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FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 14, 2014
Contact Haley Stocking, Publicist 206/826-4318 hstocking@sasquatchbooks.com
Everyone has a life story to tell, and blogs, journals, and
autobiographies are all starting places for excellent memoirs.
Your Life is a Book: How to Craft and Publish Your Memoir
(Sasquatch Books; October 2014; $18.95) guides budding writers
through the transformative process of memoir writing to publication.
Explore the unique elements of crafting a memoirstory arc, point of
view, dialogue, where to start (not necessarily the beginning!)with
an accomplished memoirist and writing teacher and a successful New
York City literary agent.
Brenda Peterson and Sarah Jane Freymann share their decades
of expertise. With warmth and wit, they teach the craft of memoir,
while also sharing proven writing exercises, interviews with publishing
experts, and ideas for indie publishing. Attention is also devoted to the
self-exploration and awareness that this emotional project evokes.
Whether youre writing to leave a legacy or to publish, Your Life is a Book offers practical and
inspiring support to help you skillfully tell your life story.
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Your Life is a Book
How to Craft and Publish Your Memoir
Brenda Peterson and Sarah Jane Freymann
Your life is a story. Discover the transformative journey of
memoir, guided by an acclaimed author and literary agent.
About the Authors
Brenda Peterson is a writing teacher and author of eighteen books,
including the novel Duck and Cover, chosen by the New York Times as a
Notable Book of the Year. Her memoirs are Build Me an Ark and I Want
to Be Left Behind, an Indie Next, named among the "Top Ten Best Non-
Fiction Books of the Year" by the Christian Science Monitor.

Sarah Jane Freymann, a top literary agent since 1974, has led memoir
workshops since 2009. Founder of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary
Agency, she mentors writers, and helps shape and shepherd books onto
the New York Times Best Seller lists.
SASQUATCH BOOKS
1904 3rd Avenue, Suite 710 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
206/467-4300 TOLL FREE 800/775-0817 FAX 206/467-4301
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Your Life is a Book
How to Craft and Publish Your Memoir
Brenda Peterson and Sarah Jane Freymann
October 2014 $18.95 272 pages Paperback
ISBN 978-1-57061-930-4
Available wherever ne books are sold.
Sasquatch Books 800/775-0817 www.sasquatchbooks.com
Your Life is a Book Events
October 14th, 7:00 pm: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
October 16th, 7:30 pm: Powells on Hawthorne, Portland, OR
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
October 18th, 2:00 pm: New York Open Center, New York, NY
Memoir-writing workshop hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann and Steven Schwartz
October 19th, 3:00 pm: Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island, WA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
October 23rd, 7:00 pm: Village Books, Bellingham, WA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
October 26th, 7:00 pm: Hugo House, Seattle, WA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
November 1st, 6:00 pm: Water Street Books, Exeter, NH
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann
November 2nd, 2:00 pm: Titcombs Bookshop, East Sandwich, MA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann
November 2nd, 1:00 pm: Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA
Memoir-writing workshop hosted by Brenda Peterson
November 8th, 11:00 am: Bank Square Books, Mystic, CT
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann
November 9th, 3:00 pm: R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison, CT
Memoir-writing workshop hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann
November 15th, 7:00 pm: Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck, NY
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Sarah Jane Freymann
November 15th, 10:30 am: Kitsap Regional Library, Poulsbo, WA
Talk, Q&A, and book signing hosted by Brenda Peterson
Events subject to change. Please contact Haley Stocking at
hstocking@sasquatchbooks.com for up-to-date information.
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1904 3rd Avenue, Suite 710 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
206/467-4300 TOLL FREE 800/775-0817 FAX 206/467-4301
www.sasquatchbooks.com
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I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth
(Selected as an Indie Next and Great Read from independent booksellers)
[An] unusually affecting and radiant spiritual memoir . . . witty, enrapturing account of a
spiritual journey of great relevance to us all.
Booklist, *starred review
It is a rich and often lovely lifefull of humor and Petersons own unique brand of faith.
Los Angeles Times
Lovely, irreverent humor . . . Her journey is fascinating, and when she writes about spiritual
revelation through nature, shes captivating . . .
Cleveland Plain Dealer
. . . memoir that blends her unique autobiography with compassionate and levelheaded
observations about family, food, religion, life and our relationships with living things . . .
Peterson has a gift for describing her lifes many adventures with disarming understatement and
narrative poise.
Kirkus Reviews
Peterson wraps her story in down-home warmth and a quick wit. [Her] stories are gems . . .
embrace life, be true to your morals, live passionately . . .
Christian Science Monitor, Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of the Year
Outstanding memoir . . . her vivid imagination combined with a lilting writing style makes the
book a pleasure to read.
Miami Herald Sunday
Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals
(Selected as a Best Spiritual Book of the Year by Spirituality and Health Magazine)
A lifelong love of animals combined with a jewelers eye for multifaceted philosophical
meanings provide Peterson with a wealth of fascinating anecdotes and insights in this
engaging memoir.
Publishers Weekly
Brenda Peterson fashions a sturdy ark of words and images that convince us that we must look
out for these fellow travelers and carry them high in our love and esteem.
Spirituality and Health Magazine
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