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The Reviews for Breakfast at Sally’s are streaming in!
…This really is a remarkable book, powerfully written, inspiring, heartbreakingly honest, and somehow, frequently quite funny. It belongs side by side with Chris Gardner’s The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Steve Lopez’s The Soloist (2008), and Alexander Masters’ Stuart: a Life Backwards (2006) as a must-read story of homelessness, determination, and redemption.
- Booklist starred review 9/08
…After a few ill-conceived housing arrangements and a year and a half on the streets, LeMieux’s struggles finally began to ease with the help of a few compassionate and charitable churchgoers. Written on a discarded manual typewriter, his story is stirring. Never overbearing or self-absorbed, LeMieux is eternally grateful to everyone he came in contact with after having been “crushed by the rigors of life.” His feel-good chronicle will have readers counting their blessings as well.
Readable and thoroughly life-affirming.
-Kirkus Reviews Aug. 1, 2008
…Using a beatup typewriter, LeMieux captures not only what day-to-day life is like for those whose lives have been broken by economic hardship (“from the millions of teenagers on the street to the millions of old heroes stored away in nursing homes across the country”), but also the rich inner life and the wellsprings of hope that he finds in the many people he skillfully and sensitively describes—“people are as real as you can find anywhere.” And his own experiences with constant depression, the mental health system that exists for the homeless, and his discovery of life and a sense of hope in his new home of Bremerton, Wash., combine into a moving tale that cuts through the stereotypes of homeless living.
-Publisher’s Weekly 9/08
“LeMieux had it made, then lost it all. The Bremerton man, a former sportswriter who ran a publishing business, went from living in a mansion to being homeless in a battered van. One Thanksgiving found him begging outside the same Poulsbo supermarket where he used to spend thousands. The Salvation Army (Sally’s) and treatment for severe depression finally helped LeMieux to climb back to a normal life. This inspiring, eye-opening memoir is timely amid grim and grimmer economic news.” -Seattle Post Intelligencer, 9/29
* Read the full article at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/381378_fallbooks02.html
A Place Called Home Pendant
The pendant project continues to gain momentum as my Asian inspired image for meaning “home” raises questions everywhere and affords the increased opportunity to raise an awareness of our homeless. A portion of the sale of every pendant will continue to benefit our local Salvation Army for their work with our homeless. Sterling silver jewelry pendants can be purchased at www.kristinamariedesigns.com or on eBay.
Pre-Launch Book Signing Event
Friday, October 3, 2008
4-7 p.m.
The Salvation Army Bremerton Corps
Pre-Launch Book Signing Event
Sunday, October 5, 2008
12-1 p.m.
Bremerton United Methodist
1150 Marine Drive, Bremerton, WA 98312
Book Signing Launch Event
Monday, October 6, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Barnes and Noble
2675 NE University Village Street
Seattle, WA 98105
Book Signing Event
Thursday, October 9, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Eagle Harbor Books
Bainbridge Island, WA
Book Signing Event
Saturday, October 11, 2008
3:00 p.m.
Kistap Mall Barnes & Noble
Silverdale, WA
Book Signing Event
Saturday, December 6, 2008
time TBA
Elliott Bay Bookstore
Seattle, WA
Media Events in New York City
October 15-20 including:
FOX News Business Scoreboard on 10/17
Barnes & Noble New York 10/20
Book Signing Event
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Salvation Army
St. Louis, MO
more to come…
