My Novel - No Irish Need Apply - has been selected as The Book of the Month for June 2009 for the Diversity Reading Group at Booz Allen Hamilton, McClean, Va. There will be over 100 attendees. I will be speaking, reading and signing books. The novel stands-up with an illustrious group of other monthly book and speaker selections for 2009:
John Matteson (Jan) - Eden's Outcast
Edward P. Jones (Pulitzer Prize winner) - All Aunt Hagar's Children (Feb)
Kate Jacobs - The Friday Night Knitting Club (March)
Greg MacGuire (of Wicked) - A Lion Among Men (April)
Greg Mortensen - Thee Cups of Tea (May)
Edward C. Patterson - No Irish Need Apply (June)
Padma Viswanathan - The Toss of a Lemon (July)
Jodi Picault - Nineteen Minutes (August)
Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (September)
Kim Edwards - The Memory Keepers Daughter (October)
Aaron Cohen - Brotherhood of Warriors (November)
Leslie Silko - Ceremony (December)
I am quite excited and honored by this selection. It dovetails nicely into my former role at Dun & Bradstreet where I was the President of GLISN (The Gay & lesbian Information Support Network) and toured the country speaking about GLBT issues in the workplace. I won the 2000 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for my work in Corporate Diversity. Anyway, I am thrilled that their organization has selected No Irish Need Apply for such an honor. I feel like a parent about to watch his child graduate. The novel is dedicated to PFLAG, the national organization for the Parents, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians.
Edward C. Patterson
No Irish Need Apply http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434893952 (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012NOW44 (Kindle)
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=83902 (Mobipocket)
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