictional Characters

August 21, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A series of fun photographs I took with dolls posed behind the partial figure on my book cover got me thinking about faces on book covers, and what we imagine when we read. What do you see when you … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, It's Personal Tagged With: book covers, character description, Fiction

Hungarian Cursing and Humor

April 17, 2017 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hungarian cursing: My friend and fellow poet Olga Klekner taught me about Hungarian cursing when I was writing In the Context of Love. As the Hungarian heartthrob Joe tells young Angelica about his … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love, It's Personal Tagged With: cursing, humor, hungarian

Black Friday Giveaway!

November 24, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

BLACK FRIDAY GIVEAWAY!     Win a $15 Amazon Gift Card A signed copy of my novel "In the Context of Love" A Nancy Drew book wallet To Enter: Visit my Facebook Page and 1. Tell me your favorite … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love Tagged With: black friday, giveaway

If that man were you – a video

August 8, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

This YouTube video is a reading of an excerpt from In the Context of Love . Second-person Narrative Angelica talks to (the absent) Joe, recalling the time they drove down Route 21 past the steel … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love Tagged With: second person address, video, youtube

Illustrated Reading from In the Context of Love

June 14, 2016 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

I made a new video combining a reading from IN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE with royalty free images on iMovie. I call it an illustrated video reading! In it, Angelica imagines what her birthfather is doing … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: In the Context of Love Tagged With: reading, video, youtube

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Award- winning writer, poet & artist. Cynical optimist. Super klutz. Corgi fan. Author of two novels, a children's picture book, and five poetry chapbooks. More here.

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