The Reading by Barbara Monier

The Reading by Barbara Monier is now on sale!

An unexpected—and unrecognized—visitor attends veteran writer Esmé’s reading and brings events of forty years past squarely into her present. Struggling with writer’s block and uncertain about a future with her romantic partner, Esmé undertakes a journey through her own history. Esmé revisits a particular year she had written off as the worst of her life as well as her whirlwind early marriage. In the process, Esmé ultimately overcomes the wounded hesitancy that has characterized her life and rediscovers her former courage and openness to risk.

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The Rocky Orchard on Audible!

Congratulations to Barbara Monier, the first Amika author to create an audiobook! Her award-winning novel, The Rocky Orchard, is now available on Audible.com. You can download it here, now, yay!

Now on sale! The Rocky Orchard by Barbara Monier

Congratulations to Barbara Monier on the publication of her compelling new novel, The Rocky Orchard.

Why has Mazie returned to her old farm—her family’s summer home and a pivotal refuge throughout her life?

While there, Mazie meets and befriends an elderly woman. Mazie is adrift on a sea of memory as she gazes toward the rocky orchard above the farmhouse when movement in the far distance captures her attention. Lula emerges eerily from the morning fog, and a gentle, cautiously loving relationship between youth and old age begins.…

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Free on Kindle! Pushing the River

Pushing the River is free on Kindle, now until 30 March! Start reading today!

2019 Readers’ Favorite Awards, winners!

Congratulations to Barbara Monier and Ken Zurski for placing in the 2019 Readers’ Favorite Awards! Barbara has won a Bronze Medal in the highly competitive Fiction—Literary category. Ken gained an Honorable Mention in Non-Fiction—Adventure. Read the reviews on the Readers’ Favorite website (here and here). And pick up Pushing the River and Unremembered on Amazon or AmikaPress.com. Hooray!

Pushing the River interview on WGN Radio with Rick Kogan — Barbara Monier

Take a listen to Rick Kogan’s interview of me about my novel PUSHING THE RIVER. I joined Rick’s iconic “After Hours” radio show from the cozy warmth of my Chicago home on a frigid January night, and we covered a whole lot of ground. I’ve known Rick Kogan for more than thirty years, but […]

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