Keep Her, by Leora Krygier
She Writes Press
Publication Date: September 6, 2016
www.leorakrygier.net
About the Book:
Maddie does not believe in destiny. In fact, destiny is the
furthest thing from the 17-year-old’s mindset. Drawing on instinct and
intuition, she’s an artist who makes collages using photographs and castoff
scraps. But when her brother becomes involved in an L.A. street gang, Maddie is
unable to find inspiration. Just when she’s feeling completely lost, she meets
young filmmaker Aiden. Fate, endangered whales and a worn copy of Moby Dick draw them together, but Aiden
has a secret that threatens to destroy everything.
Author Bio:
But
besides all that, I've lived in the heart of Paris and in a teeny apartment
overlooking the town of Saint Tropez in the South of France. I now live in Los
Angeles with my amazing husband, David.
I
love the beach, dogs, chocolate, hiking the Santa Monica Mountain trails, and
making my friends stop for me when I see a photograph I absolutely have to
take. (In full disclosure, they usually don't stop and end up one block ahead
of me, but that's okay)
I
loved writing "Keep Her." Maddie is a little bit like me (sometimes)
But her journey took me to some unexpected turns, and that's the fun of it.
Praise:
“Leora
Krygier weaves an eloquent story about two star-crossed lovers. I absolutely
loved this heartbreaking but uplifting tale.”
--- Linda Schreyer, author of Tears and Tequila
“A riveting, complex tale of adventure and love. Maddie and Aiden, both
unmoored by loss, make their way—together.”
--- Sarah Lamstein, author of Hunger Moon
“A flood, a drought and saving endangered ocean animals are gently woven into
Leora Krygier's new novel, Keep Her—a beautifully told tale of Maddie
and Aiden, who discover themselves while navigating the magical world of
meant-to-be love.”
--- Jackie Hirtz, co- author of Lola Zola and the Lemonade Crush and New
Girl on Salt Flat Road
"Krygier
perfectly encapsulates all the emotional struggle that comes with losing a
loved one - the guilt, the loss, the anger, the sadness. I really enjoyed
reading Keep Her, and I think it's one book I would like to read again and
again... it's the kind of book you would like to take your time over, while
lying on the grass in the warm sunshine, unpicking and savoring emotions and
secrets."
"Leora
Krygier is an artist, and words are her medium....Keep Her is a book that will
draw you in with its wonderful story line, characters you will champion and cry
with, and a new respect for how the classics, like Moby Dick, can still inspire
us and touch our lives. Leora Krygier never disappoints."
---
Stephanie Corbett, Head of Circulation Services, Holmes County District Public
Library, and Goodreads Reviewer
Excerpt:
"He was looking at me. No, more like staring at me - as
open as the old camera he was holding, a camera with a big hole where the lens
was supposed to be, and the insides exposed.
And I stared right back at him, taking in all his colors.
Edges of sand-colored hair, soft, vein-blue eyes, and the green cover of the
paperback book he was also holding.
I
was fourth in line at the camera store, waiting to pick up some prints I’d ordered
weeks ago, and before I knew it, I felt it coming on again, that same tug of
war, the two sides of my overcrowded head going at it – numbers on the left,
images and colors on the right –each trying to get my complete attention – when
the two sides of my brain did something they never did. They called a
fifteen-second truce and pounded out a strange joint mission in two, short
words, like an S.O.S.
Rescue.
Him.”
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