Karen Wojcik Berner grew up on the outskirts of Chicago. She graduated from Dominican University with degrees in English with a concentration in writing and communications.
Karen has worked as a magazine editor, public relations coordinator, and freelance writer. She is a two-time “Folio Magazine” Ozzie Award winner for Excellence in Magazine Editorial and Design. Her work has appeared in countless newspapers and magazines. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family.
Karen writes contemporary literary fiction with a sprinkling of the classics. Her Bibliophiles series explores the lives of fictional American suburban book club members. The first, A Whisper to a Scream, centers on Sarah, a stay-at-home mother of two, and Annie, a PR executive with fertility issues, each of whom thinks the other’s life is far superior to her own. Until My Soul Gets It Right chronicles Catherine Elbert’s journey as she bounces from coast to coast in search of her true self.
To learn more about Karen, please visit her website, www.karenberner.com or her Amazon.com author page.
Until My Soul Gets It Right (The Bibliophiles: Book Two)
by Karen Wojcik Berner
Available from Amazon.
2013 Readers’ Choice Award Nominee—BigAl’s Books & Pals
From the author of “A Whisper to a Scream” comes a story about growing up, making peace with your past, and finding a little love along the way.
In her first novel, Karen Wojcik Berner introduced book club members Sarah and Annie. Now, it’s time for another bibliophile to take center stage.
Catherine Elbert has never been good at making decisions, whether it was choosing an ice cream flavor as a small child, or figuring out what she wanted to be when she grew up. The only thing Catherine knew for sure was there had to be more to life than being stuck on her family’s farm in Wisconsin.
While watching a PBS travel show, Catherine becomes entranced by Portland, Maine. The ocean. The lobsters. The rugged coast. Nothing could be more different from the flat, nondescript farmlands of Burkesville.
Despite her parents threatening to disown her and her brothers taking bets on how many days until she comes home, Catherine settles on Peaks Island, off the coast of Portland.
She was finally free.
Or so she thought.
Thanks for the plug, Karen. 🙂
It’s a good book. I’m eager for the next in the series.
It sounds cliche, but I really was happy to be nominated for your Readers’ Choice Award, Al. I’m working on the next one now. 🙂
This sounds really great, Karen. I love the title and the lyric from one of my favorite Indigo Girls songs!
I love it, too, Laurie. I conceptualizer the main character of Catherine while listening to it, only instead of reincarnation, I decided to make her someone who changes personas each time she moves.