Bring On Lemons

It is my pleasure to have Author Karen Levy visiting the blog today to review, and share the journey of Albert Nasib Badre with his memoir, Looking West . Thank you WOW! for including us in this book blog tour! Please contact me today if you'd like to help with this or any other book tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog and it's a wonderful opportunity to help promote authors while reading the latest books before anyone else can get their hands on them! Send an email today - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Now onto this beautiful journey of a Lebanese-American Immigrant named Albert Nasib Badre and his moving memoir Looking West. Looking West  begins in 1960 as the Badre family emigrates from Beirut, Lebanon to the United States. This is a dream come true for fourteen-year-old Nasib. Nasib strugg...

The calendar says spring, a few days ago it was nearly 60 and today the yard is covered in snow and the highways are littered with accidents...  I am hopeful spring is on it's way and in the meantime WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for a very talented author. It is my pleasure to read, review, and share the journey of Albert Nasib Badre with his memoir, Looking West . Please contact me today if you'd like to help with this or any other book tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog and it's a wonderful opportunity to help promote authors while reading the latest books before anyone else can get their hands on them! Send an email today - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Now onto this beautiful journey of a Lebanese-American Immigrant named Albert Nasib Badre and his moving me...

We may be snowed in yet again... but I have an exciting book blog tour to keep me warm! WOW! Women on Writing is helping promote another wonderful book for a delightful author. This time it's a book titled: Looking West: The Journey of a Lebanese American Immigrant by author Al Badre. The kindle edition was released on February 5th and the print will be released on February 19th. The WOW! tour starts on April 8th. Please contact me today to reserve your copy and participate in this tour. If you've never participated in a tour, feel free to inquire and I'll be happy to explain how it works - you don't even have to have your own blog! Send an email today to participate - email address: crystal@wow-womenonwriting.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com Be sure to include the following: * The email address you'd like your ebook(s) sent to - or mailing address, but we have a limited number of physical copies. *The name and url for your blog, or a note letting me know...

Below is a short story (the first part of my novel) that I am considering submitting for a literary contest. It is fiction. Please let me know your thoughts. I really want your feedback. It's long, so thank you in advance for taking your time to read and comment. Thanks in advance. ~Crystal Between 1880 and 1930, more than 27 million people made the journey from around the world to Ellis Island. Some were looking for work in the United States; others were trying to escape the unrest in their own country. Josephine Maurice boarded the LaTouraine steamship at the Havre with less than $100 and the clothes on her back. She was determined to leave Paris and her past behind her. She walked away from all things familiar and placed one determined foot in front of the other, forcing herself forward. One of nearly 2,000 passengers following their dreams, she wasn’t even 18 years old yet, and wasn’t sure what she was getting herself into. They were searching for dreams. She was runnin...