(368,2,'2021-04-06 19:38:18','2021-04-06 19:38:18','<div id=\"pl-2\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;callout-links&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"callout-links\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2><a href=\"/books\">Books</a></h2></div>\n</div></div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<code><h2><a href=\"/films\">Films</a></h2></code></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;40px 0px 0px 0px&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;1em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-2-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;remove-children-margin&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"remove-children-margin panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-1-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3>Get the New Book!</h3>\n<h2>A Parting Glass – A Novel</h2>\n<h4>By Author Tess Banion &amp; Illustrator Paul Flinders</h4>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.24982161733615\" ><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:15,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;11889823605b5d51e4cc70a485063330&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532842511797&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-210003&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-0\\&quot; 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”\n\n<a data-fancybox data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\'{\"autoSize\": true, \"height\": \"auto\",\"maxWidth\" : 800, \"width\":60% }\' href=\"#reviews\">Read the Reviews!</a></div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"5\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-210005&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n\n~Debbie Wilson\n\n</div>\n\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\n\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\n\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\n\n\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\n\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\n\n~ By Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite\n\n\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?\n\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\n\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >			<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/719064499&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"></iframe></p>\n<p>Listen to Tess speak about her book on Timeline Radio!<br />\n<em>Tess is introduced in minute 20 of the recording. </em></p>\n</div>\n		</div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.38196600790794\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:54,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tess Banion in her Office&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;below&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Tess Bannion in her Office&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;full_width&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;13830329335b5fafcf6dad5254777513&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532997593789&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-210012&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-3-1-0\\&quot; 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n\n~Debbie Wilson\n\n</div>\n\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\n\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\n\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\n\n\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\n\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\n\n~ By Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite\n\n\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?\n\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\n\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"5\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-36910005&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~ By Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"5\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-210005&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~ By Divine Zape for Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosento make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-133 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sketch_TreePiano-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"307\">\n\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads.This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\n\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-124 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Ballerina-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"292\">\n\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developingthe theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\n\n~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite\n\n&nbsp;\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?\n\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify\nwith and for that reason alone is a powerful and&nbsp;<img class=\" wp-image-130 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sister_Mary_Paul-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"328\">compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\n\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-129 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Piggyback300-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse&nbsp; head on, however it is written in&nbsp; such a gentle, childlike way that it&nbsp; could have been written by Enid&nbsp; Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,&nbsp; Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken&nbsp; bully. It is not a sad story though.&nbsp; Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are&nbsp; addictive and I could not wait to&nbsp; find out the ending. Poignant and&nbsp; dream like, what a way to tackle&nbsp; such a tough topic!&nbsp;</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-373 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"477\">','Reviews','','inherit','closed','closed','','391-revision-v1','','','2021-04-07 16:28:55','2021-04-07 16:28:55','',391,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=404',0,'revision','',0),(378,2,'2021-04-06 21:11:53','2021-04-06 21:11:53','<div id=\"pl-2\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;callout-links&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"callout-links\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2><a href=\"/books\">Books</a></h2></div>\n</div></div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<code><h2><a href=\"/films\">Films</a></h2></code></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;40px 0px 0px 0px&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;1em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-2-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;remove-children-margin&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"remove-children-margin panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-1-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3>Get the New Book!</h3>\n<h2>A Parting Glass – A Novel</h2>\n<h4>By Author Tess Banion &amp; 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-37810010&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; 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display: none;\">\n<p>“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews</h1>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >			<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/719064499&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"></iframe></p>\n<p>Listen to Tess speak about her book on Timeline Radio!<br />\n<em>Tess is introduced in minute 20 of the recording. </em></p>\n</div>\n		</div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.38196600790794\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"18\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:54,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tess Banion in her Office&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;below&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Tess Bannion in her Office&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;full_width&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;13830329335b5fafcf6dad5254777513&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1532997593789&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-37810018&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-3-1-0\\&quot; 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. 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display: none;\">\n<p>“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews</h1>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. She grew up in a nice size Catholic family with three brothers and a sister. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies.\n\nShe has raised two children and helped sustain a marriage of 37 years. She’s gone to school (got a couple of Masters), worked in politics, changed careers and found her calling. This is her first novel but not her last. 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class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;5\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65-1-1-3\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-1-1-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"6\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"WP_Widget_Custom_HTML\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;[modal_optin_form]&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;custom_html-6510006&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_custom_html&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-65-1-1-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_custom_html\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;6\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-1-1-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"7\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on <a href=\"https://www.audible.com/author/Tess-Banion/B07D62Q9ZR\">Audible</a>, <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-parting-glass/id1440487048?ign-gact=1\">Apple Books</a>, and through most libraries!</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\" wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" /></h2>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<div style=\"max-width: 60%;display:none;\" id=\"reviews\">\n“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~ Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~ Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~ Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~ Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~ Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n\n~ Debbie Wilson\n\n</div></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-65-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;4em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<a href=\"http://www.paulflinders.net/a-parting-glass\">View Illustrations by the artist Paul Flinders</a></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div>','Books','','inherit','closed','closed','','65-revision-v1','','','2021-04-06 21:18:54','2021-04-06 21:18:54','',65,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=382',0,'revision','',0),(381,2,'2021-04-06 21:18:54','2021-04-06 21:18:54','<div id=\"pl-65\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-65-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;40px 0px 0px 0px&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;1em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-65-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;remove-children-margin&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"remove-children-margin panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2>A Parting Glass – A Novel</h2>\n<h4>By Author Tess Banion &amp; Illustrator Paul Flinders</h4></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-65-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;4em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.24982161733615\" ><div id=\"panel-65-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;frames&quot;:[{&quot;background_image&quot;:15,&quot;background_image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;background_color&quot;:false,&quot;background_image_type&quot;:&quot;cover&quot;,&quot;foreground_image&quot;:0,&quot;foreground_image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;background_videos&quot;:[],&quot;new_window&quot;:false},{&quot;background_image&quot;:136,&quot;background_image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;background_color&quot;:false,&quot;background_image_type&quot;:&quot;cover&quot;,&quot;foreground_image&quot;:0,&quot;foreground_image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;background_videos&quot;:[],&quot;new_window&quot;:false}],&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000,&quot;nav_color_hex&quot;:&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;,&quot;nav_style&quot;:&quot;thin&quot;,&quot;nav_size&quot;:25,&quot;swipe&quot;:true,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;20973745485b81e0c3a0290954672455&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1535238370650&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-slider-38110001&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-slider&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-65-1-0-0\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;1\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-1-0-0&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"pgc-65-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.75017838266385\" ><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	“It was beginning again.\n\nElizabeth looked around the room from face to face. She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”\n\n<a data-fancybox data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\'{\"autoSize\": true, \"height\": \"auto\",\"maxWidth\" : 800, \"width\":60% }\' href=\"#reviews\">Read the Reviews!</a></div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65-1-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-38110003&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-65-1-1-1\\&quot; 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~ Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~ Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~ Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~ Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~ Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~ Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~ Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~ Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~ Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~ Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n\n~ Debbie Wilson\n\n</div></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-65-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;4em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<a href=\"http://www.paulflinders.net/a-parting-glass\">View Illustrations by the artist Paul Flinders</a></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div>','Books','','inherit','closed','closed','','65-revision-v1','','','2021-04-06 21:28:18','2021-04-06 21:28:18','',65,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=386',0,'revision','',0),(385,2,'2021-04-06 21:28:18','2021-04-06 21:28:18','<div id=\"pl-65\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-65-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;40px 0px 0px 0px&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;1em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-65-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;remove-children-margin&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"remove-children-margin panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2>A Parting Glass – A Novel</h2>\n<h4>By Author Tess Banion &amp; 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She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”\n\n<a data-fancybox data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\'{\"autoSize\": true, \"height\": \"auto\",\"maxWidth\" : 800, \"width\":60% }\' href=\"#reviews\">Read the Reviews!</a></div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-65-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65-1-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-38510003&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-65-1-1-1\\&quot; 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n\n~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review\n\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n\n~ Maureen Carroll\n\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n\n~ Connie Shidler\n\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n\n~ Joyce Cussimanio\n \n\n“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children.  I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n\n~ Kathy Sutton\n\n \n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n\n~ Liz Calloni\n\n\n“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story.  I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading.  As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy.  It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n\n~ Debbie Wilson\n\n</div></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-65-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;bottom_margin&quot;:&quot;4em&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-65-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<a href=\"http://www.paulflinders.net/a-parting-glass\">View Illustrations by the artist Paul Flinders</a></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div>','Books','','inherit','closed','closed','','65-revision-v1','','','2021-04-06 21:28:18','2021-04-06 21:28:18','',65,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=385',0,'revision','',0),(387,2,'2021-04-06 21:38:44','2021-04-06 21:38:44','<div id=\"pl-217\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-217-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div id=\"pgc-217-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>A moment to moment reflection.</em></h2></div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >			<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/719064499&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></p>\n<p>Listen to Tess speak about her book on a local, Lawrence 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widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Follow Tess </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>on Facebook, </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Instagram, </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>and </em><em>Twitter</em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> for more updates.</em></h2>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-217-1-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-social-media-buttons panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_SocialMediaButtons_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" 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data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div id=\"pgc-217-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" ><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>A moment to moment reflection.</em></h2></div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >			<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/719064499&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></p>\n<p>Listen to Tess speak about her book on a local, Lawrence podcast!</p>\n</div>\n		</div></div></div><div id=\"pg-217-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"left\" ><div id=\"pgc-217-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-217-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >			<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https://twitter.com/TessBanion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by TessBanion</a> <script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n</div>\n		</div></div><div id=\"pgc-217-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-217-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Follow Tess </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>on Facebook, </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Instagram, </em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>and </em><em>Twitter</em></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> for more 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data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;callout-links&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"1\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div id=\"callout-links\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2><a href=\"/books\">Books</a></h2></div>\n</div></div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.5\" ><div id=\"panel-2-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<code><h2><a href=\"/films\">Films</a></h2></code></div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;40px 0px 0px 0px&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 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Flinders</h4>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;home-callout&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\" ><div id=\"home-callout\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;vertical_alignment&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;}\"  data-weight=\"0.2506119802221\" ><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"3\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0in 0in 0in 0in&quot;}\" 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data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0in 0in 0in 0in&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-0&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"4\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;3.5in 4in 4in 4in&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" 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data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;3.5in 4in 4in 4in&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-1&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"5\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1636507900606cc38882dc3261326197&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-38910005&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-2\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;5\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-2&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"6\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;678344826606cc385e9720737755502&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-38910006&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-3\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;6\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"7\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:377,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1610775090606cc459b1c9f226095008&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617743037949&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-38910007&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;7\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1564736548606cc4cd2f299551881300&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-38910008&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-5\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;8\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-5&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.7493880197779\" ><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<p>“It was beginning again.</p>\n<p>Elizabeth looked around the room from face to face. She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-38910010&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;10\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;optin-popup-form-button&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;mc-float-left&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\\&quot; id=\\&quot;optin-popup-form-button\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-1&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"11\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;clear&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&quot;}\" ><div class=\"clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-2\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy on Amazon&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\/\\/a.co\\/548Jhea&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:true,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-external-link-square&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;6199195125b5d29df24eb2266636610&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534084472479&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-38910011&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-2\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;11\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-2\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-2&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"12\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;clear&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&quot;}\" ><div class=\"clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-3\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy at Anamcara Press&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\/\\/anamcara-press.com\\/product\\/book-a-parting-glass-a-novel\\/&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:true,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;atom&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;19539520305b5def59e7dfa193094744&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534084480041&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-38910012&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-3\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;12\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-3\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"13\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"WP_Widget_Custom_HTML\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;[modal_optin_form]&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;custom_html-38910013&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_custom_html&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_custom_html\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;13\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"14\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on <a href=\"https://www.audible.com/author/Tess-Banion/B07D62Q9ZR\">Audible</a>, <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-parting-glass/id1440487048?ign-gact=1\">Apple Books</a>, and through most libraries!</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\" wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" /></h2>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<div id=\"reviews\" style=\"max-width: 60%; display: none;\">\n<p>“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews</h1>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span></p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span></p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. 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class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;5\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-2&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"6\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;678344826606cc385e9720737755502&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-40210006&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-3\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;6\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"7\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:377,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1610775090606cc459b1c9f226095008&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617743037949&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-40210007&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;7\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1564736548606cc4cd2f299551881300&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-40210008&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-5\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;8\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-5&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.7493880197779\" ><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<p>“It was beginning again.</p>\n<p>Elizabeth looked around the room from face to face. She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-40210010&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;10\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;optin-popup-form-button&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;mc-float-left&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\\&quot; id=\\&quot;optin-popup-form-button\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-1&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"11\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;clear&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&quot;}\" ><div class=\"clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-2\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy on Amazon&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\\/\\/a.co\\/548Jhea&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:true,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-external-link-square&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;6199195125b5d29df24eb2266636610&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534084472479&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-40210011&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-2\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;11\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-2\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-2&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"12\" data-style=\"{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;clear&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&quot;}\" ><div class=\"clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-3\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Buy at Anamcara Press&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\/\\/anamcara-press.com\\/product\\/book-a-parting-glass-a-novel\\/&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:true,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;atom&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;19539520305b5def59e7dfa193094744&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534084480041&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-40210012&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-3\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;12\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-3\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"13\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"WP_Widget_Custom_HTML\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;[modal_optin_form]&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;custom_html-40210013&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_custom_html&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_custom_html\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;13\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"14\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on <a href=\"https://www.audible.com/author/Tess-Banion/B07D62Q9ZR\">Audible</a>, <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-parting-glass/id1440487048?ign-gact=1\">Apple Books</a>, and through most libraries!</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\" wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" /></h2>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<div id=\"reviews\" style=\"max-width: 60%; display: none;\">\n<p>“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews</h1>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span></p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://tessbanion.com/reviews/(opens in a new tab)\">Click HERE for more reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. 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class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;7\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;image&quot;:0,&quot;image_fallback&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title_align&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title_position&quot;:&quot;hidden&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bound&quot;:true,&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;1564736548606cc4cd2f299551881300&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;full_width&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-image-210008&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-image&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-0-5\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;8\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-0-5&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"pgc-2-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.7493880197779\" ><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"9\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<p>“It was beginning again.</p>\n<p>Elizabeth looked around the room from face to face. She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"#reviews\" data-fancybox=\"\" data-src=\"#reviews\" data-options=\"{&quot;autoSize&quot;: true, &quot;height&quot;: &quot;auto&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot; : 800, &quot;width&quot;:60% }\">Read the Reviews!</a></p>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button\" data-index=\"10\" data-style=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;optin-popup-form-button&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;mc-float-left&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"mc-float-left panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-1\" id=\"optin-popup-form-button\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"SiteOrigin_Widget_Button_Widget\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Free Sample&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;button_icon&quot;:{&quot;icon_selected&quot;:&quot;fontawesome-download&quot;,&quot;icon_color&quot;:false,&quot;icon&quot;:0,&quot;icon_placement&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;design&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:false,&quot;width_unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;flat&quot;,&quot;button_color&quot;:&quot;#81d742&quot;,&quot;text_color&quot;:false,&quot;hover&quot;:true,&quot;font&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;font_size&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;rounding&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;classes&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;onclick&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rel&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;so_field_container_state&quot;:&quot;open&quot;},&quot;_sow_form_id&quot;:&quot;8424969555b5d2905da243399601986&quot;,&quot;_sow_form_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534107063148&quot;,&quot;new_window&quot;:false,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;sow-button-210010&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_sow-button&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-1\\&quot; 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class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_sow-button\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;12\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;class&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;clear&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;margin&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;0px 0px 0px 15px&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;clear panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-2-2-1-3\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-3&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"13\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >[siteorigin_widget class=\"WP_Widget_Custom_HTML\"]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"{&quot;instance&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;content&quot;:&quot;[modal_optin_form]&quot;,&quot;so_sidebar_emulator_id&quot;:&quot;custom_html-210013&quot;,&quot;option_name&quot;:&quot;widget_custom_html&quot;},&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;before_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;div id=\\&quot;panel-2-2-1-4\\&quot; class=\\&quot;so-panel widget widget_custom_html\\&quot; data-index=\\&quot;13\\&quot; data-style=\\&quot;{&amp;quot;background_image_attachment&amp;quot;:false,&amp;quot;background_display&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;tile&amp;quot;}\\&quot; &gt;&quot;,&quot;after_widget&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/div&gt;&quot;,&quot;before_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;h3 class=\\&quot;widget-title\\&quot;&gt;&quot;,&quot;after_title&quot;:&quot;&lt;\\/h3&gt;&quot;,&quot;widget_id&quot;:&quot;widget-2-1-4&quot;}}\" />[/siteorigin_widget]</div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"14\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;margin&quot;:&quot;0em 0em 0.9em 0em&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">on <a href=\"https://www.audible.com/author/Tess-Banion/B07D62Q9ZR\">Audible</a>, <a href=\"https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-parting-glass/id1440487048?ign-gact=1\">Apple Books</a>, and through most libraries!</p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\" wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"454\" /></h2>\n</div>\n</div></div><div id=\"panel-2-2-1-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<div id=\"reviews\" style=\"max-width: 60%; display: none;\">\n<p>“A deftly crafted and inherently engaging story of hope and transformation, “A Parting Glass” showcases author Tess Banion’s genuine flair for narrative driven storytelling. One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</p>\n<p>“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”</p>\n<p>~Maureen Carroll</p>\n<p>“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”</p>\n<p>~Connie Shidler</p>\n<p>“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.</p>\n<p>“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”</p>\n<p>~Joyce Cussimanio</p>\n<p>“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”</p>\n<p>~Kathy Sutton</p>\n<p>“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”</p>\n<p>~Liz Calloni</p>\n<p>“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”</p>\n<p>~Debbie Wilson</p>\n</div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Reviews</h1>\n<p>A young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.</p>\n<p>If you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.</p>\n<p>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.</p>\n<p>This is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.</p>\n<p>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?</p>\n<p>A Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.</p>\n<p>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span></p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span></p>\n</div>\n</div></div></div></div></div><div id=\"pg-2-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"  data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;4em 0em 0em 0em&quot;,&quot;mobile_padding&quot;:&quot;0% 3% 0% 3%&quot;,&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\"  data-ratio=\"0.61803398\"  data-ratio-direction=\"right\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-2-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-2-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"0.61803399209206\" ><div id=\"panel-2-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"16\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_image_attachment&quot;:false,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n	<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\">Meet the Author</h3>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;\">Tess Banion</h2>\nTess became a storyteller at the age of two.\n\nIt took her many more years to test her writing skills for real. 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One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf, “A Parting Glass” is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community library Contemporary General Fiction collections.”\n<strong>~James A Cox, The Midwest Book Review</strong>\n\n*\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-282 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-12-at-3.31.36-PM-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"173\" />“I am blown away by this touching, strong, beautifully-written story. I want to wrap my arms around this family (not Junior) who I feel I have known but yet not really known. I honestly did not want to put the book down once I got started reading. As I read, I experienced a sense of concern and sadness that was quickly replaced with anticipation, excitement hope and finally joy. It’s a book I will long remember! Well done!”\n<strong>~Debbie Wilson</strong>\n\n*\n\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosento make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-133 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sketch_TreePiano-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"307\" />\n\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads.This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\n<strong>~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite</strong>\n\n*\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-124 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Ballerina-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"292\" />\n\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developingthe theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\n<strong>~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite</strong>\n\n*\n\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?\n\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify\nwith and for that reason alone is a powerful and <img class=\" wp-image-130 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sister_Mary_Paul-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"328\" />compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\n<strong>~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite</strong>\n\n*\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-129 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Piggyback300-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" />W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic!\n</span><strong><i>~</i>Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</strong>\n\n*\n\n“Surrounded by monsters, in her home and at her school, imaginary and real, unwitting heroine Elizabeth O’Sullivan finds a unique way to deal with a not-so-happy childhood and a path to happiness. The reader is allowed a glimpse into Elizabeth’s world of make believe where Gary Cooper becomes her friend, a special nun floats and protects, and a paper saint dances and winks and makes her feel special. A compelling read from beginning to end.”\n<strong>~Maureen Carroll</strong>\n\n*\n\n“This is a page turner. I hated to put it down! So descriptive, insightful and charged! The language is colorful and it brings the picture directly to my mind’s eye. This is my favorite phrase from the book: “Hurt sometimes came when she least expected it, based on some unknown feeling, and popped up like a jack-in-the-box. Hurt and fear, tied together.”\n<strong>~Connie Shidler</strong>\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-123 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Background_scene-300x88.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"146\" />\n\n*\n\n“I read A Parting Glass all day yesterday. I did not pass GO, I did not collect $200. I only ate once, I did not pee because I was slightly dehydrated from non-stop reading. I could not put it down because I wanted to know more about the lives of this family, these kiddos. I wanted to know how their story ended.\n\n“It was light and happy while at the same time heavy and dark. The characters were distinct, easily recognizable and consistent. I felt I knew them immediately. Their behavior and thoughts were insightful, delightful and sometimes heartbreaking. I laughed at out loud (here…alone in my house) several times or thought “that’s a good one”—I love the main character, Elizabeth, for being her perky, spacey and special little self.”\n<strong>~Joyce Cussimanio</strong>\n\n*\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-89 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Joan_of_Arc-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"399\" />“Each character was fully realized, which is no small accomplishment when you are writing about a family with many children. I do believe the author hit this one out of the park as we used to say at our old softball games.”\n<strong>~Kathy Sutton</strong>\n\n*\n\n“The relatable and comforting (at times painful and deeply penetrating) reliability to the Midwest catholic family life was truly charming and lovely to read. Like the feeling of being in a space you remember but have never been. I loved the description of thoughts turned into statements and the charming way things were described; the use of adjectives and descriptors, and subtle and witty humor. An enthralling journey of how a family dealt with pain and happiness together.”\n<strong>~Liz Calloni</strong>\n\n<hr />\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-373 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/A-Parting-Glass-Digital-Posters-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"477\" />','Reviews','','publish','closed','closed','','reviews','','','2021-04-07 16:41:24','2021-04-07 16:41:24','',0,'http://tessbanion.com/?page_id=391',5,'page','',0),(392,2,'2021-04-07 16:16:08','2021-04-07 16:16:08','<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">REVIEWS</h1>\r\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosen to make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\r\n\r\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads. This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\r\n\r\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\r\n\r\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developing the theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\r\n\r\n~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\r\n\r\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span>','Reviews','','inherit','closed','closed','','391-revision-v1','','','2021-04-07 16:16:08','2021-04-07 16:16:08','',391,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=392',0,'revision','',0),(393,2,'2021-04-07 16:20:18','2021-04-07 16:20:18','<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Elizabeth-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" />\r\n\r\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosento make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-133 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sketch_TreePiano-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"281\" />\r\n\r\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for\r\n\r\nfilm adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads.This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\r\n\r\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-124 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Ballerina-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"358\" />\r\n\r\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developingthe theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\r\n\r\n~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-130 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sister_Mary_Paul-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\r\n\r\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span>','Reviews','','inherit','closed','closed','','391-revision-v1','','','2021-04-07 16:20:18','2021-04-07 16:20:18','',391,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=393',0,'revision','',0),(394,2,'2021-04-07 16:20:56','2021-04-07 16:20:56','<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-127 aligncenter\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Elizabeth-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" />\r\n\r\nA young girl is insulated by her vivid imagination against the bitter realities that she faces in Tess Banion’s Parting Glass. For the O’Sullivans, life is a cycle of hardships, because the world has chosento make it that way. Eleven-year-old Elizabeth is getting a huge slice of the cruel, sick joke that life has thrown at them. She is a high-spirited and imaginative girl who attends a Catholic school where the nuns know who pays for tuition and those who get it for free, and they measure children’s behavior by this fact. Sister Mary Paul loathes Elizabeth. She has the propensity to whack the knuckles of any child, but most of the time, it is Elizabeth. Home is no better as she and her siblings are tormented by an abusive father. A music box creates a turning point that will change her life and, with the help of her siblings, find a gateway to freedom from the real and imagined monsters that surround them.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-133 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sketch_TreePiano-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"307\" />\r\n\r\nIf you think A Parting Glass is ideally suited for film adaptation, it will likely have a dramatic aura like The Diary of Anne Frank. While it does tackle issues of domestic abuse, it can conceivably appeal to teen readers. Similarly, adults are likely to appreciate the pressing themes that Banion has chosen to write about. In this world, children find refuge inside their heads.This allows Elizabeth to remain resilient, yet Banion cleverly uses a music box as a literary device to contrast the security in imagination and the danger lurking in reality. In the end, it is real people who become greatly instrumental in aiding Elizabeth to achieve a discernible transformation, but it does not negate the fact that Joan of Arc helped her in those troubling times. Consider yourself fortunate if you get to read Elizabeth’s dramatic triumph.\r\n\r\n~Vincent Dublado, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a heartwarming story that follows eleven-year-old Elizabeth O’Sullivan, a girl struggling to find happiness in a world to which she does not feel fully connected. She is a carefree little girl with a lot of imagination. She is not comfortable with Sister Mary Paul when in school and at home she confronts another monster, a brutal father. How does she cope with realities that hit her hard and can she survive her eleventh year to be able to leave the Catholic School? The way she does it will surprise readers.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-124 alignleft\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Ballerina-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"377\" />\r\n\r\nThis is a brilliantly written story with a plot that follows the life of a girl who is as imaginative as she is resourceful. Set in a small town in Kansas, the story explores the fears and hopes of a growing little girl who is caught between reality and fantasy. The author does an impeccable job in developingthe theme of escapism, as Elizabeth struggles with the real and imaginary monsters in her life. The writing is gorgeous, highly descriptive, and spiced with humor. The family dynamics are ingeniously written and I enjoyed the way the young protagonist connects with her brothers and sister. The role of her mom in her life is not just well-written but inspiring.\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel will appeal to fans of young adult fiction, adventure, and stories that inspire. It is hugely entertaining, a gripping story that will have readers going through the pages nonstop. For me, it was a delightful story with a well-developed, multilayered protagonist; a world I have navigated as a child and that still echoes strongly in my heart.\r\n\r\n~By Divine Zape, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass: A Novel by Tess Banion is a bittersweet recounting of a young girl’s emotional, physical, and mental abuse by her father within their dysfunctional family. Elizabeth is just an imaginative, bright, eleven-year-old girl growing up in a railway town in rural Kansas with her four other siblings at the end of WWII. Life at home revolves totally around the moods of her diabetic father, Junior. At times, Junior can seem like a sweet, loving, husband and father but once that red mist descends the entire family knows exactly what to do and how to handle the situation, as best children can. For Elizabeth, who faces torment at home as well as at her strict Catholic school, where one of the nuns clearly has it in for her, she has adopted a world of fantasy where she can run away and hide to escape the evil monsters that seem out to get her. As she and her siblings grow older, it seems her brothers are reaching the point where they may start to fight back and especially protect their poor mother against her extreme abuse by Junior. Is this family heading for a final reckoning that will see them escape from the never-ending torment of abuse? Can Elizabeth rely on her “saints” -the sweet nun, Sister Mary Rose, or perhaps the kind policeman to be the family’s savior - or will they all have to rely on each other to find a way out of this mayhem?<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-130 alignright\" src=\"http://tessbanion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sister_Mary_Paul-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" />\r\n\r\nA Parting Glass is a theme that many readers will sadly identify with and for that reason alone is a powerful and compelling read. Author Tess Banion has created a cast of characters that ring true and in Elizabeth she has a wonderful young girl who feels apart from the world and the torment being foisted upon her. She has found a way to supersede the worst of the abuse by looking inside herself and creating a world that she is comfortable living in. The author did an amazing job of building heightened tension in the narrative that beautifully matched the explosive changes in Junior’s psyche, where he could turn on a sixpence from being loving and caring into the monster that Elizabeth so feared. I particularly enjoyed the close relationships the siblings had with each other. With adversity comes a drawing together, a feeling of all-for-one and one-for-all, which was the recurring thread of this story. Banion captured perfectly the helplessness of the battered woman and her children – especially in this time period when the male was king and what he said was law. Add to that the not-so-subtle misogyny of the Catholic church and you have a recipe for dysfunction. A weak, frustrated and emotionally damaged male family head is all that is required for an explosive and violent tale. This was both a heart-rending and heart-affirming novel and the author has done extremely well in presenting an easy-to-read and extremely relatable story. This is one book I can highly recommend.\r\n\r\n~Grant Leishman, Readers’ Favorite\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat a refreshingly dif</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ferent read! The subject  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matter is very heavy as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the author tackles domestic abuse  head on, however it is written in  such a gentle, childlike way that it  could have been written by Enid  Blyton. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s the story of a young girl,  Elizabeth, the fourth of five chil dren whose father is a drunken  bully. It is not a sad story though.  Elizabeth\'s spirit and energy are  addictive and I could not wait to  find out the ending. Poignant and  dream like, what a way to tackle  such a tough topic! </span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle S., NetGalley Reviewer</span>','Reviews','','inherit','closed','closed','','391-revision-v1','','','2021-04-07 16:20:56','2021-04-07 16:20:56','',391,'http://tessbanion.com/?p=394',0,'revision','',0),