DEAR WOMAN OF MY DREAMS is Released
By: Christina Mancuso May. 24, 2016
Author, feminist, academic and politician Lois Kathryn Herr has released a new book in which she gives voice to three generations of women and the struggles and successes that shaped them. An eye-opening portrait of the journey of the modern woman, "Dear Woman of My Dreams" (published by Xlibris) is real-life fiction, creatively rendered and based on extensive family archive which includes letters, journals, pictures and other memorabilia.
"Dear Woman of My Dreams" is the first in a series of stories that chart the experiences of the women in Herr's family. The book follows the author's mother, Kathryn, and her experiences as a young woman in 1923. This coming-of-age story is told in her own words as she goes about her daily life at college with her friends and with her mother and grandmother at home as well as on a cross-country train trip. She writes to the woman that she sees as herself in later years, and the book closes with a brief chapter based on letters and the diary Kathryn wrote when she was 100 years old.
Compelling, candid and insightful, "Dear Woman of My Dreams" is a true to life story that explores family bonds, sacrifice and what it means to be a strong, independent woman in a rapidly shifting world.
"Dear Woman of My Dreams"
By Lois Kathryn Herr
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 80 pages | ISBN 9781514489055
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 80 pages | ISBN 9781514489062
E-Book | 80 pages | ISBN 9781514489079
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
World-traveled but deeply rooted in Pennsylvania, Lois Kathryn Herr documents the lives of real people. In 2009, she published "Dear Coach: Letters Home from World War II" about her father and his athletes. Herr majored in English at Elizabethtown College and the University of Pennsylvania, received a Fordham MBA, then forged a successful 26-year career in the telecommunications industry. In 1990 she returned to Pennsylvania, this time as a farmer, and then college teacher and senior administrator.
Xlibris Publishing, an Author Solutions, LLC imprint, is a self-publishing services provider created in 1997 by authors, for authors. By focusing on the needs of creative writers and artists and adopting the latest print-on-demand publishing technology and strategies, we provide expert publishing services with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound and full-color formats. To date, Xlibris has helped to publish more than 60,000 titles. For more information, visit xlibris.com or call 1-888-795-4274 to receive a free publishing guide. Follow us @XlibrisPub on Twitter for the latest news.
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