ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Siri Mitchell graduated from the University of Washington with a business degree and worked in various levels of government. As a military spouse, she has lived all over the world, including Paris and Tokyo. Siri enjoys observing and learning from different cultures. She is fluent in French and loves sushi.But she is also a member of a strange breed of people called novelists. When they’re listening to a sermon and taking notes, chances are, they’ve just had a great idea for a plot or a dialogue. If they nod in response to a really profound statement, they’re probably thinking, “Yes. Right. That’s exactly what my character needs to hear.” When they edit their manuscripts, they laugh at the funny parts. And cry at the sad parts. Sometimes they even talk to their characters.
Siri wrote 4 books and accumulated 153 rejections before signing with a publisher. In the process, she saw the bottoms of more pints of Ben & Jerry’s than she cares to admit. At various times she has vowed never to write another word again. Ever. She has gone on writing strikes and even stooped to threatening her manuscripts with the shredder.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Debuting means plenty of work--there are corsets to be fitted, dances to master, manners to perfect. Her training soon pays off, however, as celebrity's spotlight turns Clara into a society-page darling.
Yet Clara soon wonders if this is the life she really wants. Especially when she learns her best friend has also set her sights on Franklin De Vries.
When a man appears who seems to love her simply for who she is and gossip backlash turns ugly, Clara realizes it's not just her marriage at stake--the future of her family depends on how she plays the game.
If you would like to read the first chapter of She Walks in Beauty, go HERE.
Back Cover Review:
Siri Mitchell’s She Walks In Beauty rivals any Jane Austin book! It may even surpass comparison to classics like Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Siri’s secret? Her thorough research; she writes about the intricate details of daily life in 1800s high society, details that were so everyday for Jane Austin that she probably didn’t think to include them – such as the daily complications of wearing a corset, the cultural perception of beauty at the time, the uses of numerous pieces of silverware unfamiliar to most of us and an obsession with relational checks and balances within their social circles - to name a few. She captured the formality of the dialogue of the time without being stiff or stuffy and her characters speech flows eloquently. She also confronts her heroine with the problem of the poor in her city. People living in deplorable living conditions – thoughts that were consider “unpleasant” and best to be avoided – perhaps not so different from today, but that must have risen to their attention nonetheless.
She Walks In Beauty is woven with “timeless truths” and lots of romance (tastefully done!) – and a Heroine that I adored!!!
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