Donna Johnson
Holy Ghost Girl

Media & Events

Reviews

Publisher's Weekly
New York Times

“Ms. Johnson’s enthralling memoir…turns, as good books must, from promising read into sure bet.”

O Magazine—November Issue

“And therein lies the paradox at the center of Johnson’s story, in which faith and love live alongside anger and betrayal.”

BeliefNet/How To Be Happy Blog

“A page-turning, thrilling tale set in the 1960/70s containing adultery, KKK face-offs, fasting to the point of collapse, child neglect/abuse, show business and family connection.”

BookPage

“Both personal and social history, Holy Ghost Girl…is a haunting and memorable book.”

People Magazine

“…a divinely taut thriller, revealing a surreal world of faith, humor and heartbreak.”

Texas Monthly

“Compulsively readable…Johnson is a gifted writer with the ability to bring the world of her childhood to vivid life.”

Kirkus Reviews

“A trustworthy narrator, Johnson is consistently funny, poetic and remarkably devoid of bitternes.”

New York Journal of Books

“…a poignant and compelling story of one young woman’s ongoing journey.”

SheKnows.com
StoryCircleBookReview.Org
Tampa Bay Online

Holy Ghost Girl is the most compelling, exquisitely detailed, well-written memoir I have read in a month of Sundays..”

Dallas Morning News

Holy Ghost Girl tells a harrowing, sometimes funny, story from a youthful insider's point of view.”

Waco Tribune Herald

Holy Ghost Girl,” published by Gotham Books, offers memories rich in detail as well as Johnson's honest ambivalence about what she lived through.

 

Interviews

Interfaith Voices interviews Donna Johnson

http://www.interfaithradio.org/

Publisher's Weekly

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20110627/47735-the-tent-preaching-circuit-pw-talks-with-donna-johnson.html

Conversations with David Lewis, WMLB, Atlanta

http://1690wmlb.com/donna-johnson-holy-ghost-girl/

Jennifer Stayton, KUT Austin

http://1690wmlb.com/donna-johnson-holy-ghost-girl/

Between the Lines with Valerie Jackson, WABE-FM 90.1, (Oct. 28)

http://www.pba.org/programming/programs/btl/

Inner Views, KOOP

http://www.innerviewslive.com/2011/09/28/september-28-donna-johnson/

Austin American Statesman
StoryCircleBookReview.Org

Q&A

 

Blog Coverage
JOYFULLY RETIRED
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BERMUDA ONION
COLLOQUIUM
AMUSED BY BOOKS
CHAOTIC COMPENDIUMS

 

Events

Oct. 14, 2011 / Asheville, NC / Malaprops / 7 PM

Oct. 15, 2011 / Raleigh, NC / McIntyres / 11 AM

Oct. 16, 201 / Raleigh, NC / Quail Ridge / 3 PM

Oct. 17, 2011 / Columbia, SC / Books A Million

Oct. 18, 2011 / Atlanta, GA / Outwrite / 7 PM

Oct. 19, 2011 / Decatur, GA / Eagle Eye / 7 PM

Oct. 20, 2011 / Oxford, MS / Square Books / 7 PM

Oct. 22-23, 2011 / Austin, TX / The Texas Book Festival / Panel discussion / Time TBA

Oct. 26, 2011 / Austin, TX / Book People / 7 PM

Oct. 27, 2011 / Columbus, OH / The Spirituality Network / 7 PM / Location TBA

Nov. 3, 2011 / Houston, TX / Blue Willow Event Reading / Blue Willow Bookshop /
14532 Memorial Drive / 7 PM

Nov. 4, 2011 / Dallas, TX / Barnes & Noble / Prestonwood Center / 5301 Beltline Rd,
Store #2268 / 6 PM

Nov. 12, 2011 / Waco, TX / Barnes & Noble / 4909 W. Waco Dr, Store #2708 / 2 PM

Jan. 12-15, 2012 / Jefferson, TX / Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend

Mar. 8, 2012 / Tucson, AZ / Women's Foundation of South Arizona

Mar. 9-10, 2012 / Tucson, AZ / The Tucson Festival of Books

 

Articles

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