Blog Tour: Screaming Divas by Suzanne Kamata @shikokusue @BookNerdTours

Welcome to The Cover Contessa's stop on the Screaming Divas blog tour!

At sixteen, Trudy Baxter is tired of her debutante mom, her deadbeat dad, and her standing reservation at the juvenile detention center. Changing her name to Trudy Sin, she cranks up her major chops as a singer and starts a band, gathering around other girls ill at ease in their own lives. Cassie Haywood, would-have-been beauty queen, was scarred in an accident in which her alcoholic mom was killed. But she can still sing and play her guitar, even though she seeks way too much relief from the pain in her body and her heart through drugs, and way too much relief from loneliness through casual sex. Still, it's Cassie who hears former child prodigy Harumi Yokoyama playing in a punk band at a party, and enlists her, outraging Harumi's overbearing first-generation Japanese parents. The fourth member is Esther Shealy, who joins as a drummer in order to be close to Cassie--the long-time object of her unrequited love--and Harumi, her estranged childhood friend. Together, they are Screaming Divas, and they're quickly swept up as a local sensation. Then, just as they are about to achieve their rock-girl dreams, a tragedy strikes.

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/The-Screaming-Divas-Suzanne-Kamata/dp/1440572798/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405447411&sr=8-1&keywords=screaming+divas
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-screaming-divas-suzanne-kamata/1116741607?ean=9781440572791

POWELLS: http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781440572791-0

THE BOOK DEPOSITORY: http://www.bookdepository.com/Screaming-Divas-Suzanne-Kamata/9781440572791

10 Random Things about Suzanne Kamata

1.     I’ve never had my ears pierced.

2.     When I was in elementary school, I played the string bass.

3.     I once planted trees with the Japanese Emperor.

4.     I’m the granddaughter of a twin, the sister-in-law of a twin, the daughter-in-law of a twin, and the mother of twins.

5.     I can communicate in English, French, Japanese, and Japanese Sign Language.

6.     I never went to prom.

7.     My first paid publication was a newspaper article in the Grand Rapids Press when I was in high school.

8.     I love the musical “The King and I.”

9.     I grew up in a town that was home to the World’s Largest Musical Fountain (though I think it has now been usurped by the one in Dubai).

10.  My karaoke standard is “On Top of the World” by The Carpenters.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Back in the day, Suzanne Kamata spent a lot of time hanging out in a club in Columbia, South Carolina, much like the one in Screaming Divas. (The beat goes on . . .) She later wrote about musicians for The State newspaper, The Japan Times, and other publications. Now, she mostly writes novels. In her free time, she enjoys searching for the perfect fake fur leopard-print coat and listening to the Japanese all-girl band Chatmonchy.

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shikokusue
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SuzanneKamata

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