The Exact Place — endorsement #7 (Andi Ashworth)

We have a new endorsement for The Exact Place, Margie Haack's memoir that will be released later this month from Kalos Press!

Andi Ashworth and her husband, Charlie Peacock, are Executive Directors of The Art House America, a unique ministry dedicated to cultivating community and creativity among artists and others. Andi is also the author of Real Love for Real Life, a thoughtful title on the art of hospitality that has recently be re-released by Rabbit Room Press. Andi has written for Comment magazine, byFaith, and other publications. Find out more about Andi's extensive ministry through her website: andiashworth.com.

Since penning her endorsement for Bruce Ray Smith's Winter Light in 2011, Andi has been a good friend to Kalos Press. Andi is also a long-time friend of Margie Haack's, and was delighted to offer the following endorsement for The Exact Place:

One of the highest compliments you can give an author is to feel a kind of sadness upon reaching the end of their book. If the story has become important to you and its reading a delightful part of your day, sometimes the only remedy is to flip back to the first page and start all over again. This is the way I felt upon coming to the end of Margie Haack's deeply moving, wise, and masterfully told memoir of her childhood, The Exact Place. I will read it again. Margie and I have been dear friends for years. We've written letters, shared meals and overnights, and talked of our lives, families, and work. I already love her. But now I also love the spunky, spirited, full-of-pain and full-of-hope young girl that she was. And I'm a little bit in awe. I have long considered Margie to be one of my favorite writers, devouring her essays and the quarterly Notes from Toad Hall. But after reading The Exact Place, she has moved onto my list of most beloved authors. There are sentences in this book so wonderfully crafted, breathtaking, and insightful that I had to read them over again and again to let the words soak into my soul. Margie is a storyteller of the highest order. You will see, feel, and think, laugh out loud and want to cry, sometimes all on the same page. When a book of such excellence is birthed into the world, it is cause for much rejoicing. In honor of The Exact Place and its release, I'm raising a glass, dancing under the disco ball, and rushing to order multiple copies for the fortunate people in my life!

Andi, thank you so much!

Just like Andi, you too can pre-order The Exact Place today!