Blog Tour: The Love Ceiling by Jean Davies Okimoto

The Love Ceiling

Author: Jean Davies Okimoto (website, interview)

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Publisher: Endicott & Hugh Books

After the death of her Japanese American mother, sixty-four-year-old Anne Kuroda Duppstadt finds the courage to confront the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist. When a former art professor invites her to his island art studio, she begins pursuing her lifelong dream to become an artist in her own right. But the needs of her family tug at her heart. Her thirty-two-year old daughter s love life is falling apart, and Annie s husband, facing retirement, struggles with depression, leading her to conclude, There is a glass ceiling for women…and it s made out of the people we love.

The Love Ceiling draws readers into the soul of a universal theme for women: the pull between family and creative self-expression. It is the story of a daughter, a wife, a mother and grandmother, and a journey into creativity.

Jean Davies Okimoto the recipient of the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award, the International Reading Association’s Reader’s Choice Award, the IRA/CBC Young Adults’ Choice Award, the Parents’ Choice Award, the Washington Governor’s Award, the Maxwell Medallion for Best Children’s Book of the Year, and is the author of two Smithsonian Notable Books. Her picture book, Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat was adapted by Shelly Duvall for the HBO and Showtime television series “Bedtime Stories.” She and her husband Joe live on Vashon Island, Washington. Together they have four grown children, six grandchildren and a dog who thinks it’s a person.

I have gotten very behind with my reading and am currently about a third of the way through this book (and loving it!). Please check back for my full review later this week!! Thank you!

I received this book for free as part of my participation in a virtual book tour hosted by TLC Book Tours. This is no way influences my opinion of the book.