Compelling Novel Enjoys Rave Reviews and Awards

"Lessons From the Gypsy Camp" by Elizabeth Appell gathers good reviews and wins several awards.

(PRWEB) February 3, 2005 -- Lessons From the Gypsy Camp by Elizabeth Appell (Scribes Valley Publishing) has not only garnered enthusiastic reviews, but was recently named Best Fiction of 2004" by Rebeccasreads.com. Furthermore, the screenplay adaptation won Third Place in the prestigious 2003 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Competition.

Set in 1955, it is the story of young Lolly Candolin, who is faced with choices no ten-year-old should ever have to make. Not only dealing with an alcoholic father and a mother who hides behind medication, Lolly must make decisions that literally carry life-and-death consequences.

Defying everything she has ever been told, Lolly makes frequent clandestine visits to a gypsy camp outside of town, befriending the lively and colorful people her father, the county prosecutor, has sworn to destroy.

When the town sheriff is murdered and the evidence implicates the gypsy camp leader, Lollys father vows to see the man executed. While the court battle rages, Lolly discovers the true killer, bringing upon herself a terrible dilemma. Should she expose the murderer and destroy both her father and any chance she has of winning his approval, or keep quiet and let an innocent man die?

Elizabeth Appell's debut novel is subtitled A Girl. A Gypsy. A Murder. A Choice." and explores the tension between individualism and family obligation, the complexity of discerning right from wrong, and the overwhelming consequences of pursuing truth and justice.

Appell lives in California and enjoys writing, horses, the lost art of carriage driving, and most recently, bullfighting. Excerpts from her book can be found at her website http://www.readelizabeth.com. Copies can be purchased from online bookstores and the publishers website, http://www.scribesvalley.com, and selected physical bookstores.

Lessons From the Gypsy Camp

Elizabeth Appell

Fiction|Scribes Valley Publishing

Hardcover|2004

$20.95|ISBN 0-9742652-1-7

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