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AMY PENDINO

AMY PENDINO AMY PENDINO AMY PENDINO

A Midwestern writer who loves coffee, books, horses & her family

AMY PENDINO

AMY PENDINO AMY PENDINO AMY PENDINO

A Midwestern writer who loves coffee, books, horses & her family

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THE WITNESS TREE




A tree in rural Iowa bears witness 

to generations of human experience--and deadly secrets.

Dani Holden helps topple the tree, rumored to be cursed.

Unexplainable accidents begin haunting those involved

as Dani strives to uncover the small community's secrets.

 



Published 2019, winner of three awards

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WILD HORSES



TO BE PUBLISHED Spring 2021


Dani Holden needs to find a job, fast.

Her best friend Donna has an idea:  drive a trailer to Missouri, easy money! 

What's hidden in that trailer sends Dani in a direction she never anticipated and threatens to sever her friendship with Donna,

not to mention her place in the rural town

she's come to call home.



Awards

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2019 Ben Franklin IBPA Award

"The Witness Tree" won a silver medal in the category of "Best New Voice: Fiction" in Chicago

2019 Midwest Book Awards

In the category of "Fiction--Literary/Contemporary/Historical", TWT was a 2019 MIPA silver medal finalist

2019 IPPY Awards

TWT won the category of "Best Regional Fiction, Midwest" and a gold medal in New York City

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Praise for the Book

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GoodReads

LORNA LANDVIK, best-selling author of "Once in a Blue Moon Lodge" and ten other novels

Amy Pendino brings to life characters who matter to us as they take and lose chances, flee or stay, and dare to love despite the consequences. This is a deeply-satisfying, character-driven novel. It contains mystery, suspense and a long-held secret that, once revealed, offers hope and reconciliation to those who most deserve it.

LORI and JULIA, cohosts of MyTalk107.1 "Lori & Julia Show", broadcast from St. Paul, Minnesota

We love how "The Witness Tree" pairs strong, resilient women with unsolved mysteries... Lush descriptions of the rural landscapes and the characters' inner natures will capture the reader's thoughts and emotions.

BARBARA DEESE, author of No Ordinary Women Book Club mystery series

In this accomplished debut novel, Amy Pendino portrays two independent women born decades apart--strangers whose lives are bound together by a curse set in motion when a tree in rural Iowa bears silent witness to an unspeakable act. Over six decades pass before the curse finally exacts its retribution on this farming community, which is depicted with all of its small-mindedness and big-heartedness...  The characters display a depth of honesty and a deep understanding of the human condition...  "The Witness Tree" is a page-turner that is insightful, compelling and wonderfully well-written.


CHRISTINE HUSOM, author of the Winnebago County Mysteries and the Snow Globe Shop Mysteries

From the first paragraph I was captured by Amy Pendino's eloquent and descriptive writing style. The story follows two women, generations apart, who are compelled to leave their old lives behind for new adventures...  Two thumbs up for Pendino's "The Witness Tree".

GREG DAHLAGER, Writer's Digest award-winner and contributing author of "Dark Side of the Loon..."

From its opening pages, "The Witness Tree" absorbs the reader in a gratifying tale of friendship, love and betrayal, uncovering long-buried truths and characters learning to be brave in a world with its own designs on their destiny.

Ordering

paperback copy

$14.95 + state tax




ORDER your book(s) here:

https://itascabooks.com/the-witness-tree/


For a listing of independent booksellers who have the book, please visit 

https://www.indiebound.org/indie-bookstore-finder


Please contact me for the book club discount code discount code at amyp5204@gmail.com .

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