The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall, is available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — through Sunday, 12/1/13, at this link.
This is a memorable book — beautifully and even lyrically written…exuberant with the sense of a life lived determined to survive.”
JOHN RECHY, author of CITY OF NIGHT and THE MIRACULOUS DAY OF AMALIA GOMEZ
NOTE: If you don’t own a Kindle, you can download Kindle read apps — for free — at Amazon.com
The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall, is available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — through Sunday, 12/1/13, at this link.
This is a memorable book — beautifully and even lyrically written…exuberant with the sense of a life lived determined to survive.”
JOHN RECHY, author of CITY OF NIGHT and THE MIRACULOUS DAY OF AMALIA GOMEZ
NOTE: If you don’t own a Kindle, you can download Kindle read apps — for free — at Amazon.com
Silver Birch Press congratulates its six Pushcart Prize nominees for writing published during 2013:
Jeffrey C. Alfier, author of the poetry chapbook The Wolf Yearling (May 2013)
Rachel Carey, author of the novel Debt (February 2013)
Chris Forhan, author of the poetry chapbook Ransack and Dance (July 2013)
Ellaraine Lockie, author of the poetry chapbook Coffee House Confessions (February 2013)
Philippa Mayall, author of the memoir Phoenix (June 2013)
Daniel Romo, author of the poetry chapbook Romancing Gravity (May 2013)
We were honored to publish your work during 2013!
The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix: A Memoir by Philippa Mayall is #2 on the Amazon Kindle list for free biographies and memoirs of women. Download your free copy through Sunday, 12/1/13 at at this link.
NOTE: If you don’t own a Kindle, you can download Kindle read apps — for free — at Amazon.com
For her outstanding writing, Silver Birch Press is nominating Philippa Mayall for a 2013 Pushcart Prize.
The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall, is available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — from Wednesday, 11/27, through Sunday, 12/1/13, at this link.
This is a memorable book — beautifully and even lyrically written…exuberant with the sense of a life lived determined to survive.”
JOHN RECHY, author of CITY OF NIGHT and THE MIRACULOUS DAY OF AMALIA GOMEZ
For her outstanding writing, Silver Birch Press is nominating Philippa Mayall for a 2013 Pushcart Prize.
From Wednesday, Nov. 27th through Sunday, December 1st, the Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall, will be available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — at this link.
“This is no simple recovery story. Phoenix has the lust, the furor and passion of Norman Mailer…of Pynchon, of Kerouac…With this fierce memoir, Phoenix, Philippa Mayall comes roaring into the literary world; her sharp and angry Manchester, England, voice barges into the pale and tidy tea room of L.A. literature like a Harley with Drone power.”
JILL ROBINSON, Huffington Post
Thank you to everyone who downloaded a Kindle version of PHOENIX by Philippa Mayall during our free Kindle days on 7/30 and 7/31. The book achieved #1 status on Amazon’s Free Kindle list for “Drug Dependency.”
In her memoir, author Philippa Mayall takes us from her childhood in England, where family members perished in a house fire ignited by an alcoholic stepfather to Los Angeles and her struggle with drug dependency and homelessness.
To give you an overview of the book, here is text from the back cover:
“This powerful memoir immediately establishes itself as the work of a highly talented young writer. In a voice that is strong, unsparing, never judgmental, Mayall traces her years-long journey as a young woman to find escape out of the entrapping mean streets of Los Angeles, a separated world invisible to all but its denizens. She does this with unflinching honesty and authenticity. She knows what it’s like to wake up into the harsh sunlight in a Venice Beach parking lot, cramped in an old car with other outcasts. She conveys the urgency for chemical surcease that leads her into dangerous streets, dark alleys; surcease no matter if bought by a sordid paid encounter. A punishing dawn at times finds her still searching for that illusive escape.
Through all this, Mayall is able to find poignancy and humor. She finds it in the drug recovery meetings she haunts in search of vagrant camaraderie. She finds it—and introduces the reader to a cast of memorable fellow exiles–in a rigidly ruled rehabilitation institution.
This is a memorable book–beautifully and even lyrically written. At times it is melancholy, at times hopeful, at times shocking, but it is always moving. At times it is even exuberant with the sense of a life lived determined to survive.”
JOHN RECHY, author of City of Night
Stay tuned for future Kindle giveaways of PHOENIX! Again, thank you to everyone who downloaded a free Kindle version of the book. We are trying to get the word out about Mayall’s compelling memoir — so please help us spread the word by reblogging, posting on Facebook, or emailing to friends.
The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall, is available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — on Wednesday, 7/31, at this link.
“This is no simple recovery story. Phoenix has the lust, the furor and passion of Norman Mailer…of Pynchon, of Kerouac…With this fierce memoir, Phoenix, Philippa Mayall comes roaring into the literary world; her sharp and angry Manchester, England, voice barges into the pale and tidy tea room of L.A. literature like a Harley with Drone power.”
JILL ROBINSON, Huffington Post
The Silver Birch Press release Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall is available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — on Tuesday, 7/30, and Wednesday, 7/31, at this link.
“This is a memorable book — beautifully and even lyrically written…exuberant with the sense of a life lived determined to survive.” JOHN RECHY, author of CITY OF NIGHT and THE MIRACULOUS DAY OF AMALIA GOMEZ
Silver Birch Press is initiating a series of free Kindle downloads with Debt, a novel by Rachel Carey — available for free at Amazon.com on Friday, July 26, 2013. You can download the Kindle — which retails for $6.99 — for free starting at 12 Midnight PST at this link. (This is the first time we’re trying this, so if there are any glitches — say, the book doesn’t show up for free — we will fix the problem and repeat the offer.)
Phoenix, a memoir by Philippa Mayall will be available as a free Kindle download — a savings of $7.99 — on Tuesday, 7/30, and Wednesday, 7/31, at this link.
Download the Kindle version of the Silver Birch Press Summer Anthology for free (a $2.99 value) on Wednesday, 7/31, and Thursday, 8/1, at this link.
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Thank you!
Silver Birch Press 