Thanks to Felicia Minerva of Midpoint Trade/Beaufort Books, I am giving away 6 advanced print copies of ‘Far Outside the Ordinary’ by Prissy Elrod.
Description of ‘Far Outside the Ordinary’ by Prissy Elrod:
If anybody had told Prissy, a conservative Southern housewife, she would one day be driving around town with a stoned, drunk black man named Willie in her backseat while she begged—no, ordered—him into her house for the night, she would have told them they were nuts. But it happened.
An emotionally honest account, Far Outside the Ordinary chronicles the period in Prissy’s life when, during a routine physical, her fifty-yearold husband is given less than a year to live. Southern black caregivers move into her home and work around the clock to aid her family. Soon, Prissy finds herself a spectator in her own home, observing events far outside the boundaries of her once ordinary life.
Far Outside the Ordinary is also a story of happily ever after, a romantic fairy tale. When her high school boyfriend reappears in her life, Prissy learns love has no expiration date. Sometimes a second chance at love can come disguised, and when least expected.
About Prissy Elrod:
An artist at heart, new novelist, Prissy Elrod lives in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband while her treasured family lives within four miles of her.
Writing her first novel, ‘Far Out of the Ordinary’ was an exercise of courage. It took four years to write, three computers, two espresso machines, 48 how-to writing books, a Florida State University memoir-writing class, 24 blog subscriptions, a half-dozen periodical journals and 14 revised drafts.
Elrod kept the manuscript to herself, not allowing anyone to read it for the first three years of writing her story and finally, in 2013, she sent the draft to a Pushcart Prize–winning writer in Texas, engaging him to read the manuscript and provide feedback. Elrod is currently working on her second book.
Giveaway of ‘Far Outside the Ordinary’ by Prissy Elrod:
This giveaway is open to Canada and the U.S. and ends on August 3, 2015. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
