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Davis is one of the very few women of color leading her own major-publishing-house imprint in a largely white industry.
Review - The Tree of Life by Dawn Davis
About the Book
Title: The Tree of Life Author: Dawn Davis Publisher: Friesen Press Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Fiction
MY REVIEW
The Tree of Life by Dawn Davis is her debut novel. It is part of a series, but does stand alone. Each book will represent new characters and a different time period in Canda's history.
The Tree of Life starts in 1999 but spends most of its time in 1939. It is a fun and lively adventure through time with Charlotte as she strives to solve the mystery of the missing brooch, The Tree of Life. She lives the history she has been taught.
Charlotte is a precocious 11 year old girl. She is headstrong and some think she acts like a know it all. She is always getting Henry, her best friend, in trouble, bossing him around.
She will learn first hand about the wealthy, discrimination, and hard work.
Gwendolyn is prim and proper, a perfect example of the snobbish and haughty air of the privileged.
I feel this is a very creative way to write a coming of age story. A heartwarming story of life - its rights and wrongs, its hopes and dreams, its wants and desires, its loves and loss...
There are no bells and whistles, no blood and guts of the thriller and horror novels I love, but a wonderful story just the same.
I received a copy of The Tree of Life by Dawn Davis in return for an honest review.
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In their Agents & Editors series Poets & Writers interviews VP/Publisher Dawn Davis of Simon & Schuster imprint, 37 Ink
"Why aren’t there more people who look like me? Many black women have left and are no longer at a mainstream house. I can think of half a dozen in the past six years. Yes, I felt isolation, but just kind of powered through it. I’ve also had amazing mentors like André, who went out of his way because he thought my perspective would add value, and Marty, and I pay homage to them.
At Amistad I took great pride in knowing that the publisher, the associate publisher, and the publicist were three black women empowering our authors. We loved that."
A selection of book industry professionals and executives offer fresh, practical ideas—hacks, as it were—that can be used for action on diversity.
"If you are in a position to diversify your company, go outside your own routines to see the audience for the books" says Dawn Davis of Atria Books.
This is a discussion that has continuously come up in our discussions and won't end any time soon. The ideas from some of those interviewed present a sound reason for companies to look internally at their structure and figure out how to diversify it.
~Jenn
Why is it that I have NEVER thought of crocheting with embroidery thread (I have SO much of the stuff too post cross stitch years)??
This is pure loveliness from Dawn Davis.
I adore every single aspect of this documentary.
Story about "Bolter" parties, thrown to invigorate the aura of the legendary hedonist, the "high priestess of the Happy Valley set," Lady Idina Sackville. (Inspired by the bio, "The Bolter," by her great-granddaughter, Frances Osborne.)