Barbed
A Memoir
by Julie Morrison
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Pub Date Nov 04 2021 | Archive Date Nov 10 2021
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Description
In this thoughtful debut, Julie Morrison explores what happens when you take a leap into the unknown and land in a saddle.
The northern Arizona ranch owned by her family is on the brink of bankruptcy. While fighting for its future, she simultaneously seeks to salvage her marriage and rediscover her best self.
When you ride across the rock-strewn terrain of a family-owned horse and cattle business though, a gritty challenge awaits along the trail to every panoramic view. Entangled in the barbs of ranching and relationships, Julie meets cold-hearted cowboys and funny farriers, learns how to ranch one-handed, and becomes an expert in assessing what’s essential. This is a love story in which the objects of devotion are the hard-working horses and iconic western vistas that finally harmonize into a new landscape of hope.
A Note From the Publisher
ebook: 9781734989915
Advance Praise
"In language alternately gritty and gossamer, first-time author Julie Morrison puts us in her boots. As a bewildered would-be ranch woman, Morrison walks us over rocky fields and through emotional firestorms, her bravery in lockstep with her vulnerability.
"Her journey is a fascinating mix of filaments both fragile and tough as leather. The images are by turns sobering, amusing, and then soaring aloft; her language is so fresh and unexpected that it’s like being in her brain as the thoughts unfold.
"Anyone who is interested in horses, Arizona, or life will find themselves gulping this down."
--Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, author of “The Journal of Sedona Schnebly”
Marketing Plan
In advance of the late October 2021 publication date, Soulstice Publishing has requested trade reviews (including with Kirkus).
Soulstice is placing "Barbed" on NetGalley for three-month review beginning in early August 2021.
Soulstice and author Julie Morrison are creating a book tour with anticipated readings in Seattle, Denver, Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. Tour events will take place in October and November 2021. A virtual tour is also in the plans.
Soulstice is creating half a dozen “house parties” where people connected with us can receive advance copies and interact informally with the author.
Soulstice will pursue media opportunities in Arizona (where the book is set) as well as throughout the western United States and the country.
The author and Soulstice are working together on social media and website outreach.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781734989908 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
Links
Available on NetGalley
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