Book Launch Party! MARTHA’S VINEYARD AUTHOR, LARA O’BRIEN LAUNCHES DEBUT NOVEL at Christmas in Edgartown with a magical Irish celebration

Lara will host a
launch event at the Noepe Center for Literary Arts (Point Way Inn 104 Main
Street in Edgartown, MA) from noon to 2PM on December 14, 2013 during the
Christmas in Edgartown celebration. 

There will be hot chocolate and treats for the family. Irish music will

be provided by a local Charter School student Violet Southwick. The book will be sold at the event,
with a personal signing by Lara at 1PM .

Chesca and the Spirit of Grace, set in Ireland, is a magical tale of love and land and having the courage to believe in your dreams. The protagonist, Chesca, is an 11-year-old girl growing up on a coastal farm who strives to save her home, land and way of life. It is a story of talking horses, a magical mountain and galloping sideways. All influenced by the story of the legendary pirate queen, Grace O’Malley.



The author, Lara O'Brien, was born in Dublin, Ireland and grew up in the wild and wondrous hill of Howth, as in, Howth is Magic, a beautiful seaside town on the northeast coast of Ireland, the very setting of her book. She now lives on the sister Island of Martha's Vineyard with her husband and children.



Chesca and the Spirit of Grace will be available on December 1st in a durable softcover at Bunch of Grapes Books on Martha’s Vineyard and online retailers including lulu, and Amazon (world-wide).


The e-book version will also be available for Amazon KindleTM, Barnes and Noble NookTM, Apple iPadTM, and other ebook readers including create space and on itunes on iBookstore .


The book is published by SleighFarm Publishing Group, publisher of fiction and an eclectic assortment of genres including thrillers, youth fiction, and adult titles.

Please visit www.laraobrien.com and join Lara on Facebook to be part of the adventure.