{"id":73841,"date":"2024-08-18T21:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=73841"},"modified":"2024-08-18T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:35:22","slug":"book-featurelynacias-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-featurelynacias-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Book Feature:<\/strong> <em>Lynacia\u2019s Dragon<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L. M. Walsh, Author<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-73843\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Book-Feature-2-Lynacias-Dragon-Photo-by-Renee-Wofford-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"376\" \/>A prevalent theme among childhood stories\u2014women waiting for and being saved by princes\u2014inspired Lynn Walsh to write <em>Lynacia\u2019s Dragon<\/em>, a fairy tale that, as she puts it, \u201crewrites the script\u201d of happily ever after for women only by intervention of men. \u201cI realized I had rooted in my subconscious a belief that I needed to be saved, i.e. when I remarried, life would be good again,\u201d she says of her time as a single mother. She found other hidden messages in the stories interesting as well\u2014that women were jealous of other women and that men were responsible for women\u2019s happiness.<\/p>\n<p>When she wrote <em>Lynacia\u2019s Dragon<\/em>, Walsh says, her focus was on conveying the message rather than targeting a specific audience. Now that it\u2019s published, however, feedback suggests that it has become a meaningful fairy tale for adults as well as for younger readers. \u201cI have learned that it has been a summer read for a few ladies\u2019 book clubs,\u201d she says, \u201ca fast read but with lots of discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She dedicated the book to her grandchildren and they, too, like the story. \u201cAn unexpected but treasured reaction was from my oldest grandson,\u201d Walsh says. \u201cI had him read a pre-publication copy, and when he finished he hugged me and thanked me as he said he was sure I wrote the book specifically for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lynacia\u2019s Dragon<em>, December, 2021, fiction, hardcover $25.95, paperback $14.95, by L. M. Walsh, and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., Meadville, PA. Upcoming appearances include Saturday, August 17, at 3 p.m. at Barnes and Noble\u2019s Tunnel Road location, and Saturday, September 14, from 9\u201311 a.m. and 1\u20133 p.m. at Signs for Hope in Fairview.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prevalent theme among childhood stories\u2014women waiting for and being saved by princes\u2014inspired Lynn Walsh to write Lynacia\u2019s Dragon, a fairy tale that, as she puts it, \u201crewrites the script\u201d of happily ever after for women only by intervention of men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":73843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-literature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Book Feature: Lynacia\u2019s Dragon - 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