Part mystery, part inspirational memoir, “Patchwork: A Memoir of Love and Loss,” is scheduled for release next Tuesday, October 23rd.
Here’s a summary:
A wife and mother of three teenagers, Mary Jo Doig is enjoying her career and her life. She wants nothing more than to live out her days embraced by the deep roots of family, friends, and community. Tightly wrapped in a life-long protective cocoon, though, she has no idea how wounded she is. Then, abruptly, on a starless night following the death of a relative, she has a terrifying flashback. A dark passageway opens and soon takes her back to her childhood. To horrific secrets buried deep in her psyche.
Part mystery, part inspirational memoir, Patchwork is the riveting story of one woman striving to live a life of love. Yet life brings tragedies with the deaths of two of her children and struggles in her marriages. She must learn to understand her mysterious life-long behavior unnoticed by family or teachers.
Like a needle stitching together a quilt, the memories Mary Jo recovers following her first flashback show her much. Why did she need to be invisible in her early years? What caused her to believe that she was vastly different from her peers? Slowly, truth emerges.
Yet shattering revelations cause her to become overcome by depression, hopelessness, and loss of trust in others. Mary Jo eventually embarks on a journey through the underground of her life that ultimately leads to transformation.
If you’d like to read a sample chapter, click here.
And, lastly, I invite you to share a recent review of my book, written by Story Circle Network’s reviewer Jazz Jaeschke. Her review was selected as SCN Book Review of the Month in September, such an honor for us both.
Congratulations! I am so very proud of you, Mary Jo and can hardly wait to read Patchwork…. such hard work for you in so many ways – I can relate! Your courage is inspiring and magnificent.
Thank you, my dear writing sister, for your never-failing wonderful support and kind words. I have some blog tours and other information to send you. As always, thank you, gracias, merci!
Looking forward to receiving my book from amazon! Love your cover.
Have I told you, Carol, that I’m making a quilt for my office using the idea of my cover. The first time I saw it, I saw layers of story in the colors, the leaves, the living plant. So many thanks for your support of and contribution to my book.
Such an accomplishment, Mary Jo. Your courage, strength and resilience will inspire and benefit many who read Patchwork. Bravo!
Your ever-present support, our wonderful conversations, our shared stories in our writing group, our love of artistic expression… always such a pleasure to share. And most of all, your always-kind reflective words that say things I’ve not yet integrated. With gratitude……