Aunt Truly’s Tales Book Review and Giveaway

I’m excited to take part in another blog tour with the book Aunt Truly’s Tales. A spellbinding character in Laura McHale Holland’s novel The Kiminee Dream, Aunt Truly is old, but no one knows her age; she travels, but where she goes is a mystery. One thing is certain: she collects stories. In her tales, you’ll meet a determined frog, clever seamstress, wise handyman, stolen wife, and more unlikely heroes who face daunting trials. Some succeed; others do not. In the process, they are all transformed. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It’s a charming collection of stories that have magic and whimsy throughout. It’s great to share with a child or enjoy it yourself if you are a kid at heart. I loved the pictures throughout and, in fact, I would highly recommend you purchase the print version so you can thoroughly enjoy the imagery throughout. Each story are short so it’s easy to enjoy with a child before bedtime or to pick up whenever you want to read something sweet and delightful.

About the Book Aunt Truly’s Tales

If you like stories that call to mind a simpler era and words strung in lyrical ways, this collection will take you to a wondrous world where ordinary rules do not apply.

Podcasts, blogs, movies, vlogs—people spin yarns in many ways. But nothing dazzles like a story told in person. In the right teller’s hands, a simple narrative has unfathomable power. Such is the case with Aunt Truly, a spellbinding character in Laura McHale Holland’s novel The Kiminee Dream. She is old, but no one knows her age; she travels, but where she goes is a mystery. One thing is certain: she collects stories.

The ten tales in this book present traditional and original stories Aunt Truly might tell you if you happened by her home, Windy Wood, where snow falls from November through April, and reality is open to interpretation. In her tales, you’ll meet a determined frog, clever seamstress, wise handyman, stolen wife and more unlikely heroes who face daunting trials. Some succeed; others do not. In the process, they are all transformed.

Make sure to add this one to your GoodReads list or purchase it on Amazon.

About the Author

As a child, Laura McHale Holland loved the musicality of language and often recalled, verbatim, conversations she heard. A lost soul in her teens and early twenties, she righted herself in her mid-twenties and discovered a deep love of the creative process. In her work, she often finds hope in unlikely places.

Laura writes stories true and untrue in multiple forms from flash fiction to novels, memoirs to short plays. Her coming of age memoir, Resilient Ruin, won a National Indie Excellence Award for new adult nonfiction. Prior award-winning books include Reversible Skirt, a childhood memoir, and Sisters Born, Sisters Found, an anthology on sisterhood. Her stories have appeared in several anthologies, including The Best of Every Day Fiction Three and Wisdom Has a Voice. Two of her short plays were produced recently in Northern California; two others received staged readings. The Kiminee Dream is Laura’s first novel. To connect with her, please visit her website.

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