Thursday, 28 November 2013
Brook Cottage Books is thrilled to have Jamie Baywood as the Author in the Spotlight.
About the author Jamie Baywood
Jamie Baywood grew up in Petaluma, California. In 2010, she made the
most impulsive decision of her life by moving to New Zealand. Getting Rooted in
New Zealand is her first book about her experiences living there. Jamie is now
married and living happily ever after in the United Kingdom. She is working on
her second book.
Getting Rooted in New Zealand is available in paperback and ebook on
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1482601907
Jamie Baywood
can be followed on the following sites:
Facebook.com/jamiebaywood
Twitter.com/jamiebaywood
Pinterest.com/jamiebaywood
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7069448.Jamie_Baywood
amazon.com/author/jamiebaywood
Twitter.com/jamiebaywood
Pinterest.com/jamiebaywood
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7069448.Jamie_Baywood
amazon.com/author/jamiebaywood
Getting
Rooted in New Zealand book
description
Craving change and lacking logic, at 26, Jamie, a
cute and quirky Californian, impulsively moves to New Zealand to avoid dating
after reading that the country's population has 100,000 fewer men. In her
journal, she captures a hysterically honest look at herself, her past and her
new wonderfully weird world filled with curious characters and slapstick
situations in unbelievably bizarre jobs. It takes a zany jaunt to the end of
the Earth and a serendipitous meeting with a fellow traveler before Jamie
learns what it really means to get rooted.
Some Reviews
“I
read this book in one night over four hours. I couldn't put it down. It was so,
so entertaining. I laughed out loud on numerous occasions - comedy highlights
include brain poisoning from complications over a hair perm, eating stale
sunflower seeds and the multitude of accent-related mistakes. Jamie is a
lovely, endearing protagonist and I can guarantee you'll fall in love with her. A must read for anyone moving to New Zealand. Or
anyone moving anyway for that matter.” (5
out of 5 stars) Thomas Sainsbury (Amazon
Customer Reviews)
“Getting
Rooted in New Zealand is a diary of a California girl's introduction to a
completely different life experience in a new country and never has the phrase
`stranger in a strange land' been more relevant than in reading her intriguing
and often insightful diary entries! Her observations about both culture and
language are a wonderful mix of observation about one person's reaction to the
differences that make up the wonderful human race and the minutiae of daily
living. I'll be looking forward to seeing if Jamie produces another book about
her experiences of coming to live in the UK.” (4 out of 5 stars) Linda Parkinson-Hardman (Amazon Customer Reviews)
"I've got this book and finished read it all so quickly, because
I couldn't stop reading it. It's just so hilarious!! I can't wait to read her
next book. I highly recommend to read this book for everybody. I absolutely
loved it!!" (5 out of 5 stars)
S Halls (Amazon
Customer Reviews)
Jamie Baywood Up-coming Events
January
20, 2014 – Brixton Fiction Book Group, Brixton, England.
January
22, 2014 – Pimlico Library, London, England.
January
23, 2014 – Kilburn Library, London, England.
February
13, 2014 – Newcastle City Library, Newcastle, England.
Ooh, some fabulous review snippets, Jamie! I'm liking it! Thanks for sharing, JB!
Having enjoyed your blogoversary bash yesterday I thought I'd drop by your blog and say hello.
Great post, it was nice that you included some up and coming events. There's even one in my home town two days after my birthday.