The House Blog Tour

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About the Author

Anjuelle Floyd is a wife of twenty-eight years, mother of three, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in mother-daughter relations and dream work.

A graduate of Duke University, she received her MA in Counseling Psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. She has attended the Dominican Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, California, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington. She has received certificates of participation from The Hurston-Wright Writers’ Week and The Voices of Our Nations Writing Workshops.

A student of Process Painting for the last decade, Anjuelle has participated in The Art of Living Black Exhibitions 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 held at the Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.

Anjuelle facilitates writing groups and provides individual consultation of fiction projects. She also gives talks on The Need for Family, the Writing Process as a Path Toward Self-discovery and Healing.

The House by Anjuelle Floyd

About the Book
On receiving the very thing she wants—a divorce and the power to sell their house—over which they have fought the past year—Anna Manning learns that Edward, her soon-to-be ex-husband is dying from cancer.

A faithful wife for three decades, and stay-at-home mother of four children, Anna endured Edward’s constant absence due to travel for his international real estate firm and numerous extra-marital affairs. With their children now adults, Edward has less than six months, possibly three, to live.

Anna takes him home to die in the house she has fought so vigorously to sell. But letting go of someone who has caused so much pain in your life doesn’t come easily. Edward has changed. There are Anna and Edward’s four children, three of whom who are married and struggling to endow their families with meaning and purpose.

News of Edward’s terminal illness provokes her to understand the present, rooted in a wellspring of the past and pouring into a future without him.

The House shows what happens when one adopts the belief that: All hold regret and are seeking forgiveness. Our salvation rests in the hands of others—most particularly the ones we love, and who have treated us wrongly.

Purchase the Book Online at:

http://www.anjuellefloyd.com/books/the-house/

WIN A FREE KINDLE!
To celebrate the release of her novel, The House, author Anjuelle Floyd is offering a (1) Kindle Wi-Fi (retail value: $139.00) as a part of her promotional blog tour. A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 1, 2010.

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CHARACTER SKETCH: Meet David Manning

Have you ever wondered how a writer comes up with her characters? Author Anjuelle Floyd provides a peek inside the profile of one of the Manning’s children.

David Manning was an interesting character to write. From the outset of the novel his actions of threatening to attempt to declare Anna mental unfit put me on notice.

David was hurting. The divorce of one’s parents splits open the ground of being upon which one stands both emotionally and spiritually. That Anna had requested the split signaled to David what he had worked so hard to deny and overcome–his father lack of marital faithfulness.

I recognized Anna’s strength immediately when she sought no retaliation. She instead expresses her hurt and frustration by asking where was he during Edward’s numerous absences.

Years ago I learned from a practicing attorney that any person can sue another person, not that David ever gets to that point.

And yet it is the threat, the idea that he would even consider such a move, by which he notified Anna through Henderson, that carries emotional weight. That David worked as a law intern in Henderson’s office hearkens back or rather forwards to Edward’s previous history with Henderson. Henderson Felterfield was at one time Edward’s attorney, and legal advisor. They were at best friends, at the least businessmen who respected each other.

Over time Edward’s extra-marital dalliances eroded Henderson’s respect regarding Edward’s role has a husband. And yet Henderson states quite clearly that he has been a good husband.

When Henderson Felterfield clarifies that any suit David attempts against Anna concerning her mental state will be bogus and moot. But Anna knows more.

We learn later that it is David who has wiped Anna’s tears and promised to take care of her when he reaches adulthood. He promises to give her a home wherein she is loved. It is no wonder that Edward, in the wake of Anna abandoning her efforts at divorcing him, wills the house to David.

Was Edward in giving the house to David taking it from Anna, or was Edward providing David with what he thought of hoped would satiate David in what would soon be the death of Edward? Or simply put, was this Edward’s way of saying, “I’m sorry,” to David?

The House – A Review by Dellani Oakes

The House by Anjuelle Floyd

Anna Manning wants a divorce. She’s asking for freedom from Edward’s philandering and emotional abuse he’s given her for over thirty years. After more than a year of fighting, he finally gives her all she wants—a divorce and freedom to sell their house.

But Edward’s changed, diminished, he’s dying and has nowhere to go. In an unexpected move that shocks her to the core, Anna decides to hold off the divorce and bring Edward home—to die. Edward’s illness and Anna’s decision cause each of the characters to reflect on their own lives, meeting their own personal demons and conquering them.

Anjuelle Floyd has a unique voice. At times, she confronts adversity, at others, embraces it. Her character studies astutely, but lovingly, reveal the inner workings of the human heart. Exposing them, she invites us to accept them for what they are. By the conclusion of “The House”, each of the characters has made the difficult transition from anger and denial, to acceptance.

“The House” is a beautiful, lyrical story of grief, acceptance and love. I highly recommend it and her other book, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident” for those who enjoy exploring the human heart.