River Aria by Joan Schweighardt It's 1928 and Estela Euquerio Hopper, an ambitious young woman from an impoverished area of Brazil, has landed a job at the New York Metropolitan Opera, though only to work in the sewing room. Her good fortune is due in part to her unique education and in part to the fact that her father is American. She hopes to make it from the sewing room to the stage, but there are obstacles in her way: her possessive father, her secretive cousin, and the wild temperament … [Read more...] about River Aria by Joan Schweighardt
Interview with Author – Joan Schweighardt
Author Bio: Joan Schweighardt is the author of six novels and a memoir. Her first children's book will be published soon. Besides her own projects, she edits, writes and ghostwrites for private and corporate clients. What inspires you to write? An artist friend once said that everything he looks at is either something he can imagine painting or something he can dismiss. Though I am less exacting, I can relate. There are things that happen (in my own life when I was a younger writer and now … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Joan Schweighardt
