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Tag Line:

"It's not a safe world," he had told her again and again, and she had learned, and kept her distance from it.

Back Cover Copy:

Having witnessed the violent deaths of both her husband and father in one terrible day, Dara flees to the solitude of a secret house in a remote desert valley. But she’s not alone. A strange woman dances on the distant sands of the desert. Further, Dara’s begun to hear a voice in the wind that whispers it loves her, and invites her to dance. Follow Dara as she learns the art of loving despite her fears, discovers the mother who abandoned her long ago, and surrenders at last to the rhythm of grace.

Bios:

100 Word Bio: Kathleen Popa grew up in the deserts of Arizona and Nevada where she learned to love the uncluttered beauty of the American Southwest. After fifteen years in California’s Silicon Valley, she now lives with her husband and youngest son in a small mining town in the high desert of Northern California, in a century-old, book-cluttered Victorian house, where she feels very much at home. She keeps a blog for writers and book lovers, titled Reading, Writing, and… What Else Is There? at www.kathleenpopa.typepad.com. To learn more about her first novel, To Dance in the Desert, visit her website at www.kathleenpopa.com.

 

50 Word Bio: Kathleen Popa grew up in Arizona and Nevada where she learned to love the American Southwest. She now lives with her husband and youngest son in a small mining town in the high desert of Northern California. To learn more about To Dance in the Desert, visit her at www.kathleenpopa.com.

 

25 Word Bio: Kathleen Popa spent most of her childhood in the Arizona and Nevada deserts, where she learned to love the uncluttered beauty of the American Southwest.

Endorsements for To Dance in the Desert:

A book that makes me laugh is a joy, a book that makes me cry is a rarity.
But a book that moves me to dance is sublime. To Dance in the
Desert is a spectacular experience. Beautifully written, deeply moving,
and warmly engaging—that this is Kathleen Popa’s first novel astounds
me.That she will quickly be counted among the top caliber of Christian
novelists delights me. I simply loved this book.

Kathryn Mackel, Author of The Hidden

Kathleen Popa creates a compelling vision of a small community’s
power to coax waning spirits back toward life. This gem of a novel
worked on me like a dream.Popa’s evocative prose captured the nuance
and complexity of transformation with equal parts mystery and truth.
She conjures the deserts of Dara Brogan’s life with intimate clarity,
reminding us along the way of the profound strength of what we take
far too much for granted—the deep friendship of kindred spirits.This is
a journey worth taking.

Jeff Berryman, Author of Leaving Ruin

Kathleen Popa’s crystal prose captures the desert southwest like a
Georgia O’Keeffe painting. Her characters, at once unique and familiar,
dance. She shows us a desert of the heart, and then, with wisdom and
insight, shows us how to make it bloom.

W. Dale Cramer, Author of Bad Ground and Levi’s Will

Every so often a new writer comes along with a distinctive and imaginative
voice. Kathleen Popa is just such a writer. Her take on relationships
between her unique characters and God as well as with each other is
original, vivid, and real. To Dance in the Desert is simply wonderful.

Gayle Roper, Author of Caught in the Act and Allah’s Fire

There is magic in Popa’s words; a quiet kind beauty that casts the same
spell as a desert sunset with its lingering afterglow.

Siri L. Mitchell, Author of Chateau of Echoes

My Blog:
Please visit my blog, Reading, Writing and... What Else Is There?, where I discuss things related to the love of books. There I also interview authors such as Jeff Berryman, Siri Mitchell, Kathryn Mackel, Christopher Well, T. L. Hines, Robert Liparulo, and Brandilyn Collins. I recently hosted on my blog an a courteous but provocative discussion between author Taylor Field who ministers to the homeless in New York City, and Kevin Barbieux, a homeless blogger who lives in Nashville, Tennesee. You can read The Kevin and Taylor Show here.

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