FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 13, 2008 ROCCIE HILL’S HIGHLY PRAISED DEBUT NOVEL THREE MINUTES ON LOVE TO BE RELEASED IN BOOKSTORES ACROSS THE U.S. OCTOBER 17, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA)— October 13, 2008Author Roccie Hill’s highly-praised debut novel Three Minutes on Love, Permanent Press, hardcover, ISBN 978-1579621698, p. 288, will be released in U.S. bookstores October 17, 2008. It is in pre-release on-line at amazon.com and bn.com. The story, told through the eyes of a photographer, begins in the California desert, moves to the San Francisco rock ‘n roll scene of the late 1960’s and concludes in Los Angeles amidst the music business of the late 20th century. The novel “is a wonderful debut… a powerful romance about the intersection of love, art, and independence,” writes Publisher’s Weekly.It is a feminist love story that carries “an unexpectedly potent erotic charge” continues former People Paris bureau chief Cathy Nolan.Jacquelyn Mitchard,author of The Deep End of the Ocean, adds, it’s “a sweet riff…. a poignant poem about the refusal of hope to extinguish the light of the morning after, a rock-and-roll photo in black and white that will be read all over.” The Permanent Press, founded in 1978, and known for its literary fiction, receives over 6,000 book submissions a year but publishes only 12.“We are very selective, and found Roccie’s bittersweet love story very authentic;the way she wove the subjects together was atypical for arecording business story, it really captured our attention,” says Judith Shephard, Managing Editor. Hill’s launch party will take place in Palm Springs, CA at the Just Fabulous Bookstore with a reading, book signing, and cocktail reception on November 19, 2008, followed by a reading tour in the western United States, and an on-line tour. Roccie Hill earned her Master’s degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and holds a BA in Philosophy from UCLA.She wrote lyrics for rock bands in the 70s, and worked for a major Los Angeles entertainment law firm before moving to Paris where she conceived the Paris Writers’ Conference and organized the Avignon French-American Film Festival. Her short stories have appeared in several literary quarterlies. Roccie Hill is also a non-profit professional, and is currently the Executive Director for Guide Dogs of the Desert in Palm Springs, CA.She brings over 30 years of experience in leadership, non-profit management, fundraising and community partnerships to her work. She grew up in Los Angeles, CA, and her passions are the environment, human services, animals, and the desert, a featured subject in the book. For more information, or to read an excerpt from the book, visit amazon.com or rocciehill.com. ###
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by Elaine Fuhr, Allbooks Reviews
"Rosie Kettle’s life was wild, hectic and sometimes, terrifying. Dark, dank bars, sound rooms, drugs and alcohol were her life, but she was one of the best, in fact, a rare find as a women rock photographer, normally a male dominated career. During the time of her early years as a photographer, she met a young artist, David Wilderspin. David was as new to the ’60’s music scene as she, and hoped to become famous like so many other musicians of the time. While their destinies included fame, their common destiny converged in a kind of passion that lasted even when so much else did not. Life apart or life together; it was wracked with uncertainty and near destruction. They would find themselves in torment and in bliss until they both realized that their needs were the same and equal.
Roccie Hill is a master writer. From lyrics for rock bands in the seventies to short stories in literary quarterlies, she has practiced her craft, developing an amazing talent in the art of storytelling. This, her first novel, also gives the reader an unexpected chance to view the intriguing life of the 60’s artists, whose dreams often escaped them or fell miserably short, yet gave rock and roll its glory."