Celebrating one of our Munyori Journal Authors, Joanne HIllhouse of Antigua.

Joanne Hillhouse, author who has been featured in Munyori Literary Journal, has announce the April 17, 2012 release of he new novel Oh Gad!  The story begins with this line:
Nikki didn’t know how long the phone had been ringing before she heard it. What happens when she picks up that phone sends her home to Antigua and sets her on a rocky path that will change her entire life.
Joanne HIllhouse says, "I hope you’ll consider taking that journey with her."

Oh Gad! is published by Strebor/Atria/Simon & Schuster

It is also available through Amazon and other booksellers

The author invites you to visit her online pages: http://www.jhohadli.com and http://www.facebook.com/JoanneCHillhouse

Amazon Book Description

Publication Date: April 17, 2012
A stirring novel about a woman facing cross-cultural odds and redefining everything she understands about her family, herself, and the country she’s never really been able to call home. Nikki Baltimore was born in Antigua but grew up with her dad in the United States. With each year, she’s grown further apart from her mother and maternal siblings, potters in rural Antigua.
Her mother’s funeral brings Nikki back to the island, and, at a professional and personal crossroads, she makes the impulsive decision to stay after being offered a job by the ruling government. Soon, Nikki is embroiled in a hurricane of an existence which includes a political hot potato, confusion in her romantic life, and deepening involvement in the lives of the family she left behind. Will Nikki eventually find her place in the chaos and begin to plant the roots that have escaped her all her life?

Biography
Antiguan Joanne C. Hillhouse is the author of two books of fiction: The Boy from Willow Bend and Dancing Nude in the Moonlight. Oh Gad! - release date 2012 - is her third book of fiction and first full length novel. A 2008 Breadloaf fellow and announced recipient of the 2011 David Hough Literary Prize from the Caribbean Writer, her fiction and poetry have, also, appeared in Tongues of the Ocean, Mythium, Ma Comère, The Caribbean Writer, Calabash, Sea Breeze, and more. She was awarded a 2004 UNESCO Honour Award for her contribution to literacy and the literary arts in Antigua and Barbuda. Among her projects are the Wadadli Youth Pen Prize - http://wadadlipen.wordpress.com She's a freelance writer, journalist, editorial consultant, and producer (having worked in print, film, and TV in Antigua). For more, visit http://www.jhohadli.com or the blogger's bio at http://wadadlipen.wordpress.com
Congratulations, Joanne!

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