What would you do if your best friend was murdered--and your teenaged son was accused of the crime? How far would you go to protect him? How many lies would you tell? Would you dare to admit the darkest truths--even to yourself?
* Music!
* writing
* conservation
* reading*thinking*talking*
* dancing (especially Latin)
* the color red
* having fun with art
* poetry
* the battle between good and evil
* Italian food
* wine
* Eire
* Charlie Chaplin*family and friends
Music
R&B*Celtic traditional*jazz*latin*Marvin Gaye* Steve Earle
* Duke Ellington
* Mozart
* Youssou N'dour
* Counting Crows
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Lucy Kaplansky
* Tom Waits
* Helen Humes
* Louis Armstrong
* Leonard Cohen
* Tori Amos
* Laura Nyro*
James Hunter*
Mozart!*
Irish Rock*
Zydeco*Sinatra*Woody Guthrie*Nina Simone*
How can I list them all?
Movies
* Breakfast at Tiffany's*The Hours*
* The Motorcycle Diaries
* Almost Famous
* Charade
* Life is Beautiful
* Good Will Hunting
* Ben-Hur
* The Little Tramp
* Breaking Away
* Laura
* Niagara
*Annie Hall*Fargo*The Upside of Anger*
Books
We need to talk about Kevin*
Rebecca*
Les Miserables*
The Deep End of the Ocean*
Anything by Joyce Carol Oates*
The Catcher in the Rye*
Mystic River*
The House of Sand and Fog*
The Deep End of the Ocean*
The Power of Three*
Madame Bovary!*
Anything by Czeslaw Milosz*
All Will be Well*
Crime and Punishment*
Lost in the Forest*
The Bright Forever*
Family Matters (Mistry)*
The Dive from Clausen's Pier*
What I Loved (Hustvedt)*
Dubliners*
My Sister's Keeper*
Any Human Heart*
The Secret History*
Possession*
The Awakening*
The Edible Woman*
Hunger by Knut Hamsun*
Anything by Herman Hesse
About me: My first novel, THE LIAR'S DIARY, is forthcoming from Dutton and Brilliance Audio in February, 2007. It will also be published in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
My story, "The Only Word I Know in Spanish" will be included in THE KILLER YEAR ANTHOLOGY, scheduled for publication by St. Martin's in winter, 2008.
Check out my web page: PATRYFRANCIS.COM, and if you're not tired of me yet, you can always drop in at the blog, SIMPLY WAIT.
PRAISE FOR THE LIAR'S DIARY:
"Patry Francis is a sly and seductive writer, and in The Liar's Diary she inexorably sucks you in for a twisting ride full of dangerous curves and jaw-dropping surprises. This is one of my favorite reads of the year!" — Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of Vanish and The Mephisto Club*******
"Patry Francis's debut novel compels the reader to surrender to the horrible tension between a mother's loyalty and suspicion in the face of a terrible crime. The Liar's Diary twists and turns, but never lets go." — Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean and The Breakdown Lane*********
"Kudos to Francis for this chilling study of a deeply disturbed, dysfunctional family, its crimes, and its fate." — Library Journal************
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A Happily Ever After of Her Own
Melinda Lightfoot, a preschool teacher with an unusual ability to flit in and out of fairy tales, never thought she would get into trouble...
...until the Fairy Tale Police arrest her while she is in Beauty and the Beast. They offer her a deal: Find Beauty, who left the story when Melinda trespassed into it, or be charged with the ultimate crime -- Fairy Tale Killer. If that's not bad enough the Beast tags along in search of his true love, and Melinda starts falling for the fairy tale prince. She must choose between doing the right thing and having her own happily ever after.
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it's been a busy couple of weeks here....hope things are going well for you. enjoy your evening and have a fabulous weekend !!! if you get a chance stop by my page and have a look at the new images Ive put up.
day today !!!
