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Archive for April, 2009

Going Home and “Shame”

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I just got back from three days in Oklahoma, talking to people about my novel Shame, which is set in Watonga, Oklahoma, a small farming town in the northwest part of the state. My mom and her family are from Watonga, and on Wednesday, I spoke to a group of about 30 mostly older women […]

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Book events: May/June

Monday, April 20th, 2009

 This isn’t a post, so much as a newsflash:I’ll be signing my new novel Shame in Fairhope, Alabama May 15 (4-6 at Page & Palette Books), and we’ll be holding a release party at BookPeople in Austin, Texas, June 5, 7-10, with live country music and St. Arnold’s beer.  And I’ll be hitting just about every […]

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An excerpt from Shame, the new novel

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Shame, by Greg Garrett

Shame, by Greg Garrett David C Cook It’s hard to appreciate the life you have when you’re wondering about the one you might have had. John Tilden’s just looking for some peace of mind in this tender story about choices.
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Asking Questions and Real Faith

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

I get sent—or offered—a lot of new books on religion, culture, or Christianity, and, truthfully, I don’t read many of them—or at least, don’t read many of them all the way through. In the past year, Cathleen Falsani’s Sin Boldly had been the only book I was sent that I had really wanted to read, […]

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