Welcome to The Cover Contessa's stop on the Can't Look Away blog tour!
Title: CAN'T
LOOK AWAY
Author: Donna
Cooner
Publisher: Point
Pub. Date: August 26, 2014
Find it: Goodreads|Amazon|Barnes& Noble
Donna Cooner
establishes herself as our own Jodi Picoult in this timely tale of sisters,
loss, and redemption.
Torrey Grey is famous. At least, on the internet. Thousands of people watch her popular videos on fashion and beauty. But when Torrey's sister is killed in an accident -- maybe because of Torrey and her videos -- Torrey's perfect world implodes.
Now, strangers online are bashing Torrey. And at her new school, she doesn't know who to trust. Is queen bee Blair only being sweet because of Torrey's internet infamy? What about Raylene, who is decidedly unpopular, but seems accepts Torrey for who she is? And then there's Luis, with his brooding dark eyes, whose family runs the local funeral home. Torrey finds herself drawn to Luis, and his fascinating stories about El dio de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
As the Day of the Dead draws near, Torrey will have to really look at her own feelings about death, and life, and everything in between. Can she learn to mourn her sister out of the public eye?
Guest Post:
Tell us about your writing process while writing this book.
Was there a lot of research? Did you pull from your own experiences?
My writing process involves a lot of
procrastination and randomness. I wander around from room to room-like the
Facebook room and the Twitter room and the email room-before I finally settle
in to actually write. The puttering around also involves cleaning the vents in
the laundry room, taking bubble baths, drinking lattes, and staring at people
in the coffee shop. Some days I avoid the blank page with almost any
distraction. I also don’t write every day. I write in chunks of time when I can
squeeze it in between a full time job and everything else in life. Most
Tuesday/Thursday mornings, before I head into the office,
you'll find me at a coffee shop in Old
Town Fort Collins. I love the fact they know me by name and keep my account on
an index card in a box by the register to settle up at the end of the month.
There is always something central to a
new story that comes from my own experience, but I love doing the research to
learn something completely new. I
understood very little about teenage beauty vloggers when I started writing
CAN’T LOOK AWAY. I found it
amazing that some had millions of followers watching their every move. It was fascinating to think of being
under that kind of scrutiny and to create a character living in that
world.
Donna Cooner was born and raised in Texas. She is a three
time graduate of Texas A&M University. A former teacher and school
administrator, she now teaches teachers and principals at Colorado State
University where she is the director of the School of Teacher Education and
Principal Preparation. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her two labs and
a cat named Stu. She's a big fan of chocolate and laughing (not necessarily in
that order).
Donna is the author of over twenty picture books and was a
founding member of the Brazos Valley Society of Children's Bookwriters and
Illustrators. She has also written children's television shows for PBS and
textbooks for future teachers. SKINNY is her debut novel for young adults.
Week One:
8/18/2014- Such a Novel Idea- Interview
8/19/2014- A Book and a Latte- Guest Post
8/20/2014- The Book Belles- Review
8/21/2014- BookHounds
YA- Interview
8/22/2014-Fictitious Delicious- Review
Week Two:
8/25/2014- Shayna Varadeaux Books & Reviews- Review
8/26/2014- The Cover Contessa - Guest Post
8/27/2014-Katie's Book Blog- Review
8/28/2014- Swoony Boys Podcast- Review
8/29/2014- Tales of the Ravenous Reader- Interview
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