Book Blast & Giveaway for The Red Qipao by Ayo Oum Shanti

Join author Ayo Oum Shanti on her Virtual Book Blast for The Red Qipao, presented by Pump Up Your Book!, from November 11 – November 29, 2013.  Please leave a comment or question for Ayo  Shanti to let her know you stopped by.  You can enter her tour wide giveaway by filling out the Rafflecopter form below.  

Title: The Red Qipao
Genre: Historical Mystery/Suspense
Author: Ayo Shanti
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 343
Language: English

About the Book:

All the stories that filled my childhood, even the ones about my beloved Lemminkainen, were overshadowed by my growing obsession with the mystery surrounding Mother. And at the heart of her mystery was a red silk dress.  At the end of World War II, five-year-old Carlotta “Carrie” Saari, who was boarded out during the war, reunites with her family. She and her older sister Beth are soon bonded by their love of stories, Finnish mythology, the different characters that fill their lives, and their need to solve the mystery that surrounds their mother. They secretly discover a red Chinese dress (qipao) in their attic. Soon Beth’s awakening sexuality creates an undercurrent of tension with their mother, suddenly exploding when Beth appears in the red dress. The sisters’ world then shatters when their mother mysteriously disappears.

Beth goes on to live a nomadic life, intermittently visiting Carrie, who becomes disturbed by Beth’s blatant approach to sex. Their mother’s red dress, which Beth had taken, appears from time to time throughout Carrie’s life.

While Carrie moves through the turbulence of the twentieth century, her quest to uncover the mystery of the red dress and her mother’s disappearance takes her back to the Shanghai of the 1920′s, on a journey to self-discovery and the healing power of love.

Purchase your copy:  iUniverse │  Amazon

About the Author:

Ayo Oum Shanti was deeply influenced by her Finnish father and the China experience of her maternal grandmother. Poet, writer, dancer, world traveler, Ms. Shanti has a special interest in spiritual practices and indigenous cultures. She lives in New York City.

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By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.

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This giveaway begins November 11 and ends November 29.

Winners will be contacted via email on Monday, December 2, 2013.

Winner has 48 hours to reply.

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