This Hop is brought to you by Fabulosity Reads Book Tours 8 AUTHORS OVER 4 DAYS GENRES: Romance, Historical Fiction Tour *to learn more about being part of the : March Book Frenzy FIND FREE AND DEEPLY DISCOUNTED KINDLE COUNT DOWN DEALS ON THE HOP CATALOGUE. We were asked to comment on a book cover from those who took part in this hop. So... with out further ado here's mine: Yes, we do judge a book by it's cover. At least at first glance we do.. This Blog hop is all about the book covers of 8 books. I picked this one. If you judged this book by it's title Mary Smith's 'NO More Mulberries” would still be the one left the shelf, except for the cover. I think it 's the starkness of it. The starkness that as you read the blurb. insert. You begin to wonder if the woman on the cover's life is as bleak as the war torn as the country must be. The settling is Afghanistan and we hear about it every day on the five o'clock news. Authenticity is brought home when the reader discovers Ms. Smith actually spent time in the country working with a health organization.
Miriam loves her work at a rural health clinic in Afghanistan but is aware of cracks appearing in her marriage, though she doesn't know what is going wrong - only that her husband seems to be changing and is no longer the man she
married. When, against Iqbal's wishes, Miriam agrees to act as translator at a health teaching camp she hopes time apart might help her understand the cause of their problems. An old friend appears at the camp, inviting her to visit his village and Miriam finds herself traveling on a journey into her past where she realizes it is partly her own behaviour which has damaged her relationship with Iqbal, Miriam resolves to put things right between them - but is she too late? Will Iqbal still want her, or will the return of his first love, a beautiful Afghan girl now a widow, mean he no longer wants Miriam? Learn more about Ms. Smith and her books ... http://www.marysmith.co.uk/books.asp And as a reward for stopping by don't forget the enter for to get free books.. http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/YTQ1NWM3Zjk2MGMzZTg0ZThhYTIzYWJlNDcwMWUxOjI3/ But wait before you hit that link Pease tell a friend a cousin anybody about us and hit a share link or two or three..
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3/27/2014 04:17:16 am
Hi Lisa, I was really interested to read your about your cover choice and reasons for choosing it out of the pool of covers. This is a case where the cover's tone really compliments the topic.
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3/28/2014 07:40:56 am
Thanks so much for choosing my book cover (even if you don't like the No More Mulberries title!).
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3/28/2014 12:52:31 pm
It certainly was an intriguing cover. I agree the insight Mary would have, would be very interesting.
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