I am super excited that today is the release day for Jenni L Walsh's Becoming Bonnie!
It's no secret that I have been excited about this release, and that I loved the book. I posted my gushy review for it yesterday and you can finally snag your own copy in stores today!
In case you somehow missed it, here are the details about the book:
From debut historical novelist Jenni L. Walsh, Becoming Bonnie is the untold story of how wholesome Bonnelyn Parker became half of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde duo!
The summer of 1927 might be the height of the Roaring Twenties, but Bonnelyn Parker is more likely to belt out a church hymn than sling drinks at an illicit juice joint. She’s a sharp girl with plans to overcome her family's poverty, provide for herself, and maybe someday marry her boyfriend, Roy Thornton. But when Roy springs a proposal on her and financial woes jeopardize her ambitions, Bonnelyn finds salvation in an unlikely place: Dallas's newest speakeasy, Doc’s.
Living the life of a moll at night, Bonnie remains a wholesome girl by day, engaged to Roy, attending school and working toward a steady future. When Roy discovers her secret life, and embraces it—perhaps too much, especially when it comes to booze and gambling—Bonnie tries to make the pieces fit. Maybe she can have it all: the American Dream, the husband, and the intoxicating allure of jazz music. What she doesn't know is that her life—like her country—is headed for a crash.
She’s about to meet Clyde Barrow.
Few details are known about Bonnie's life prior to meeting her infamous partner. In Becoming Bonnie, Jenni L. Walsh shows a young woman promised the American dream and given the Great Depression, and offers a compelling account of why she fell so hard for a convicted felon—and turned to crime herself.
If all the buzz hasn't already sold you on picking up a copy, perhaps this excerpt will. It's the first chapter, and it'll definitely make you want more immediately.
Now you probably want to run out and get your own copy. It is all available at all major book retails.
Jenni has also provided this AMAZING giveaway consisting of the coolest mug ever!
Amazing, right? Along with this envy inducing mug, Jenni is giving away a $25.00 Amazon gift card! Be sure to enter using the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Lastly, here is a little about the author, and where you find her online to share your Becoming Bonnie release day excitement and love!
Amazing, right? Along with this envy inducing mug, Jenni is giving away a $25.00 Amazon gift card! Be sure to enter using the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win!
a Rafflecopter giveaway Lastly, here is a little about the author, and where you find her online to share your Becoming Bonnie release day excitement and love!
Jenni L. Walsh spent her early years chasing around cats, dogs, and chickens in Philadelphia's countryside, before dividing time between a soccer field and a classroom at Villanova University. She put her marketing degree to good use as an advertising copywriter, zip-code hopping with her husband to DC, NYC, NJ, and not surprisingly, back to Philly. There, Jenni's passion for words continued, adding author to her resume.
I would love to read how Bonnie and Clyde came to be. Thanks.
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