I can’t tell you how excited I am about fellow Aussie Lisa McKay’s second book, and hang on to your hats, it’s not even fiction!! Lisa has written a memoir of her long distance romance that I know will be funny, moving, thought provoking and refreshingly honest 🙂 Love at the Speed of Email will be available in digital format and paperback this June but I had to share it with you now!
While you are waiting, get your hands on her debut novel, My Hands Came Away Red, an exceptional novel that I have reviewed here. Bear in mind it is an excellent book club selection, too.
Love at the Speed of Email by Lisa McKay
Lisa looks as if she has it made. She has turned her nomadic childhood and forensic psychology training into a successful career as a stress management trainer for humanitarian aid workers. She lives in Los Angeles, travels the world, and her first novel has just been published to some acclaim. But as she turns 31, Lisa realizes that she is still single, constantly on airplanes, and increasingly wondering where home is and what it really means to commit to a person, place, or career.
When an intriguing stranger living on the other side of the world emails her out of the blue, she must decide whether she will risk trying to answer those questions. Her decision will change her life.
June, 2012
Don’t just take my word for it ~ check out these stellar endorsements:
“Love at the Speed of Email is part grand romance, part travel memoir and part essay on life’s most precious gifts. Lisa McKay is a phenomenal writer; clever and comedic, poignant and pitch-perfect. You will love this love story.”
– Susan Meissner, award-winning author of The Shape of Mercy and A Sound Among the Trees
– Susan Meissner, award-winning author of The Shape of Mercy and A Sound Among the Trees
“Love at the Speed of Email, Lisa McKay’s engrossing memoir about life and love and home, is a wild ride that spans the globe. At turns funny, contemplative, and romantic, Lisa’s story resonated on many different levels and kept me eagerly turning pages, hoping for a happily-ever-after ending to this modern day fairy tale. I can’t recommend this extraordinary book highly enough!”
– Nicole Baart, best-selling author of Far From Here and After the Leaves Fall
– Nicole Baart, best-selling author of Far From Here and After the Leaves Fall
“A travel memoir with a deep soul, Love at the Speed of Email takes us around the world but always brings us back to the heart of the matter: humanity’s longing for place, purpose, faith. Lisa McKay’s seamless storyteling helps us find ourselves in every corner of her globetrotting and even learn a little about love along the way. A true pleasure for the journeyer in all of us!”
– Leeana Tankersley, author of Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places
– Leeana Tankersley, author of Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places
“Love at the Speed of Email is a riveting memoir by a talented author and globe-trotter. I loved journeying with Lisa McKay as she sought the love of her life and a place to call home. I can’t recommend this beautiful and triumphant story enough!”
– Gina Holmes, award-winning author of Crossing Oceans and Dry as Rain
– Gina Holmes, award-winning author of Crossing Oceans and Dry as Rain
Connect with Lisa
Website: http://www.lisamckaywriting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/lmwriting
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lisamckaywriting
April 10, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Oooo…sounds intriguing! Love the cover, too!
Thanks for sharing, Rel. =)