Novel By Wichita Author Takes State Organization’s Top Book Prize

By: Bonnie Tharp, Author
 
WICHITA, Kan. - May 25, 2015 - PRLog -- WICHITA, KANSAS, May 2015 – PATCHWORK FAMILY, a novel by Wichita native Bonnie Tharp, has won first place in the Kansas Professional Communicators (http://www.kansasprofessionalcommunicators.org/) annual competition. The book won in the Novels for Adult Readers category.

PATCHWORK FAMILY, published by Bell Bridge Books (http://www.bellebooks.com/), is the follow-up to Tharp's award-winning debut, FEISTY FAMILY VALUES, published in 2010 (under the name B.D. Tharp). The book, set in Wichita’s Riverside neighborhood, is a compelling story about ordinary people handling life challenges. For cousins Annabelle and Regina, growing older is easy; handling it with grace is the hard part. And chaos ensues when Peggy, Annabelle's eldest granddaughter, seeks answers from her absentee father and struggles with adolescence. Will the pain and love stitch them together or tear them apart?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Born and raised in Kansas, Bonnie Tharp spent much of her formative years in her grandmother’s kitchen as official taste tester. Although not much of a chef herself, she enjoys good food and believes all the best discussions happen at the kitchen table.

Bonnie Tharp graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wichita State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications, Women & Minority Studies and Fine Arts. Tharp has written for several publications, including: Active Aging, Generation Boom, Women’s Focus, the Wichita Register and East Wichita News.

A self-proclaimed book-a-holic, Tharp admits that when she's not writing, she's reading or watching old movies. Tharp's books are available through bookstores and online. Check out her blog (bdtharp.com) for book reviews, and novel excerpts.

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