Books Sell Like Hot Cakes – thank you.
Don’t worry there are more than enough to satisfy your appetites but thank you to all those who have bought “Part of The Family” online on its publication date Friday 16th December.
Apologies to those whom we could not supply free copies to. We wanted to hand out books to those who are mentioned in the book in order to say thank you. Jan, however is willing to sign copies to anyone who wants to buy a copy through Amazon, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble etc. If you send us a message I will let you have our address.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN. Just remember to share on your social media outlets. That is the way to spread the message that we need more foster carers to look after the many children who need care. Things are a lot worse post COVID than beforehand.
Leek Bookshop takes stock
Jan and I are even more delighted that Picture Book, the Leek Bookshop, has agreed to be a stockist for “Part of the Family” by Jan Garsden. Jan is doing a delivery today ready for publication tomorrow.
It is only £8.99, professionally edited by Austin MaCauley, makes you laugh, cry, and angry in equal measure. It has this effect upon me after at least 20 reads, so it would make an ideal stocking filler for you at Christmas time.
You can read an excerpt from the first chapter “Tommy” online to test out my sales boast.
Local Independent Bookshop takes stock
Jan and I are delighted to announce not only our first book sale (even before publication date) but also that a local independent book shop are willing to be an outlet for sales. They are called the High Peak Bookstore. They are an excellent stockist and have won awards. They also have a cafe – so it is a lovely place to visit close to Buxton on the Ashbourne Road.
I just spoke to Louisa who supports local authors. She explained that there are hundreds of locals who publish books (I had no idea) but that if we delivered some stock she would put the book in her “local authors” section.
As we are from Macclesfield we count as local even though we are just over the hill in a different county.
Louisa was so helpful on the phone and very open to any sort of promotion we wanted to do. Such a helpful attitude from an independent retailer. I am sure that we wouldn’t have got the same reception from a large multiple, but there again, I could be wrong.
I did tell her, however, that we knew all about her bookshop and had visited it before. In fact my wife liked it so much that she pointed it out to me once, on the way past.
Even better news – they are planning a local author’s Spring Fair next year, which we are invited to. I am sure we will take part.
Let’s hope that we sell our 2nd copy soon!
“Part of the Family” to be published 16th December 2022
We are incredibly excited that my wife’s new book, “Part of the Family” is due to be published in 5 days. I can do no better than use the summary drafted by our erstwhile publisher Austin MaCauley
An inspiring story of one family’s journey through the British care system, from the point of view of a foster carer. It tells of the funny, challenging, and often harrowing times of living life in an ever-changing household of temporary children.
Steering a course through the muddy waters of the care system has provided many obstacles but has overall proved to be a rewarding and heart-warming experience for the author.
Children who find themselves removed from their birth families are thrust into a system which, although trying its best, is so often lacking in the love and good quality nurturing they deserve.
As a society, we need to look at the way we deal with vulnerable children.
Austin MaCauley Website
Our publishers have also summarised very well my wife, the author:-
Jan Garsden
Although this is Jan’s first book, her story is both powerful and moving. She was first a model and a beauty queen, then an air hostess, and finally an interior designer. She and her family decided to “give something back” and began fostering in 2007. The following 10 years were a rollercoaster of emotions, including anger, frustration, sadness, joy, elation, and humour, but the idea of helping children was at the core of their beliefs. Jan made notes throughout her fostering career in order to remember the individuals who touched her life.
Jan lives on a farm in the beautiful Cheshire countryside.
Need I say more. To buy a copy of the book through Amazon click here, Austin MaCauley click here and Waterstones click here