Her entry begins:The way I came to this book was through a dear friend, Kermit Moyer, whose fabulous collection of short stories set in the fifties, The Chester Chronicles, won the 2011 L.L. Winship PENN New England Award for fiction. The award was presented to him by Pulitzer Prize winning author Marilynne Robinson, which for him was a profound experience because he credits her novel Housekeeping with having inspired him to write in the first place.About Countess Nobody, from the publisher:
Who could ask for a better recommendation?
In the novel, two girls are left with relatives after...[read on]
When Sophie and Samuel Delorme’s parents sit them down for a talk, the nearly sixteen-year-old twins expect to hear something major—just not their father’s declaration that they come from a long line of French nobility. Suddenly Sophie’s lostLearn more about the book and author at Lynn Kiele Bonasia's website and blog.in dreams of life as a countess. She’ll no longer be an invisible suburban teen, and just maybe the unattainable Spencer Kavanaugh will finally notice her.
But wait ... Dad’s not done. The title is only passed down to the males in the family. Sam is a count. Sophie is a big nothing.
Frustrated, she starts a blog about the mysterious Count S who’s just arrived in America and is breaking hearts left and right. But when the posts are picked up by a major celebrity gossip site, and people start demanding proof of the noble’s existence, how will Sophie keep her cover as Mademoiselle Blogger a secret, and stop her reputation from being destroyed?
Her other books include Summer Shift and Some Assembly Required, women’s fiction set on Cape Cod where Bonasia lives and writes.
Read--Coffee with a Canine: Lynn Kiele Bonasia & Kiele.
The Page 69 Test: Summer Shift.
Writers Read: Lynn Kiele Bonasia.
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