About the Author
Although she will always call Talkeetna, AK home, Lanae Rivers-Woods currently lives in Seattle, WA with her partner in crime, Photographer Harry Woods. When she isn’t writing or painting she is the Director of La Familia Gallery in downtown Seattle. She keeps her creativity flowing with travel and copious amounts of wine and coffee.
Lanae is currently working on the second book in the Chasing Tales trilogy.
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REVIEWS FOR CHASING TALES:
Seattle Magazine
Like eating cookie dough with your fingers, Chasing Tales is a guilty pleasure. Seattle writer Lanae Rivers-Woods’ debut novel follows a sextet of soul-searching 20-somethings through months of chaotic encounters in Italy, London and an unnamed American city, deftly hooking readers with breezily written character sketches that make the book hard to put down. The story, a gratifying ensemble piece about the true meaning of friendship, toes the line between fluff and higher-minded fiction. Catherine—the Pied Piper of this menagerie of loosely knit friends—is an enigma except to her closest mate, Mikal, a kind yet distant rogue who finds peace only on a reconnaissance mission to Israel. On American soil Jaimen and Aimee strike up a quirky, unlikely affair, while Leanne casts off her essential clumsiness when she evades a marriage proposal and joins her twin brother, Theo—a tour guide in Italy—to start a new life abroad. The six main characters have existential baggage, but what makes this book so delightful is its exploration of the group’s esprit de corps. Thanks to Rivers-Woods’ skillful dialogue, the characters evolve in front of one’s eyes, like photographs developing in a darkroom. Chasing Tales, the first in a planned trilogy about this convivial crew, has the ease of a toes-in-the-sand novel, but offers many astute moments (e.g., Leanne’s climactic emotional separation from her father) that will shake your heart. Grade: A–
Rachel Bravmann
Acclaimed Author Mary Lou Sanelli
"Wood’s has a brilliant eye for social dialogue, character sketches, and rendering of the present day. Whether the characters are in Italy, alive with exploration, or struggling with lost love after two heinous suicide bombs rip through an Israel store, the book continues to engage the reader. Chasing Tales is alive with the beauty and the wreckage of this modern day world, and it’s woven together with a storyteller’s grace. Woods is particularly adept at treading the line between poignant and workaday, and is worth reading for the rarity of this alone."
—Mary Lou Sanelli, author of Falling Awake
Blogcritics
Read the Blogcritics interview with indie author Lanae Rivers-Woods
"Chasing More than Tales" by Lisa Albers
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Print: $18.95 Download: $9.95 Chasing Tales is an unexpected delight, both uplifting and empowering in its description of self-discovery and unexpected acceptance. Follow Leanne, Mikal, Catherine, and Theo as they traverse the globe on intertwining trails of misadventure only to find love where they least expect it.
“Chasing Tales” has been called engaging, funny, insightful, and wonderful. A quick read, “Chasing Tales” takes you on a journey around the world and to the heart of what it means to truly love and be loved.
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ABOUT LA FAMILIA PUBLISHING
Located in historic Pioneer Square in beautiful Seattle, WA - La Familia Publishing is an independent publishing company dedicated to beautiful works of fiction and the proliferation of fine art.
Chasing Tales is the first release by La Familia Publishing. Two fine art coffee table books are slated for the fall of 2007 and the second offering in the Chasing Tales trilogy expected in the fall of 2008.
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