Excerpt of Review & Press Release of Afternoon Tea by J. R. LaGreca, March 5, 2009
This review can be found in the Kingman Daily Miner, NewsBlaze, and will appear in Affaire De Coeur Magazine in a couple of months. Desert Independent also will be running it in their weekly edition, and Midwest Book Review will run it in April edition.
New York, NY, April 01, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Afternoon Tea by J R LaGreca
Clark's Eye on Books, by Clark Isaacs
Her novel is about love, struggle, and differences of the haves and have-nots in society taking place in the year 1895. The setting is beautifully detailed in and around New England's picturesque towns. The plights of the characters were difficult at the turn of the century and you are enthralled by the descriptive prose laying them bare.
LaGreca brilliantly develops her characters to be graceful and elegant when manners were boundless, dress was significantly important, and the adventures of all classes were intriguing. The struggles of the poor are tremendous and the lives of the rich are full of imagery.
This could be a modern day portrayal relating to challenges of success and the rewards of unwavering devotional love. Even though this is a by-gone era, the book enchants you from beginning to end. The author laces a romantic triangle that will tug at your heart with a surprise ending. J. R. LaGreca has captured the Victorian Era exquisitely, like a fine painting or a glass of aged wine.
A must read for the amorous romantic.
Clark Isaacs is a retired attorney, but works as a headhunter placing attorneys in major law firms, reviews books for many publications on line and daily newspapers. His website http://clarkisaacs.ning.com has many current book reviews which have been published.
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A Saga of Forbidden Love, the Culture of High Society and Their Irony
Author J.R. LaGreca pens an engaging tale set in a fascinating era wrought with emotion and intrigue.
High society of the Victorian Age was as fraught with hypocrisy as modern times. Enter this fascinating era in New England and witness a saga of forbidden love, the standards of high society and their paradox unfold in Afternoon Tea, an engaging tale written by J.R. LaGreca. Get a glimpse of a glittering, yet cruel world where image and status are everything.
With a bundle of roses in one hand and a walking cane in the other, Lawrence Gray, an elderly gentleman, braves the cold Northeastern winter as he makes his way to Saint James Cemetery. There, he offers the flowers to his wife who passed away forty years ago. Lawrence’s devotion to his long-dead wife elicits curiosity from Meg Bailey, a neighbor who spies on him from her kitchen window every morning. Meg’s curiosity hits a peak when town historian, Fanny Brund, invites her for afternoon tea and reveals the mystery surrounding the Grays. In a bid to uncover the truth behind Lawrence Gray’s guilt over his wife’s untimely death, Fanny warps back to the year 1895 — only to unravel a secret that will change Meg’s life forever. . .
How will Meg handle the harbingers of the past? Can she convince Lawrence he is not to blame for his wife’s death with a clear conscience? Will Lawrence ever let go of his guilty burden and live the rest of his days in peace? Discover the answers as you take a refreshing break to indulge in a delightful Afternoon Tea.
Having proven her mastery in the field of poetry, award-winning poet J.R. LaGreca dips her eloquent pen in the fiction genre and crafts a relentlessly riveting novel; one that paints a live, breathing portrait about high society of the Victorian Age, the Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties and beyond, and the irony of it all. Afternoon Tea is one unforgettably engrossing read; a masterful work by one of fiction’s most promising new talents.
About the Author
Jody Riva LaGreca was born in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, and moved to Long Island as a young child. She has a BA in Writing/English from Queens College, and graduated Phi Theta Kappa Magna Cum Laude in Fashion Apparel Design. She is a freelance writer, award-winning poet, and a member of Madison Who’s Who. Her work has been internationally published in magazines and anthologies. She was a featured poet at Borders Books & Music. After graduating college she worked in a family business with her mother and sister named Dreams, and designed and manufactured couture dresses and accessories which have been in magazines, on the covers of trade journals, and sold nationwide. You may visit her website at http://www.jrlagreca.com.
Afternoon Tea * by J.R. LaGreca
Publication Date: June 4, 2008
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 271 pages; 978-1-4257-9098-1
Cloth Hardback; $29.00; 271 pages; 978-1-4257-9112-4
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7836. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.7876.
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Clark's Eye on Books, by Clark Isaacs
Her novel is about love, struggle, and differences of the haves and have-nots in society taking place in the year 1895. The setting is beautifully detailed in and around New England's picturesque towns. The plights of the characters were difficult at the turn of the century and you are enthralled by the descriptive prose laying them bare.
LaGreca brilliantly develops her characters to be graceful and elegant when manners were boundless, dress was significantly important, and the adventures of all classes were intriguing. The struggles of the poor are tremendous and the lives of the rich are full of imagery.
This could be a modern day portrayal relating to challenges of success and the rewards of unwavering devotional love. Even though this is a by-gone era, the book enchants you from beginning to end. The author laces a romantic triangle that will tug at your heart with a surprise ending. J. R. LaGreca has captured the Victorian Era exquisitely, like a fine painting or a glass of aged wine.
A must read for the amorous romantic.
Clark Isaacs is a retired attorney, but works as a headhunter placing attorneys in major law firms, reviews books for many publications on line and daily newspapers. His website http://clarkisaacs.ning.com has many current book reviews which have been published.
International Plaza II, Suite 340, Philadelphia, PA 19113
Contact: Marketing Services
(888) 795-4274 x. 7836
MarketingServices@Xlibris.com
A Saga of Forbidden Love, the Culture of High Society and Their Irony
Author J.R. LaGreca pens an engaging tale set in a fascinating era wrought with emotion and intrigue.
High society of the Victorian Age was as fraught with hypocrisy as modern times. Enter this fascinating era in New England and witness a saga of forbidden love, the standards of high society and their paradox unfold in Afternoon Tea, an engaging tale written by J.R. LaGreca. Get a glimpse of a glittering, yet cruel world where image and status are everything.
With a bundle of roses in one hand and a walking cane in the other, Lawrence Gray, an elderly gentleman, braves the cold Northeastern winter as he makes his way to Saint James Cemetery. There, he offers the flowers to his wife who passed away forty years ago. Lawrence’s devotion to his long-dead wife elicits curiosity from Meg Bailey, a neighbor who spies on him from her kitchen window every morning. Meg’s curiosity hits a peak when town historian, Fanny Brund, invites her for afternoon tea and reveals the mystery surrounding the Grays. In a bid to uncover the truth behind Lawrence Gray’s guilt over his wife’s untimely death, Fanny warps back to the year 1895 — only to unravel a secret that will change Meg’s life forever. . .
How will Meg handle the harbingers of the past? Can she convince Lawrence he is not to blame for his wife’s death with a clear conscience? Will Lawrence ever let go of his guilty burden and live the rest of his days in peace? Discover the answers as you take a refreshing break to indulge in a delightful Afternoon Tea.
Having proven her mastery in the field of poetry, award-winning poet J.R. LaGreca dips her eloquent pen in the fiction genre and crafts a relentlessly riveting novel; one that paints a live, breathing portrait about high society of the Victorian Age, the Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties and beyond, and the irony of it all. Afternoon Tea is one unforgettably engrossing read; a masterful work by one of fiction’s most promising new talents.
About the Author
Jody Riva LaGreca was born in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, and moved to Long Island as a young child. She has a BA in Writing/English from Queens College, and graduated Phi Theta Kappa Magna Cum Laude in Fashion Apparel Design. She is a freelance writer, award-winning poet, and a member of Madison Who’s Who. Her work has been internationally published in magazines and anthologies. She was a featured poet at Borders Books & Music. After graduating college she worked in a family business with her mother and sister named Dreams, and designed and manufactured couture dresses and accessories which have been in magazines, on the covers of trade journals, and sold nationwide. You may visit her website at http://www.jrlagreca.com.
Afternoon Tea * by J.R. LaGreca
Publication Date: June 4, 2008
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 271 pages; 978-1-4257-9098-1
Cloth Hardback; $29.00; 271 pages; 978-1-4257-9112-4
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7836. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.7876.
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