Blog Tour Kick-Off: The Bonnet Book by Nancy Menees Hardesty!
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YA Bound Book Tours is organizing a Blog Tour for: The Bonnet Book by Nancy Menees Hardesty. This tour will run from September 21st to October 2nd. Check out the tour schedule below.
The Bonnet Book
by Nancy Menees Hardesty
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Release Date: August 1st 2020
Summary:
Sent away on an orphan train at fourteen, smart and lovely Blanche Spencer lands in St. Louis, Missouri as a nursemaid, wearing rags and sleeping in a pantry. To rise above her servitude, she begins a self-education program. A trade booth at the 1904 World’s Fair and a Cobden, Illinois apprenticeship launch her into a hat-making career, which she documents in a tiny diary, The Bonnet Book.
An early example of self-determination and girl power, Blanche—now Bonnie—travels alone to the Wild West, where she’s presented with the chance of a lifetime and the possibility of love—both rife with challenges that test her drive, purpose in life, and sense of self.
The Bonnet Book diary and other historical items in the novel are real-life touchstones in this gripping, inspiring story based on the life of the author's grandmother.
An early example of self-determination and girl power, Blanche—now Bonnie—travels alone to the Wild West, where she’s presented with the chance of a lifetime and the possibility of love—both rife with challenges that test her drive, purpose in life, and sense of self.
The Bonnet Book diary and other historical items in the novel are real-life touchstones in this gripping, inspiring story based on the life of the author's grandmother.
About the Author
Nancy Menees Hardesty, born in Illinois and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, moved to San Francisco, California in 1969. Nancy spent six years researching and writing her debut novel, The Bonnet Book. She had various family journals and artifacts and the extensive help of her mother, Mary Kay Menees, who was the daughter-in-law of the book’s protagonist, Bonnie Spencer. The tiny “Bonnet Book” of hat sketches and the wooden hat-supply trunk featured in the book are still in the author’s possession.
Website: https://nancymeneeshardesty.
Blog Tour Schedule
September 21
Living in a Bookworld Excerpt
Novels Alive Inspiration for the Novel
September 22
Rattle the Stars Excerpt
September 23
The Avid Reader Excerpt
Hurn Publications Spotlight
Chapters Through Life Excerpt
September 24
Buried Under Books Review
Pine Enshrined Reviews Excerpt
September 25
For the Love of KidLit Excerpt
Willow Reads and Writes Excerpt
September 28
Wishful Endings Excerpt
Lisa-Queen of Random Excerpt
September 29
Damsel In The Bookland Excerpt
YA Author & Reader Excerpt
Zainey Laney Excerpt
September 30
abookandalattee http://abookandalattee.blogspot.com Review
October 1
October 2
Books A-Brewin' Spotlight
Teatime and Books Excerpt
