When Life Begins with Broken Bonds, Bonds are Made to be Broken

New York, NY, October 08, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. is pleased to bring you Pretty Blue by Kari Caulfield. In this marvelous debut novel, Kari spins a breathtaking tale that is in turns shocking, passionate, and enlightening. You will fall in love with her character, Faye Mercury, who is about to embark on the most important quest of her life.

Faye works in New York’s fashionable and cutthroat cooking-show industry, where the people are as disposable as overripe fruit. She is sharp, hip, and wisely discreet. Although scarred by the tragic deaths of her adoptive parents and her fiance—who was killed in the 9/11 attacks—she keeps her private life and its heartbreaks to herself.

When Faye’s therapist suggests that she locate her birth mother, the long-awaited reunion does not go as planned. Annie Parker is a shady alcoholic who will do anything to try to cut her newfound daughter down to size. The wise course of action would be for Faye to walk away and forget the past. Yet under the weight of well-kept secrets and lies, the astonishing ending of this novel collapses around the reader as Faye answers her mother’s final, harrowing call for help.

Pretty Blue is a beautifully written work of enduring value, conscience, and timeless truth. Kari Caulfield has bravely taken psychological drama in a new and expansive direction.

About the Author
Creativity is in this author’s blood—Kari Caulfield is a direct descendent of famous French poet, novelist, and literary critic Théophile Gautier and she counts vaudeville performers, contortionists, and circus owners among her birth family. Her adoptive parents, New York City schoolteachers and attorneys, were each elected to public office and instilled in Kari a true zest for living. . Today, Kari lives on Long Island and is a practicing attorney and a member of several Manhattan writers’ groups. She has borrowed heavily from her own incredibly outrageous life to pen this hauntingly beautiful and emotionally charged first novel. Visit her on the Web at www.KariCaulfield.com.

Pretty Blue by Kari Caulfield
Availability: Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com
ISBN 1598009273 (Paperback) 1598009567 (Hardcover), 
5x8, 224 pages
Retail Price: US $16.95, CAN $18.95 (Paperback); US $24.95, CAN $30.95 (Hardcover) 

Author Contact:
Kari Caulfield
P.O. Box 174
Old Westbury, NY 11568
(516) 333-1880 (Office)
KariCaulfield@optonline.net
www.KariCaulfield.com

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