This is some of the feedback I’ve received on The Virgin’s Children.
The readers here include a ninety-seven year old woman, a gay man,
a Presbyterian pastor, and several women my age.
Hi Victoria -
Just wanted to drop you a line and thank you for the book that was waiting for me at Dennine’s house the other day - I am sorry I was unable to attend your reading here in Brooklyn, but I hope I have made up for that by reading 2/3 of your book in one day - I am happy it rained all day yesterday, since I was unable to put down your book...
I hope you're already working on your next!
Thanks again, and good luck!
Bix
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Enjoyed this book very much, very well written, the characters are certainly believable, a very gentle understanding glimpse of other lives. I thought the format was good - interspersed with a recipe every so often - a nice touch. I look forward to the next
book by this author.
Phyllis Smith
(One of the Coffee Ladies)
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Hey Tory,
I finished your book a couple of days ago, and
really enjoyed it. Some things just really stick in my mind, especially when
she spins out of the water like a mermaid. :) Some things made me all teary.
Thanks for the experience -- I think it's so cool that you wrote that!
Julie
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Tory - I finished your book a few days after you left. Well done! I
loved the characters and the twists - especially at the end. I did seem
to see a bit of you and your life in the book.
Loretta
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Dear Tory
Congratulations on The Virgin's Children which I have read and enjoyed. I especially like your clear and fresh style of writing. Hope you are working on another.
Love.... Dixie
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Dear Tory, I hope you remember me. I gave a reading of my novel with you and Rosa at the Capitola Book Cafe. I have just finished reading you book, and it is absolutely WONDERFUL. You navigated the different viewpoints with great ease, you developed the lives of all your characters with absolute believability, and you tied them all together with great wit and imagination -- almost to the end, I said to myself, Where's Paul? And there he was, lurking. I wish for your book the recognition it deserves. Based on my own experiences, I am NOT going to lend it to anyone, merely exhort them to call their favorite book stores, order it, and insist they get it on their shelves.
Congratulations!
Leba Wine
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tory,
received the book, thanks, it was wonderful.
easy to read, the characters drew me in immediately, and i truly want to know the rest of their lives.
loved the tie in at the beginning and the end with the two stories, couple at the tree, and the bible reader on the streets, eye contact
T Bone seems to be a kid growing up as stable as any other kid these days, and that has much to do with the love and support of both parents,
the faith issues cause the reader to think in fresh ways about the message of Jesus,
thanks for writing,
edd
Bookstores carrying The Virgin’s Children :
Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-423-0900
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Ave.
Capitola, CA 95010
Books Inc
2275 Market St.
San Fran., CA 94114
Books Inc
3515 California Street
San Fran., CA. 94118
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Copperfield's
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma, CA
94952
Kepler's
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park CA, 94025
(650) 324-4321
Mrs. Dalloway's
2904 College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
ph. 510-704-8222
Vox Pop Coffee and Books
1022 Cortelyou Road
Brooklyn, NY 11218
ph. 718-940-2084
If one of these bookstores has sold out of the book, you must tell them when you are ordering it that the author, Victoria Tatum, is on consignment.