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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
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
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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
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