{"id":238,"date":"2011-12-12T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2011-12-12T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T00:03:23","slug":"buy-a-book-save-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.luanneoleas.com\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Buy a Book! Save a Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All proceeds go to LiveSTRONG for cancer research and awareness.<\/p><\/div>\n

PB was my friend. He and Mrs. PB lived in England. My husband and I lived in California. We would go years without seeing each other. But we shared one of those rich and rare friendships. We could start our conversation again, just where we had left off, as though no time had passed at all. We were very sure we would grow old together, watching our kids and (some day) grandkids grow. We thought we had all the time in the world.<\/p>\n

Then last month, we received the sad news that PB had died from cancer. I wanted to shake my fist at the universe. I wanted to shout \u201cNo-o-o-o!\u201d from the roof top. But all I could do was melt into the kitchen chair and say, \u201cI thought we had more time.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of his death, PB and the Mrs. were in Wales living on\u00a0a farm purchased\u00a0with the intent of lowering their carbon footprint. They raised their own chickens, vegetables, and even a pig. They kept their home warm (and welcoming) with a wood cooker, and they bartered with their neighbors for whatever they couldn\u2019t raise.<\/p>\n

On the day of PB\u2019s funeral, they converted his old Land Rover to carry his casket. His son, now a naval officer and wearing his dress uniform,\u00a0drove the old girl. Mrs. PB and his daughter rode followed in the \u201cgood car\u201d with a tow rope, just in a case.<\/p>\n

As you have guessed, PB was such a unique person. In fact, I was inspired to \u201cborrow\u201d his looks, speech, and mannerisms for a minor character in my first book, A PRIMROSE IN NOVEMBER<\/a>. After I heard the news about him, I pulled the unpublished manuscript out of a drawer and self-published it. It seemed to be a way to keep him alive. But somehow, that wasn\u2019t enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I decided all the proceeds from the sale of the PRIMROSE ebook should go to charity. I picked the Lance Armstrong Foundation, LiveSTRONG. It raises money for cancer research, raises cancer awareness, and encourages people to live life to the fullest.<\/p>\n

To participate in\u00a0\u201cBuy a Book! Save a Life!,\u201d go to Amazon and purchase A PRIMROSE IN NOVEMBER<\/a> on Monday, Dec. 19th<\/sup>. Together, we can make it a best seller for a day, encouraging those who don\u2019t know me and didn\u2019t know PB to buy the book and donate money\u00a0to a good cause.<\/p>\n

Please join me in this event. The book is available for $1.99 at the links below.<\/p>\n