Promise Bridge
by Eileen Clymer Schwab
ISBN: 978-0-451-23003-4
Publisher: NAL/Penguin
Release: July 2010

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Welcome and thank you for joining me! I appreciate having the opportunity to introduce myself and my novel Promise Bridge. If you like being swept away by a touching, layered saga with memorable, moving characters then we have something in common. I love discovering characters who seek out the best in each other and in themselves; resonating with the reader long after the book has been finished and set aside. Men and women, who in the face of danger and adversity, hold tight to their beliefs trusting that love and goodness will empower them.

This project has been an exciting one for me, so I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it. Long intrigued with the transitional period preceding the US Civil War, I find inspiration in the courage of those who sought freedom, as well as the spirit of joined purpose developed with those who provided aid during their journey. What amazing stories of love, loss, and bold beginnings could come alive against the backdrop of this volatile period in history! Promise Bridge is the fictional account of just such a beginning.

My hope is you will be swept away by this amazing and perilous journey, and in doing so, realize we each have a "promise bridge" within us. We need only reach out to complete it.

When faced with a divide.... be a bridge. ©

Warmest wishes,