Roberta Gately, author of The Bracelet, has served as a nurse and humanitarian aid worker in war zones ranging from Afghanistan to Africa, about which she wrote a series of articles for the BBC World News Online. She is also the author of the novel Lipstick in Afghanistan.
Interview
If you could travel in a Time Machine would you go back to the past or into the future?
Past -- without technology, people have to connect on a more personal level. I grew up that way writing letters, speaking on the phone. I still prefer that to emails and text messages.
Past -- without technology, people have to connect on a more personal level. I grew up that way writing letters, speaking on the phone. I still prefer that to emails and text messages.
If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 things would you want with you?
A good book, a sturdy blanket (which can be transformed into a bed or tent or shelter) and a book of matches to last me until I could master the art of starting a fire.
A good book, a sturdy blanket (which can be transformed into a bed or tent or shelter) and a book of matches to last me until I could master the art of starting a fire.
What is one book everyone should read?
To Kill A Mockingbird -- a story of courage and integrity and filled with characters that will stay with you a lifetime.
To Kill A Mockingbird -- a story of courage and integrity and filled with characters that will stay with you a lifetime.
What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Coffee with Oreo pieces
Coffee with Oreo pieces
What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
When I splurge on a real breakfast, I go for scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries and a bagel with cream cheese. As you might imagine, I don't splurge very often.
When I splurge on a real breakfast, I go for scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries and a bagel with cream cheese. As you might imagine, I don't splurge very often.
Night owl, or early bird?
Early bird -- I love the quiet and solitary beauty of early morning.
Early bird -- I love the quiet and solitary beauty of early morning.
One food you would never eat?
Squash!
Squash!
Skittles or M&Ms?
No contest -- I want the chocolate -- it's M&Ms for me.
No contest -- I want the chocolate -- it's M&Ms for me.
Please tell us in one sentence only, why we should read your book.
The Bracelet is a gripping mystery that exposes the hideous real life issue of human trafficking.
The Bracelet is a gripping mystery that exposes the hideous real life issue of human trafficking.
If you could jump in to a book, and live in that world . . . which would it be?
I would live in the fictional southern town of Maycomb, the setting in To Kill A Mockingbird. I love the idea of a simpler time and a slower pace where people take time for each other.
I would live in the fictional southern town of Maycomb, the setting in To Kill A Mockingbird. I love the idea of a simpler time and a slower pace where people take time for each other.
What was your favorite book when you were a child/teen?
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I still love it.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I still love it.
My favorite is one that my mother told me -- "Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see."
Favorite Food?
Cheeseburgers!
Cheeseburgers!
What movie and/or book are you looking forward to this year?
Zero Dark Thirty.
Zero Dark Thirty.
Nickname?
Bobbie
Bobbie
Summer or Winter?
Neither -- Fall is my favorite season.
Neither -- Fall is my favorite season.
Newly heartbroken and searching for purpose in her life, Abby Monroe is determined to make her mark as a UN worker in one of the world's most unstable cities: Peshawar, Pakistan. But after witnessing the brutal murder of a woman thrown from a building, she is haunted by the memory of an intricate and sparkling bracelet that adorned the victim's wrist.
At a local women's shelter, Abby meets former sex slaves who have miraculously escaped their captors. As she gains the girls' trust and documents their horrifying accounts of unspeakable pain and betrayal, she joins forces with a dashing New York Times reporter who believes he can incriminate the shadowy leader of the vicious human trafficking ring. Inspired by the women's remarkable bravery -- and the mysterious reappearance of the bracelet -- the duo traces evidence that spreads from remote villages of South Asia to the most powerful corners of the West, risking their lives to offer a voice to the countless innocents in bondage.
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this is a great sounding book to read.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a potent read because the sex trade is all too real for some people.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great read. I always donate my books to my Mom's library where she works im a little town in Linden Iowa. They have a very very small budget so love my books! Thanks for the contest!
ReplyDeleteCompliments to Brenda for tackling a very important issue that's terrorizing many. This is one of my pet interests and would like to read your novel soon. Thanks for this giveaway and the chance to win a great read.
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