Seven Blackbirds

2021 Firebird Book Award winner soon to be released as an audiobook

My award-winning first novel Seven Blackbirds will be released in audiobook format by the end of the summer…it is narrated by yours truly, a very good friend of mine, who will keep you apprised of the date it effloresces on Amazon.

Update September 25, 2021  Now available on my Amazon product page for $17.49.

Click to listen to an excerpt:

Folks who support indie authors and would like an autographed hard copy, tenderly wrapped, can purchase one from me directly by mailing a check for $14.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling to Four Elk Press, P.O. Box 25354, Portland, OR 97298. Otherwise hey, you can certainly support your friendly neighborhood Amazon delivery truck driver. We roll with the times here. And here’s the hot link (see, I know all the terminology!) Available now at Amazon

The timing is perfect for a reread, because the sequel, Singing In A Lost Voice, is on its way, and the two books are interwoven in ways both expected and unexpected. Singing follows protagonist Kim and her sister through a few decades of family life, up, down, zigzag and sideways, and as my loyal readers know, I’m good at all those directions, so it promises to be a wonderful dance to the music of time, and yes, that reference to Anthony Powell is indeed quite intentional.

P.S. Berkeley Law professor Nancy K. D. Lemon, the nation’s pioneering and still leading authority on DV law (thirty years and counting), has these kind words to say about Seven Blackbirds:

“I just finished reading Seven Blackbirds, and was very impressed. Could not put it down. As someone who’s worked in the domestic violence legal field for many years, I found this story compelling, moving, and completely credible. The protagonist’s legal struggles to free herself and her son from her husband are unfortunately all too typical of what happens in real life, where batterers often are able to drag things out for years, run up huge legal bills for their former partners, and otherwise use the court system to continue their abuse. The courtroom scene near the end of the book is hilarious and maddening and very accurate, in that the batterer shows his true colors. But perhaps more important, the main character moves from being a victim to reconnecting with her authentic self. This is a story of transformation and empowerment, with a lot of humor, great dialogue, and sometimes very poetic imagery.”