Rockstar Book Tours is hosting a month-long blog tour for a new historical nonfiction graphic novel about the life of Charlotte Bronte.
Title: CHARLOTTE BRONTE BEFORE JANE EYRE
Author: Glynnis Fawkes
Pub. Date: September 24, 2018
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Pages: 112
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am
soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full
as much heart!
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is a beloved
classic, celebrated today by readers of all ages and revered as a masterwork of
literary prowess. But what of the famous writer herself?
Originally published under the pseudonym of Currer Bell, Jane
Eyre was born out of a magnificent, vivid imagination, a deep
cultivation of skill, and immense personal hardship and tragedy. Charlotte,
like her sisters Emily and Anne, was passionate about her work. She sought to
cast an empathetic lens on characters often ignored by popular literature of
the time, questioning societal assumptions with a sharp intellect and changing
forever the landscape of western literature.
With an introduction by Alison Bechdel, Charlotte Brontë
before Jane Eyre presents a stunning examination of a woman who
battled against the odds to make her voice heard.
EXCERPT:
About Glynnis:
I'm an cartoonist and illustrator
living in Burlington, VT.
My most recent book is Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre, Center for Cartoon Studies Presents series, will be published in
September 2019 by Disney/Hyperion. Also in September, Secret Acres will
publish Persephone’s Garden, a
collection of autobiographical comics that have appeared in the New Yorker and
other places.
I began working on excavations as
illustrator in 1998 and have worked on sites in Greece, Crete, Turkey, Israel,
Cyprus, Syria, and Lebanon. I continue to work in Greece every year.
My illustrations have been published in several books and many articles.
Many of my personal comics reflect
a career in archaeology and family life. Greek
Diary is about working on a dig and
traveling with children. My drawings about my children were published
regularly on Muthamagazine.com and
were nominated for an Ignatz Award at the Small Press Expo in 2016.
Another project, Alle Ego,
is about my first trip to Greece and how it launched my work in the direction
of archaeology. A draft of this book won the MoCCA Arts Festival Award in
NY in 2016. I drew most of it during a residency at La Maison des Auteurs in Angouleme, and I plan to
return to work on this book in the future.
I’m currently working on a middle
grade adventure set after the eruption of Thera in Late Bronze Age Greece.
Giveaway
Details:
3
winners will receive signed finished copies of CHARLOTTE BRONTE BEFORE JANE
EYRE, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
9/4/2019- dwantstoread- Review
Week Two:
9/12/2019- Fictitiouswonderland- Review
9/13/2019- Fyrekatz Blog- Review
Week Three:
Week Four:
Week Five:
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