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NEW RELEASE! February 2013 
“A fascinating drama of the Midwestern ethos, A Stone for Amer is a very welcome prequel to Szarke’s Midwest Book Award finalist, Delicate Armor.” ~ Dave Wood, National Book Critics Circle, former book editor, Star Tribune
Available through: http://itascabooks.com/index.cfm?page=detail&isbn=978-0-9885363-0-2
http://www.amazon.com/Connie-Claire-Szarke/e/B0057Q1178
http://barnesandnoble.com/s/a-stone-for-amer?keyword=a+stone+for+amer&store=book
Author interview: Go to the “News and Events” page to hear the KFAI WriteOn!Radio interview about A Stone for Amer and Delicate Armor.
STONE WALL, a short story set in Ireland, published in 2012 by Red Dragonfly Press of Northfield, MN.
To order, contact author@connieclaireszarke.com
DELICATE ARMOR, a 2012 Midwest Book Awards Finalist.
Excerpts from judges’ comments:
“The quality of writing is excellent and the story is wonderful…the author clearly knows her craft. This book is hard to put down…all the characters are well drawn out…Y A (Young Adults) will enjoy this novel, as will adults, male and female. This is a very well written novel with delightful characters—especially Callie—and a tightly woven plot that keeps the reader’s interest throughout. I read this book to the end, and I am glad I did.”
“I love these characters!! They are all so intensely themselves—they are like characters distilled to perfection—round, full, enormous in how they fill the story. And masterful dialogue! Wow—it’s very impressive…Thank you for an enjoyable read!”
Available through: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/delicate-armor?store=book&keyword=delicate+armor
http://www.amazon.com/Connie-Claire-Szarke/e/B0057Q1178
or your local independent bookstore. For signed copies, email author@connieclaireszarke.com
Soft cover: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-87839-440-1
*Listen to the Puccini aria, “O Mio Babbino Caro,” from the opera Gianni Schicchi, prior to reading A STONE FOR AMER and DELICATE ARMOR.
“Oh ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired, Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea.” —Yeats
