{"id":9603,"date":"2017-09-19T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T09:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=9603"},"modified":"2017-09-19T15:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T09:43:01","slug":"a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks-by-teresa-neumann-guest-post-book-spotlight-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/19\/a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks-by-teresa-neumann-guest-post-book-spotlight-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year in the Company of Freaks by Teresa Neumann (Guest Post, Book Spotlight &#038; Giveaway)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/73159-a2byear2bin2bthe2bcompany2bof2bfreaks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/73159-a2byear2bin2bthe2bcompany2bof2bfreaks.jpg?w=197\" width=\"345\" height=\"526\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Book Details:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Book Title: A Year in the Company of Freaks by Teresa Neumann<\/li>\n<li>Category: Adult Fiction, 515 pages<\/li>\n<li>Genre: Historical Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Publisher: All&#8217;s Well House<\/li>\n<li>Release date: Dec 21, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Tour dates: Sept 11 to 29, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Content Rating: PG + M (Little violence and profanity, no f-words, no sex, but some drug use)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#000080;\"><strong>Guest Post by the Author<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>\u201cA Year in the Company of Freak\u201d Isn\u2019t Hallmark Movie Material <\/b><b>But You Can Definitely Share It with Your Loved Ones!<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b><i>\u201cThey teased each other awhile longer \u2026 and before they knew it,\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>they were making love as if it were the first night of their honeymoon.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>As if she wasn\u2019t pregnant.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>As if, despite being the town\u2019s new judge and owner of a fixer-upper, <\/i><\/b><b><i>Tom Jackson had nothing else to do.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b><i>As if the entire universe revolved around them in their shabby bedroom <\/i><\/b><b><i>on an old farm near the little town of Trinity Springs, California.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>\u2013 A Year in the Company of Freaks<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">True confession: I\u2019m an \u201cold-school romance\u201d sort of girl. Although <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">A Year in the Company of Freaks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> isn\u2019t what I\u2019d necessarily call \u201cHallmark Movie\u201d material (because of the 70\u2019s lifestyle and drug element), it ticks many of the boxes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">A recent <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> story addressed the fact that ratings for Hallmark movies are \u201cbooming\u201d and credited its huge, growing success to an assortment of reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s feel-good TV. There&#8217;s no sex or gore,\u201d the report noted. \u201cThe main characters do the right thing. The problems get worked out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Sounds like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Pride and Prejudice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Anne of Green Gables<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> to me. I\u2019ve come to realize that\u2019s a GOOD thing! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The defining moment for me came at a writer\u2019s conference several years ago. Although there were some great speakers, and I have a long rope for those with opposing views, the instructor of one class was seriously jaded and his hyper-cynicism came through as intellectual elitism. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">He said (paraphrased), \u201cIf you\u2019ve written a book that you can give your mother or grandmother to read, then you\u2019ve failed as a writer. The more barriers you break, the more you offend, the more you will succeed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">I vowed, then and there, that I would never compromise my core character, who I am, for literary success \u2013 if that was, indeed, required to attain it. I WANT mothers and grandmothers and daughters and granddaughters to read my books! I honor and value them. I mean, if I don\u2019t like being offended why would I purposely offend someone else \u2013 especially someone I love? It makes no sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">So, enjoy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">A Year in the Company of Freaks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, and \u2013 yes \u2013 DO share it with your loved ones!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Book Description:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 1972 and a seismic clash-of-cultures is rattling northern California. In the redneck town of Trinity Springs, rumors of hippies migrating up from San Francisco have residents bracing for an invasion. When Italian-American hometown boy and Berkeley graduate Sid Jackson is busted for growing pot on his deceased parents&#8217; farm, locals suspect the assault has begun. Will a crazy deferral program devised by the sheriff keep Sid out of prison? Or will a house full of eccentric strangers, a passionate love interest, and demons from his past be his undoing?<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;disarmingly appealing&#8221; tale of discrimination, transformation and restoration, Freaks is bursting with intrigue, drama, comic relief and romance. Reviewers agree this five-star, coming-of-age classic &#8220;very much reflects the attitude and mood of the times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Praise for <i>A Year in the Company of Freaks<\/i>:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis coming of age story will draw the reader right in. Teresa Neumann demonstrates how much she values relationships in her writing \u2026 a precious skill. I held my breath all the way through to the final few pages. Five stars!\u201d \u2014 The San Francisco Book Review<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it relates to the complicated clash of culture and counterculture, Freaks acts as an authentic, strongly Seventies book. Northern California works as a strong presence in the novel that is vivid and omnipresent, but never overwhelming. Sure to intrigue and entertain, Freaks will have its digs in you before you realize how involved you\u2019ve become.\u201d \u2014 The Manhattan Book Review<\/p>\n<p>To read more reviews, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireadbooktours.com\/blog---current-tours\/book-tour-a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks-by-teresa-neumann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teresa Neumann&#8217;s page in iRead Book Tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Buy the Book:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Year-Company-Freaks-Teresa-Neumann\/dp\/0983121044\/\">Amazon<\/a> ~ <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks-teresa-neumann\/1123167959?ean=9780983121046\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/28485368-a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Add to Goodreads<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/f41de-teresa2bneumann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/f41de-teresa2bneumann.jpg?w=280\" width=\"299\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author of highly-acclaimed &#8220;A Year in the Company of Freaks,&#8221; Teresa was raised in a large Midwest family and now lives in Oregon. She is also the author of &#8220;Bianca&#8217;s Vineyard,&#8221; and its sequel, &#8220;Domenico&#8217;s Table.&#8221; Both books are based on the true stories of her husband&#8217;s Italian family in Tuscany. In addition to enjoying family, writing, reading, meeting her readers, wine tasting, traveling, and all things Italian, Teresa loves playing the fiddle with other musicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<b>Connect with the Author: <a href=\"http:\/\/teresaneumann.com\/\">Website<\/a> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Always-Summer-Books-157893260909184\/\">Facebook<\/a> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intrepidwriter\">Twitter<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:large;\"><b>Enter the Giveaway!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Ends Oct 7<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rcwidget_b37oeeoc\" class=\"rcptr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/defcd44e301\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/94dbd-iread2bwebsite2bnew2blogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/94dbd-iread2bwebsite2bnew2blogo.jpg?w=300\" width=\"400\" height=\"65\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Details: Book Title: A Year in the Company of Freaks by Teresa Neumann Category: Adult Fiction, 515 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: All&#8217;s Well House Release date: Dec 21, 2015 Tour dates: Sept 11 to 29, 2017 Content Rating:&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/19\/a-year-in-the-company-of-freaks-by-teresa-neumann-guest-post-book-spotlight-giveaway\/#more-9603\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Year in the Company of Freaks by Teresa Neumann (Guest Post, Book Spotlight &#038; Giveaway)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[71,72,88,99,204,242,269],"class_list":["post-9603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-book-feature","tag-book-giveaway","tag-book-spotlight","tag-books","tag-guest-post","tag-iread-book-tours","tag-laura-fabini"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10386,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/02\/september-2017-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":9603,"position":0},"title":"September 2017 Wrap-Up","date":"October 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Hi everyone! 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