ELIZABETH WRENN
"I write to connect, pure and simple."
Excerpt from Around the Next Corner: The prospect of this dog, this worthy work, had put a tiny spark of life back in me. I wasn't sure why, exactly. Was it going up against Neil? Or was it that I needed to nurture another dependent being so I could feel useful? Whatever was driving me, I didn't care. The point was, I was driven for the first time in a long time.
To read the beginning of the book, click here. To email the author please click the CONTACT page header above. US cover, ISBN: 0451994876~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Around the Next Corner was selected by both the Doubleday and the Literary Guild national book clubs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK coverGerman cover~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. --Will Rogers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Author of the novels: AROUND THE NEXT CORNER (a.k.a. SECOND CHANCE) & LAST KNOWN ADDRESSLAST KNOWN ADDRESS is currently available in the UK only. Please see Works page (click Works header above) for more information. To email the author please click the CONTACT page header above.
Around the Next Corner, was published in the US by Penguin/NAL in 2006. It came out in the UK the following year as Second Chance, published by HarperCollins/Avon. German and Dutch editions are also available. My second novel, LAST KNOWN ADDRESS, has recently been released in the UK only from HarperCollins/Avon
For more on me, appearances, tips for writers, etc., please click on the headers above. Thanks for stopping by, and if you have a comment or question, please send me an email or add a comment. I will try to get back to you in a "timely" fashion. AROUND THE NEXT CORNER- Winner
2007 Colorado Authors' League Book Award for Mainstream Fiction. SECOND CHANCE October 2007- on the UK Heatseeker New Fiction Chart #1 Mitch Albom: For One More Day #2 Nora Roberts: Devine Evil #3 Elizabeth Wrenn: SECOND CHANCE (What a thrill to have made #3 on the Heatseeker Chart!) And now in Germany and soon in Holland: Welcome German and Dutch readers! MEDIA REVIEWS of Around the Next Corner, a.k.a. Second Chance (UK)
"I loved it - it made me laugh and cry… If you’ve ever owned or loved a dog, you’ll adore this funny, wise novel. It’s pure pleasure." --Cathy Kelly, UK bestselling novelist "Debut novelist Wrenn's juxtaposition of Deena's quest for freedom with giving herself over completely to raising this puppy sets up a dynamic narrative that settles into a quite satisfying conclusion. Wrenn knows exactly when to lighten the tone and when to allow Deena serious introspection. This book will appeal to a broad readership. . ."--Library Journal "This first novel by Elizabeth Wrenn marks an auspicious beginning. It is a gentle, feel-good novel, but it is not lightweight. . . in Wrenn's competent hands. . . This is a delightful first novel, and I hope the writer graces us with other surprising works in future years."-- Curled Up With a Good Book, curledup.com "Elizabeth Wrenn makes you laugh and cry in the same breath, and creates a community of friends you will be sad to leave behind at the last page. A wonderful debut novel from a talented author."--Karen Brichoux, author of The Girl She Left Behind and Separation Anxiety "AROUND THE NEXT CORNER is the impressive debut of new talent Elizabeth Wrenn. Deena's tale touches the heart with its warmth and wit, and it is one that I certainly recommend."--Romance Reviews Today "Five blue ribbons out of five! I am so impressed with Elizabeth Wrenn’s writing. She alternately had me laughing and crying all the way through AROUND THE NEXT CORNER. It’s a poignantly sweet tale . . . women will be able to relate to Deena."--romancejunkie.com Around the Next Corner*, is the story of a middle-aged woman who suddenly realizes that she has disappeared into her roles as wife and mother, and, maybe worse, that she's a dog person trapped in a cat existence. With her oldest off at college and her two teens at home soon to disappear too, Deena Munger impulsively volunteers to raise a service dog puppy for a year. She quickly learns that training a puppy is much more challenging than she'd imagined. But Heloise, with all her canine foibles and folly, may be just the guide Deena needs to help her find what she's lost--herself. If you'd like to read an excerpt from the beginning of Around the Next Corner, return to the top of this page, upper right and click link. If you'd like to order the book online, just click any of the bookseller links on this website, or support your local independent book store. * Cover design by Keith Hayes. Trail photo by Raymond German/Getty Images. Woman and dog photo by David Robbins/Getty Images. All author photo credits are Brown-Shepherd Photography. For more info on the dogs pictured on this website, please click on the Bio header at the top of this web page. |
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