{"id":1709,"date":"2014-10-19T18:40:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T01:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2021-02-11T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T01:06:47","slug":"a-theory-of-expanded-love-picked-up-by-us-publisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/a-theory-of-expanded-love-picked-up-by-us-publisher\/","title":{"rendered":"A Theory of Expanded Love picked up by US publisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong>
\nAcclaimed Playwright Caitlin Hicks Signs with Light Messages Publishing for Debut Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Light Messages Publishing is thrilled to announce that Caitlin Hicks, an acclaimed playwright from Vancouver, Canada, will be publishing her debut novel with the press in May 2015.
\nMs. Hicks\u2019 novel A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> is a coming-of-age story featuring a feisty yet gullible adolescent, trapped in her enormous, devout Catholic family in 1963.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by twelve brothers and sisters, and desperate for attention, Annie creates a hilarious campaign of lies when the pope dies and their family friend, Cardinal Stefanucci, is unexpectedly on the short list to be elected the first American pope. Driven to elevate her family to the holiest of holy rollers in the parish, Annie is tortured by her own dishonesty. But when one of her brothers gets left behind at Disneyland and \u2018The Hands\u2019 visit her in her bed, when her sister becomes pregnant \u201cout of wedlock,\u201d Annie discovers her parents will do almost anything to uphold their Catholic reputation. Questioning all she has believed, and torn between her own gut instinct and years of Catholic guilt, Annie takes courageous risks to wrest salvation from the tragic sequence of events set in motion by her parents\u2019 betrayal.<\/p>\n

While A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> is Ms. Hicks\u2019 first novel, she has published several short stories, including That Rescue Feeling<\/em>, which was shortlisted for the John Spencer Hill Fiction Award. Monologues from several of her plays were featured in Smith & Kraus\u2019 series \u2018Best Women\u2019s Stage Monologues\u2019 (New York).\u00a0 She also wrote the play, later adapted for the screen, Singing the Bones<\/em>, which debuted at the Montreal World Film Festival to stellar reviews and screened around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to share this quirky family with readers,\u201d said Hicks \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to have a partner to help me get this story into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Light Messages Publishing is a family-run publishing company that specializes in meaningful books by emerging authors.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaitlin\u2019s debut novel A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> is a gem of a book, and we couldn\u2019t be prouder to represent it,\u201d said Elizabeth Turnbull, Senior Editor of Light Messages Publishing. A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> is in final stages of editing, but earlier drafts have already received tremendous praise from readers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a nutshell: I love the story. The voice is fantastic,\u201d said Erin Niumata, VP and Agent at Folio Lit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it! I love your character! I love this book!\u201d writer JoAnne Bennison told Ms. Hicks after reading an early draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cHilarious. Terrific story, bravely truthful,\u201d enthused writer\/editor Rosa Reid.\u201cBrilliant ending.\u201d<\/p>\n

See all the Awards & Recognition that Theory received after publishing.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

With cross-over appeal to both adults and young adult readers, A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> reaches across the divide of generations to tell the humorous and unexpected story of self-discovery and coming of age amidst dishes, diapers, dogma and two-piece bathing suits. Advance Reader Copies of\u00a0 A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em> will be available January 2015. Ms. Hicks is available for interviews. To schedule an interview or event with Ms. Hicks, please contact publicist@lightmessages.com.<\/p>\n

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\nPhone (919)886-5498 \/ Email: books@lightmessages.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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