A year after graduating from high school, nineteen-year-old Emma Ward feels lost. She has spent most of her life trying to please her frigid, miserable mother – studying hard, getting good grades, avoiding the whole teenage rebellion thing – and now she feels she has no identity beyond that. Because she spent so many years working hard and planning every moment of her life, she doesn’t have any friends, has never had a boyfriend, and basically doesn’t know who she is or what she really wants from life. Working two part-time jobs to save money for college hasn’t helped her make decisions about her future, so she decides it’s time for a change. She leaves home to live with her free-spirited, slightly eccentric Aunt Daisy in a small town that makes Emma feel like she’s stepped back in time.
When Emma meets Nicholas Shaw, everything changes – he’s unlike anyone she’s ever met before, the kind of man she didn’t even know existed in the 21st century. Carefree and spirited like Daisy, Nicholas teaches Emma to appreciate life, the beauty around her, and to just let go and live. Between Daisy and Nicholas, Emma feels like she belongs somewhere for the first time in her life, and realizes that you don’t always need a plan – sometimes life steers you where you’re meant to be.
Life is wonderful, an endless string of blue sky days, until Nicholas is diagnosed with cancer, and life changes once again for Emma in ways she never thought possible. Now it’s time for her to help Nicholas the way he’s helped her. Emma will have to use her new-found strength, and discover along the way if love really is enough to get you through.
(Read the Aside from Writing review of Blue Sky Days)
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Gimme 10 – Mini-Interview
Please answer each question in 10 words or less – that’s what makes it tough but fun! 🙂
Where do you find your inspiration? Life, love, art, family, music, travel, books.
What is your favourite aspect of Blue Sky Days? The love story. Emma and Nicholas make my heart happy.
Who is your favourite character from Blue Sky Days and why? Emma. She learns and grows and changes so much.
What are you working on now? Chick-lit about lifelong best friends…and a hot guy! 😉
What do you love about most about writing? The creative outlet, freedom, and simply the act of writing.
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About the Author
Marie Landry has always been a daydreamer. She has created imaginary worlds for as long as she can remember, so it only seemed natural that she would become a writer. With a passion for words that started in early childhood, Marie has written a varied range of works, and has been freelance writing since 2009. She resides in Ontario, Canada, and most days you can find her writing, reading, blogging about writing and reading, listening to U2, or having grand adventures with her two precious nephews.
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asidefromwriting 
Thank you so much for featuring me, and for doing this amazing spotlight on indie authors!
Sounds like an awesome book. I have to add this to the summer reading list.
Sounds really interesting!
This sounds so sad 😦 But also good!
This book looks depressingly-awesome!