H and G / Bookmarks
Hi there.
So the last t has been crossed and the last i has been dotted on CITY DOG. Or at least I have done my very human best to make sure that they have been. If there are typos in the book, it is not because I didn't read every word in it about 5,000 times.
I'm super excited about this book. I think it's my favorite so far, and that's not only because it's the most current - I just feel that everything came together so well with this one. I can't wait until it's out. And we've recently received a wonderfully nice quote from Lee Harrington, the author of the memoir Rex and City. She says, "Pace writes with wit, confidence, a delightful and gentle voice, and a keen eye that misses nothing." Many thanks to Lee!
One more bit of City Dog news: Berkley (my publisher) has made up these really beautiful bookmarks for City Dog. If anyone would like a couple (or even more than a couple, to perhaps pass out at an event or stuff into a goody bag!) please let me know and I'd be more than happy (thrilled, really) to send you some. Just send your name and address and how many you'd like to alison@alisonpace.com
Though there will be about a two-week delay in my sending them as I am leaving on Friday for an extremely cool trip. I'm heading to the island of Pantelleria (which is between the coasts of Sicily and Africa) where I'll be participating in an archaeological dig. It's something I've always wanted to do and this is the first time I've had the time and freedom to be able to indulge myself. The only bad thing is how much I am going to miss my canine friend. But rest assured, Carlie will be well cared for with her grands on the island that is long.
That is a picture of Pantelleria up above. Two weeks. Oh, the material.
Apparently it is so hot on this island that we are only at the excavation site until noon, and after that is "seaside." I imagine I am going to get a lot of reading done in the afternoons. As I've been in a bit of a reading rut lately and have not liked much of what I have selected for myself, I've decided to go mostly on the book recommendations of others. Daring! Here's what's going in my bag along with my giant hat, 70SPF sunscreen and a lot of sarong: David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster; Merrill Markoe, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love; Alison Lurie, Foreign Affairs; Joan Didion, Slouching Toward Bethlehem; Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge; Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind. I also want to bring the copy Nicole Krauss' History of Love that is in my apartment somewhere, but can't find it at present.
See you in July, Ciao!
