I'm humbled to have my two novels included in North Carolina's landscape mapped by University of North Carolina-Greensboro. On this website are incredibly talented writers. As I say, I'm humbled for having my work recognized. Thank you, UNC-G!
http://library.uncg.edu/dp/nclitmap/details.aspx?typ=auth&id=3364
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Literary R&R Reviewed Leaving Lukens - Nice Review!
Wonderful review from Literary R&R! Thank you, Charlene and Mandy!
http://literaryrr.blogspot.com/2012/02/charlene-reviews-leaving-lukens-by.html
http://literaryrr.blogspot.com/2012/02/charlene-reviews-leaving-lukens-by.html
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Whispering Winds Book Reviews gives Leaving Lukens 5 stars!
I have read Ms Wharton's first book, “The Pirate’s Bastard.” I did enjoy it a lot. Yet as I began to read this book, I found she was not just a onetime author. In fact I enjoyed this book even more than the first.
I loved the characters in this book and the way, Ms. Wharton has created them. The flow of the story is excellent and l did not find even one page or paragraph that was boring. You are captured from the start.
The book starts on May 2000 at a reunion and then goes back to WWII. There we find adventure, love and intrigue. The ending blew me away. I had to read it twice and then it hit me. (It was a slap me silly moment for me.) Just one sentence told me what I longed to hear. I did not want this story to end. Nor do I think you will either, and that is why I am giving this book a five star rating.
I loved the characters in this book and the way, Ms. Wharton has created them. The flow of the story is excellent and l did not find even one page or paragraph that was boring. You are captured from the start.
The book starts on May 2000 at a reunion and then goes back to WWII. There we find adventure, love and intrigue. The ending blew me away. I had to read it twice and then it hit me. (It was a slap me silly moment for me.) Just one sentence told me what I longed to hear. I did not want this story to end. Nor do I think you will either, and that is why I am giving this book a five star rating.
Friday, February 3, 2012
New Review from "Read North Carolina Novels" (UNC.EDU)
Laura S. Wharton. Leaving Lukens. Mt. Airy, NC: Broad Creek Press, 2011.
In June of 1942, Lukens is a small town on the North Carolina coast, and it’s getting smaller. Residents left first in trickles, but now they’re crossing the Neuse in a torrent to places like Oriental, with its modern conveniences and thriving community. Ella Marie Hutchins, seventeen, is dead set against leaving. Everything she loves is in Lukens: her house, her Grandmother, and her handsome boyfriend, soon-to-be naval officer Jarrett Migette. When Jarrett announces he’s leaving earlier than planned, and her mother decides that they’re moving, Ella is distraught. Leaving Lukens might be the safest idea, however, as the war is closer than anyone thinks. Walking alone near the tideline one evening, Ella is threatened by a vicious Nazi scout, and barely escapes unscathed. Luckily, she’s assisted by a young stranger named Griff, who just happens to be passing by. Griff’s story makes sense–he’s a recreational sailor and treasure-hunter, visiting his uncle in Lukens on his prize sailboat Susanna. Soon he and Ella are fast friends, and as they spend more time together sailing, biking, and picnicking throughout the long, hot, Lukens summer, they begin to feel more for one another. But Griff is more than he seems, and the secret mission he is bound to fulfill will push Ella into danger greater than she’s ever faced before.
Filled with sailing lore, secrecy, Nazis, and romance, Leaving Lukens is an exciting new adventure from the author of The Pirate’s Bastard.
Check this title’s availability in the UNC-Chapel Hill Library catalog.
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