BRIDGED BY LOVE

Daily Journal, Kankakee, IL book review for "Bridged by Love"

Historical novel good, fast read for any afternoon"

Bridged by Love
by Patricia Shipp Lieb
Reviewed by Bonnie Flouhouse
St, Anne, IL

Patricia Shipp Lieb's "Bridged by Love" is a historical novel set in Texarkana in the late 1880s. It's the story of two women--Shanna (a young Indian woman trying to evade ruthless white men) and Kathryn (a storng white woman willing to take on any opponent).

Several people, but most importantly an infant, tie the women's lives. The fast plot is at times too coincidental, but it ensnares the reader in the story of these women. To build suspense, the author presents segments of one character's story, stops at a crucial moment, and then moves to the other character's struggles.

Because the only way to connect Shanna and Kathryn is to show how several men are involed in their lives, several episodes involved only these men. Liberal doses of danger, treachery, intrigue, and romance fill the book. Eventually Lieb untangles everyone and brings closure to the storylines.

Numerous predictable stock characters add to the local color of the book: the slick swindler, the traveling prostitute, the ignorant guy who'll do anything for a few coins, the prejuciced business owner, the liberal man who thinks Indians are mistreated, the fiercely strong pioneer woman, the decent man who patiently waits for his chance at love, and displaced Indians. Add a ruthless tavern owner and a young man willing to face all foes for the woman he loves, and the character list is complete.

In an attempt to capture the aura and lifestyles of a past time, Lieb has crowded lost of characters and details into her book. But over all, "Bridged by Love" is a fast read good for an afternoon's enjoyment.

Bridged By Love
Trade paper back & ebook downloads from Asylett Press, Fictionwise, and any major book store.

Hardback:
by Patricia Shipp Lieb

Publisher:
Trade paperback; order from Asylett Press

Hardback 328 pages; order from Booksurge

Description: Kathryn, a backwoods woman, and the young Indian girl, Shanna, have a connection: love for an infant. Set in about 1885, give or take, on the borders of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, with travels to the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), complex characters tangled with kidnapping, murder and romance add a height of tension to this suspenseful telling of the difficult roads traveled between two women bridged by love. Copyright 2006 (c) Patricia Shipp Lieb


BRIDGED BY LOVE by Patricia Lieb is published by Asylett Press
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Book signing in Gulfport, Mississippi

Book signing
at Barnes & Noble
Gulfport, MS,

Patricia Lieb, author
(Murders
in the Swampland;
Bridged by Love;
and Glenn Sweman,
author of 11 books
of poetry.
author of 11 books of poetry

New Publisher for Patricia Lieb: Asylett Press

Whooooooo: the ghosts of poets

Happy Halloween
Visit the Graves of Poets
Death, Be Not Proud: The Graves of Poets
At the Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19256

Captured: poems by Patricia Lieb

Captured
By Patricia Lieb

Acknowledgements:
A Pteranodon chapbook published by Lieb-Schott Publications. Copyright 1983 by Patricia Lieb. All rights reserved.

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the editors and publishers of the following publications where the collection of poems in Captured first appeared:
Affinities: The South Florida Poetry Review, for Shadows and The Deep: Sirens;
Anthology of Florida Poets for Grave Digging (third printing), and Looking At You Through A Rain Covered Window Pane;
Cedar Rock for Grave Digging and Waiting;
Earthwise for Hurricane;
The Florida Arts Gazette for Captured;
Gryphon for Learning To Write A Poem;
Indian Corn for Bathing In Red Wine Words;
Pudding for Grave Digging (second printing);
The Spoon River Quarterly for Dreaming Of Wheat;
Tempest for The Eagle And The Dove;
Xarier Review for Until Dawn.

Captured by Patricia Lieb
Available from Liebbooks.com

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Caladesi Island, FL

Poet Jared Carter

Read the impressive interview

Carol Schott Martino and I

conducted

with the awesome poet

Jared Carter back in

the days of Pteranodon.

Please leave a comment.

http://jaredcarter.com/archives/interviews/pteranodon/

The Pteranodon magazine cover shown above features numerous poets; pictured are Dr. Barbra Nightingale, professor of poetry and creative writing at Broward College in Hollywood, FL; Dr. Glenn Swentman, writer in residence at William Carey College, Gulf Port, MS; and the late poet and professor of Humanities at the University of South FL in Tampa Dr. Hans Juergensen; the bottom photo is of the famed Indiana poet Jared Carter.

Carol and I met Jared Carter in about 1979 when he was a featured speaker at the Suncoast Writer's Conference in St. Petersburg, FL., and have since attended his readings. You are in for a treat when visiting his Website (link above).

Please watch for revisits to the eight issues of the literary magazine Pteranodon featuring Jared Carter, William Stafford, Richard Eberhart, Richard Shelton and other internationally know poets and writers via <http://liebbooks.com>. We published Pteranodon in 1979-1984.

Wild Orchids

Another
"On My Way
To The Mailbox"
photo; this one of
lovely
wild orchids
growing along
the mailbox path



Photo by
Patricia Lieb

Hurry Up

Say hello to my friend Hurry Up, one of several gopher tortis living in my yard.

I met up with Hurry Up on the way to the mailbox yesterday. Soon he and all his family will cover themselves under Florida sands for the season.


Photo by
Patricia Lieb

Judy Candis

Judy, a very loved soul

August 8, 1950-September 18, 2006
Novelist, Writing Instructor, & Business Owner
Author of Color Blind, Blood Offering, Still Rage, & All Things Hidden
CEO of Bar-B-Que King, Incorporated
Beloved Mother, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, Niece & Friend!
http://www.judycandis.com/
http://jccafe.blogspot.com/

Photo of Judy and me at a signing for All Things Hidden in Tampa, FL

GO! Barack Obama (D) IL

http://www.barackobama.com/2004/07/27/dnc_2004.php



IL U.S. Senator
Barack Obama
has a lot to say
to those who
will listen or read.
http://www.barackobama.com/2006/09/14/louisville_dems.php
http://www.barackobama.com/2006/09/20/energy_independence.php

Speaking at William Carey College, Gulfport, MS

I will speak to Dr. Glenn Swetman's American Literature class on October 26 after a duel booksigning with Swetman at the Barnes & Noble in Gulfport on Oct. 25. Hope to see you there.

This is where I live in Florida

My best friend Blacky and Our home



Yes, we really do live out here --tucked away, hidden--surrounded by all kinds of sub-tropical trees, gophers, birds, squirrels, lizzards, wild grapes and what-have-you. And I wouldn't trade it for Paris. These photos are all of my yard. I love it here.

Skydiving

This is the way down
Zypherhills, FL

See photos:

http://writerswriteon.com/
Story appeared in Vocational Biographies

Sanibel Island, FL's Gulf Coast

Photos (C) Patricia Lieb

Watch for my story
about Sanibel Island
in Florida Living magazine

From Texarkana College; KTXK Public Radio Aug. 24, 9 a.m.

Hey, exciting news: I will be talking with Sabrina McMcCormick on KTXK radio from Texarkana College 91.5 FM on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 9 a.m. Texarkana time about my book "Bridged by Love." Hope you will tune in.

Sadly, this is William Carey College, Gulfport, MS

William Carey College, Gulfport, MS, Aug. 1, 2006
Classes are being held in these trailers more than a year after Hurricane Katrina.

On my trip to Gulfport, MS, earlier this month to speak with Dr. Glenn Swetman's creative writing class at William Carey College, I was saddened by the disaster still plaguing the Gulf Coast, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

I will speak at Swetman's American Literature class on October 26, after a duel booksigning with Swetman at the Barnes & Noble in Gulfport on Oct. 25. For more information email pat@liebbooks.com

Hiding out in North Carolina

Check my other sites
http://www.geocities.com/patsylieb
http://www.liebbooks.com
http://www.geocities.com/mmo2usa/
http://www.geocities.com/kids30552/

Florida's Weeki Wachee River

On Writing Historical Fiction

On writing historical fiction

I will talk to Dr. Glenn Swetman's Creative Writing class at William Carey College, Gulfport, MS, Aug. 1 and will sign copies of my novels "Bridged by Love" and "Across the Red River to Her Mysterious Heritage" at a local bookstore there Aug. 2. For more information e-mail me at: pat@liebbooks.com. Also in August, I will be guest author at Judy Candis' Writing the Popular Novel class at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

From Amazon. com
July 30, 2006

A great taste of the old frontier, July 30, 2006

Reviewer:
Paul S. Brittain (Scottdale, PA USA) - See all my reviews Bridged By Love was a pleasant surprise for someone whose readings usually tend to science fiction and horror. But Patricia Shipp Lieb grabbed my attention from the first page and held it throughout this well-crafted novel, weaving twists, turns and surprises. Female protagonists Shanna and Kathryn are connected through the love of baby Aaron, who is the center of this saga. Both strong in resolve, Shanna is a native American Indian and Kathryn is a frontier woman who together triumph over the schemes of a number of unscrupulous men. The author's attention to detail brought the old southwest to life as she deftly blended the passages of her many characters. I am honored to have had the opportunity to read and review this book, and highly recommend it to someone who is seeking a different kind of story that is based on a long gone historic era. I look forward as well to other readings of books by Patricia Shipp Lieb.

From the Tampa Tribune, July 9

"Bridged by Love," by Patricia Shipp Lieb (BookSurge, $16) - Spring Hill resident Lieb has written a historical adventure set in the late 1880s in Texarkana, a city that straddles the Texas-Arkansas line. Lieb draws on a bounty of historical knowledge to craft a tale of two women - one native American, the other white - linked together in a fight against injustice.

From the Daily Journal, Kankakee, IL, May 28

Historical novel good, fast read for summer afternoon

"Bridged by Love"
by Patricia Shipp Lieb
Reviewed by Bonnie Flouhouse
St, Anne, IL

Patricia Shipp Lieb's "Bridged by Love" is a historical novel set in Texarkana in the late 1880s. It's the story of two women--Shanna (a young Indian woman trying to evade ruthless white men) and Kathryn (a storng white woman willing to take on any opponent).

Several people, but most importantly an infant, tie the women's lives.

The fast plot is at times too coincidental, but it ensnares the reader in the story of these women.

To build suspense, the author presents segments of one character's story, stops at a crucial moment, and then moves to the other character's struggles.

Because the only way to connect Shanna and Kathryn is to show how several men are involed in their lives, several episodes involved only these men. Liberal doses of danger, treachery, intrigue, and romance fill the book.

Eventually Lieb untangles everyone and brings closure to the storylines. Numerous predictable stock characters add to the local color of the book: the slick swindler, the traveling prostitute, the ignorant guy who'll do anything for a few coins, the prejuciced business owner, the liberal man who thinks Indians are mistreated, the fiercely strong pioneer woman, the decent man who patiently waits for his chance at love, and displaced Indians. Add a ruthless tavern owner and a young man willing to face all foes for the woman he loves, and the character list is complete.

In an attempt to capture the aura and lifestyles of a past time, Lieb has crowded lost of characters and details into her book. But over all, "Bridged by Love" is a fast read good for a summer afternoon's enjoyment.

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Bridged By Love by Patricia Shipp Lieb
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Pre-publication reviews for "Across the Red River to her Mysterious Heritage"
By Patricia Shipp Lieb

Review by Dr. Glenn Swetman: author, poet, writer in residence at William Carey College, Gulf Port, MS

In Across the Red River to her Mysterious Heritage, Lieb (known for her no-nonsense true crime reporting, her sensitive and complex poetry and her exceptional initiation novel, "And Her Name Was Catharine") has conceived yet another genera.

Her latest, Across the Red River to her Mysterious Heritage, is a literary triumph, a genealogical mystery novel, and a record of the acute pangs of longing that make us human. Mary, the protagonist of the book, is engaged in a search for her identity both physically and spiritually as she struggles through her own kinds of Pilgrim's Progress or Divine Comedy that takes her from the portals of Purgatory to the brink of her personal Inferno.

But not only is this a book that should be read, it is a book that is exceptionally readable.

The words seem to leap from the page to the reader's eyes and from there do the very soul: a must for the serious reader. A must for anyone who reads.

Pre-publication review by Allan MacKinnon, writer-photographer, The Florida Keys

Patricia Lieb has written a best seller! The story chronicles the search by Mary Gray, a young black woman with blue eyes, for her heritage. Each chapter grabs you and won't let you go. You'll reach for each new chapter to learn more about Mary's, until near the end of the book, you begin to get a hint of where she will find her ancestors. Well written and well conceived, Mysterious Heritage leaves you hoping that the author has more intrigging tales in the future for our enjoyment.

Pre-publication review by Dr. Barbra Nightingale, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Broward College, Hollywood, FL

Wow! Patricia is a true storyteller; each page begs to be turned as her intriguing prose spins it tale full of surprises.

Well told!

"Across the Red River to her Mysterious Heritage" can be ordered from Xlibris.com

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