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The third of our Great Summer Reads for July is a first for award winning,
best selling author Sheree Fitch.  It was indeed the first novel for adults that
Ms. Fitch had penned.

Faced with some startling news lead character Mercy Beth Fanjoy is determined to comes to terms with her life... but nobody said that would be easy. Emotional yes, and messy... but never easy.  What was effortless, however, was including this book on our list of great reads - ENJOY!

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About the Book...

Kiss the Joy As It Flies is a thrilling joy-ride through a week in the life of a self-made woman facing her deepest fears. First released in July, the book quickly appeared on the CBA bestseller list and was almost instantly reprinted to meet the growing demand for the book.

Panic-stricken by the news that she needs exploratory surgery, forty-eight-year-old Mercy Beth Fanjoy drafts a monumental “to do” list and sets about putting her messy life in order. But tidying up the edges of her life means the past comes rushing back to haunt her and the present keeps throwing up more to do’s. Between fits of weeping and laughter, ranting and bliss, Mercy must contemplate the meaning of life in the face of her own death. In a week filled with the riot of an entire life, nothing turns out the way she’d expected.

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About the Author...

Sheree Fitch is a multi award-winning writer, speaker, and educator and the author of twenty-three books in a variety of genres. Since the publication of her first book, Toes in My Nose (Doubleday), she’s travelled the globe as a visiting author, writing instructor, and literacy educator.

A popular presenter at literary festivals, libraries, and conferences, Fitch has received the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work inspirational to Canadian children and two honorary doctorates for her contribution to Canadian literature and issues affecting women and children. Sheree’s collection of adult poetry, In This House Are Many Women (Goose Lane), was published in 1992 and reissued in 2005, and her novel for young adults, The Gravesavers (Doubleday), garnered critical acclaim and several awards.

Sheree was born in Ottawa but was raised in New Brunswick since the age of 8 months old. She and her husband now live in River John, Nova Scotia. Click here for her Cool People Profile.

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