Today we have a special treat in historical fiction - please meet Regina O'Melveny! From her bio,
REGINA O’MELVENY is a writer, teacher and assemblage artist. Her award-winning poetry and prose have been anthologized and widely published in literary magazines such as The Bellingham Review, rattapallax, The Sun, The LA Weekly, Solo and Barrow Street.
She teaches at Marymount College and lives with her husband near the Los Angeles harbor, where she can watch the blue transit of ships.
Regina is celebrating the release of THE BOOK OF MADNESS AND CURES:
Dr. Gabriella Mondini, a strong-willed, young Venetian woman, has followed her father in the path of medicine. She possesses a singleminded passion for the art of physick, even though, in 1590, the male-dominated establishment is reluctant to accept a woman doctor. So when her father disappears on a mysterious journey, Gabriella's own status in the Venetian medical society is threatened. Her father has left clues--beautiful, thoughtful, sometimes torrid, and often enigmatic letters from his travels as he researches his vast encyclopedia, The Book of Diseases.
After ten years of missing his kindness, insight, and guidance, Gabriella decides to set off on a quest to find him--a daunting journey that will take her through great university cities, centers of medicine, and remote villages across Europe. Despite setbacks, wary strangers, and the menaces of the road, the young doctor bravely follows the clues to her lost father, all while taking notes on maladies and treating the ill to supplement her own work.
Gorgeous and brilliantly written, and filled with details about science, medicine, food, and madness, THE BOOK OF MADNESS AND CURES is an unforgettable debut.
Little, Brown, and Company is giving away three print copies of THE BOOK OF MADNESS AND CURES. To enter the giveaway,
1. Leave a comment about a "cure" you always rely upon - herbal tea? chicken soup? sugar water?
I just discovered Ben and Jerry's HALF BAKED frozen yogurt. It seemed to cure the pre-RT stress!
2. This giveaway is open to US residents only. I'll giveaway a Hawaiian gift pack with fruit tea to one international reader.
3. Comments are open through Monday, April 16, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Tuesday, April 17.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Regina and her writing, check out her website at www.reginaomelveny.com.
April's month long promotion is CLEAN OUT MY CONVENTION STASH. I will select one US reader, one Canadian reader, and one International reader from all my blogs posts in April at SOS ALOHA, THE READING REVIEWER, and ALOHA ON MY MIND. The US winner can select up to 10 books (to fill up a small flat rate box) from my current convention stash to make room for new books coming from RT 2012. The Canadian and International readers can select one book, too!
CLEAN OUT MY CONVENTION STASH is open through Monday, April 30, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Tuesday, May 1.
After ten years of missing his kindness, insight, and guidance, Gabriella decides to set off on a quest to find him--a daunting journey that will take her through great university cities, centers of medicine, and remote villages across Europe. Despite setbacks, wary strangers, and the menaces of the road, the young doctor bravely follows the clues to her lost father, all while taking notes on maladies and treating the ill to supplement her own work.
Gorgeous and brilliantly written, and filled with details about science, medicine, food, and madness, THE BOOK OF MADNESS AND CURES is an unforgettable debut.
1. Leave a comment about a "cure" you always rely upon - herbal tea? chicken soup? sugar water?
I just discovered Ben and Jerry's HALF BAKED frozen yogurt. It seemed to cure the pre-RT stress!
2. This giveaway is open to US residents only. I'll giveaway a Hawaiian gift pack with fruit tea to one international reader.
3. Comments are open through Monday, April 16, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Tuesday, April 17.
Mahalo,
Kim in Hawaii
To learn more about Regina and her writing, check out her website at www.reginaomelveny.com.
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April's month long promotion is CLEAN OUT MY CONVENTION STASH. I will select one US reader, one Canadian reader, and one International reader from all my blogs posts in April at SOS ALOHA, THE READING REVIEWER, and ALOHA ON MY MIND. The US winner can select up to 10 books (to fill up a small flat rate box) from my current convention stash to make room for new books coming from RT 2012. The Canadian and International readers can select one book, too!
CLEAN OUT MY CONVENTION STASH is open through Monday, April 30, 10 pm in Hawaii. I'll post the winner on Tuesday, May 1.
My cure for depression or being in a bad mood is chocolate.
ReplyDeleteMy cure for having a stuffy nose because of a cold is spicy foods. It might only work for a little while but it does work.
i'm prefer chinese herbal tea and the name is lou han kou :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats Regina on your Debut. Sounds like an interesting and intriguing read. Would love to read it. One cure that works for me is the chewing of Fennel after eating spicy foods to prevent heartburn. It has a licorice/anise taste and it does help with indigestion.Thanks for the opportunity.
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I have tried so many different "cures" that I try to avoid them at all cost. I have stripped the top layer of my skin many times with cures.
ReplyDeleteI am not entering the giveaway, however, my favourite when I don't feel well is Wong Tong soup. It just warms your heart and a quilt.
ReplyDeleteHey, Kim!! My favorite cure all is Motrin! I'm allowed to use a real drug, right? It's good for everything - aches, pains, muscles...
ReplyDeleteHerbal tea with lemon and honey is my go-to choice for a sore throat.
ReplyDeleteChicken soup, but the Greek version with egg and lemon.
ReplyDeleteSleep for when you are sick.
ReplyDeleteChocolate for when you are sad.
Fresh air (hiking, out near the water, mountains) for when you just need to get away from it all.
Chocolate is great as a pick me up! :)
ReplyDeleteExercise and fruits and vegetables keep me feeling good.
When necessary for a headache, I drink coffee because of the caffeine and take an asprin.
Thanks for a fun giveaway! This book sounds very interesting....
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say that my cure all is... sleep! Whenever I'm feeling draggy or feel a cold coming on, I try and go to bed earlier. Rest and sleep seem to "cure" me the best :)
I usually rely on Advil, Flexall, and Thermacare for my ailments. Of course, chocolate and a good book seem to work really well, too.
ReplyDeleteA cure that always works is definitely chinese chicken corn soup is is a lifesaver for the flu !
ReplyDeleteI have two - concentrated tart cherry juice and activia yogurt. The cherry juice is a great antioxidant for joint pains etc. and my way of getting a glass of water every day and the yogurt has really changed my life. I always had stomach problems but the probiotics do wonders for me.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a hot bath (with your choice of salts, bubbles, oils, etc.) to soothe an aching RA body. While enjoying your favorite read, of course!
ReplyDeleteHot green tea or herbal tea on a cold winter's night. Oh heck, I just plain like hot tea all the time and it's good for you! Add a dash of LOCAL honey to enhance your immune system.
Music. When I find myself in an ugly mood, I put on a type of music that I know will change my frame of mind. Usually, it's foot-stomping, butt-shaking country! Sweat that ugliness right outta me - LOL!
At first sign of a sore throat, start gargling with salt water. It'll stop it for me if I start gargling early enough.
ReplyDeleteHot water, lemon juice & honey is wonderful for sore throats. A drop of rum in it does not hurt either.
ReplyDeleteBen & Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake is my cure for the blues.. Though green tea I hear is good for you. Somethig about it building up your immunity.
ReplyDeleteI like chicken soup.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like great historical fiction. I'm intrigued!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cure is Yogi Bedtime hot tea. It calms by soul before drifting off to sleep. And it tastes perfect without any added sweetener.
Love a hot toddy for a stuffy head, Peppermint tea for heartburn or upset tummy. chicken soup or tomato soup with chilli powder when I feel a cold coming on.
ReplyDeleteLots to read at my fingertips
Have a good one Ann/alba
Apple juice. I have photographic evidence that I have been invoking this "cure" since before I could talk; there are photos of a toddler me sucking on a bottle full of apple juice my mom had given to me when I was crying my eyes out and wouldn't be comforted! I still feel such a sense of peace when I drink it, which I do when I'm sad, lonely, depressed, etc. Just something about the cinnamony, autumny smell that gets me every time.
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