#HGG Just The Facts A Novel Written By Ellen Sherman

Ellen Sherman is a new Author I hadn’t had the opportunity to check out before her book arrived. Which I was sent to conduct a review on. Even though they sent me the book the thoughts in this review are all mine and mine alone. I am so happy I found Ellen Sherman as I enjoyed Just The Facts A Lot. Just The Facts A Lot is a novel I would read again and again. As well as give a copy as a Gift to the readers on my #HGG list.

If enjoy newspapers then you will also enjoy Just The Facts A Lot by Ellen Sherman. Just The Facts A Lot will keep you on the edge of your sea. Just as she is standing on the edge of a cliff. The characters in the book is intriguing and will make you want to know more about them. Once I finished Just The Facts A LotI found myself wishing there was a second part to this book to read because I didn’t want the storyline to end and I don’t think you will either.

When English major Nora Plowright finds herself staring at college graduation as if at the edge of a cliff, she decides to become a newspaper reporter–and right away, she manages to get a job at a local paper (which you could still do in 1978). Although fearful by nature, Nora pursues a tip from a stranger and soon is investigating corruption at the Maryland State Highway Authority regarding the controversial placement of a new freeway. The developing scandal, with its shady “players,” tests both her budding reportorial skills and her appetite for danger. Also, her passion for storytelling makes it increasingly difficult for her to stick to the facts.

Humorous and poignant, Just The Facts A Lot is a coming-of-age novel about finding one’s way in the real world that will resonate with anyone who has struggled with figuring out what to do when she or he grows up.

About the Author

Ellen Sherman received her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop and has worked as a journalist, editor, and teacher. She also has worked as a proofreader, tutor, Girl Scout cookie counter, and training coordinator for literacy volunteers―all afternoon positions so that she could write in the mornings. Her first published novel was Monkeys on the Bed. Besides writing, her passions are choral singing, playing tennis, traveling, sampling new candy, and most of all, hanging out with family and friends.

Honors for Just the Facts:
Finalist, 2016 International Book Awards (Fiction: General)
Finalist, 2016 National Indie Excellence Awards (Fiction – General)
Finalist, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (General Fiction and Second Novel)
Finalist, 2015 USA Best Book Awards (Women’s Lit)Ellen Sherman received her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop and has worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, and training coordinator for literacy volunteers.

Monkeys on the Bed

Ivy Robbins is a happily married cartoonist who has never particularly wanted children. When her older sister dies suddenly, Ivy has to deal with her own grief as well as that of her sister

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