For
immediate release
Novel
Title: Changing Spaces
Genre:
Fiction
Author:
Nancy King
Pub.
Date: Jan. 1, 2014 Publisher: Plain View Press
Publicist: Marlan Warren
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“How is it possible that one minute
I’m a wife
and the next I’m a discard?”
—Changing Spaces, Nancy King
Santa Fe author Nancy King’s upcoming novel (due out Jan. 2014, pub. Plain View
Press) about a Midwestern runaway soon-to-be-divorced wife who gets a
“makeover” in Santa Fe could end up doing for New Mexico what Moby Dick did for
whales.
Changing Spaces
grew out of three incidents. “First there was a woman who said to me, ‘That was
before I lost my life,’” said King. “Her husband of 40 years had divorced her
to marry a younger woman.” The following week, another friend “showed up in
tears because her husband wanted out of their 40-year marriage so he could
marry his secretary.” By the time Nancy King spotted an Op-Ed about the author
of a book that touted the joys of being a stay-at-home-wife whose husband now
wanted a divorce after 40 years—she knew she was on to something.
Into this familiar
scenario, King injected a “What if?”. What if a Midwestern 60-year old woman
woke up as she always did, made love with her husband of 40 years, and several
hours later, learned her husband had fallen for a younger woman and wanted a
divorce—and what if—she
hit the road and ended up in the healing bear-hug that is Santa Fe, New Mexico?
As one reviewer put it: “Heartbreak turns to intrigue. A season of grief leads
to a wig, a closet, a script, cookie recipes, new friendships, and a wide-open
future.”
“Hey, ya got the Santa Fe idea. No
need to be who you were.
Be who you want to be.” —Changing
Spaces, Nancy
King
In 2001, King moved from New York City “and never looked back.” The decision to
leave friends and job would have been bold for anyone, but since 1985, King has
been living with a rare form of leukemia known as "hairy cell."
“When I realized I had a chronic disease with no cure, I made the decision that
it was not going to run or ruin my life. I focus on what I can do; not what I
lost or what I used to be able to do. Even when I don’t feel well, I force
myself to walk or hike or play tennis because I always feel better afterward.”
The unsinkable Nancy King has trekked Thailand, hiked the Grand Canyon, and
“run people 50 years her junior into the ground,” according to one friend. “She
overcame the odds of a disastrous diagnosis.”
Laura tried on outfit after outfit,
hoping to alter her personality
from the outside in. She practiced
taking bigger steps…
—Changing Spaces, Nancy King
Why Santa Fe? “The nature around Santa Fe is spectacular. Many people find it
has a magical energy that renews and regenerates. Even those born in New Mexico
talk about this area’s special energy, nature, culture.”
It’s not unusual for
newcomers to experience difficulties. “It’s as if Santa Fe were trying to spit
them out. Those who manage to survive their initial problems often experience
personal transformations that they couldn’t have articulated before coming.”
