Susan E. Greisen

After a few technical hiccups, Village Books sponsored my Covid-delayed launch on June 28th. Friends and family from across the land attended, 73 to be exact. People from all facets of my life were present including grade school, high school, Peace Corps, nursing, family, and Bellingham friends. A slideshow, excerpts, and Q&A rounded out the event.

If you missed the launch and would still like to watch it, click on this link https://www.crowdcast.io/e/susan-greisen-in-search to view the recorded event. Fast forward a few minutes to miss the technical problem areas and, voila, there it is. All the viewer chat comments are available on the recording. You are still able to buy my book there or on the link on my website. (No, I didn’t have an eye issue, it was just hard to look at myself on the screen. I kept looking for the audience…)

It is surreal to see my book on the Featured Local Authors column at the front of Village Books, right next to the cash register. I thank them immensely for promoting my book and the event.

This book just keeps on giving. Three of my readers have gone on their own to various venues and asked them to carry my book: Barnes and Noble in Fort Myers, FL; the public library and an independent book store Jefferson City, MO; and Whatcom Museum Gift store in Bellingham. So many people I don’t know have written me via my website to rave about my book and what it meant to them. I am so touched with the response.

Don Drach from the Friends of Liberia Organization has asked if I would repeat an extended version my my virtual talk and slideshow to the returned Peace Corps Volunteers nationally. Maybe even a virtual book club event with the author after volunteers have read the book for a deeper Q&A and discussion. Volunteers are so enthused to speak about their experiences abroad and I look forward to hosting such an event.

Don regretted not being able to introduce me at the book launch due to the technical difficulties, but he sent me a portion of his intro that I want to include here: I’ve referred to the author as Susan 4 times, but I know her as Gowee Sue.  In fact, all of her Peace Corps friends knew her by that name, and we call her Gowee Sue to this day.  With her book she has captured – often humorously, sometimes with sadness and frustration, but always with honesty and humility – our collective Peace corps experience in Liberia.  And so much more. It’s a wonderful book, and now please join me in welcoming the equally wonderful Gowee Sue.

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As always, Gowee Sue