http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/ Out of New Orleans before the catastrophe that was made by a hurricane and, as Dante wrote, "of false gods who lied," comes The Beatitudes, part one in the New Orleans Trilogy; New Orleans as Dante's purgatory, where the sins of humanity are exposed. en-us 2008-05-06T12:06:59+00:00 Publishers Marketplace Lyn LeJeune hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/index.html#20080506080657 New at www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com the daily rundown of some of the most interesting blogs on the web, The Blogs Eclectic, from books to food and more. WHAT HAPPENED TO NEW ORLEANS? THE BEATITUDES NETWORK - REBUILDING THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF NEW ORLEANS http://www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com *Lyn LeJeune is helping rebuild New Orleans, specifically the public libraries. She is donating ALL OF THE ROYALTIES from the sale of her novel, THE BEATITUDES, directly to the New ... Lyn LeJeune 2008-05-06T12:06:57+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/index.html#20071204113721 Carry "The Blue Book" called The Beatitudes and join THE INTERNATIONAL BLUE BOOK CAMPAIGN TO REBUILD NEW ORLEANS! Imagine this: the great seeing eye camera from Google Earth focuses in on a man and a woman and a child each carrying a blue book. It is The Beatitudes, the symbol of the written word; it is their signal to the world that words and books must be preserved and cherished so that humanity, good humanity, will continue to exist. The phenomenon captures the media….instead of a ... Lyn LeJeune 2007-12-04T16:37:21+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/index.html#20071204075032 The year after Hurricane Betsy in 1965, I enrolled in college at the University of New Orleans and had to take a two-hour bus trip on the New Orleans transit line from St. Bernard Parish out to Lake Pontchartrain. I hated trigonometry, and did not think it would help me escape my life near the Mississippi levee or the constant smell spewing from the Domino sugar plant. So I usually ended up at the downtown public library, then later I would head to Jackson Square for a couple of Jax brews. ... Lyn LeJeune 2007-12-04T12:50:32+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/index.html#20070504082559 Jesus' Sermon on the Mount gave the world its first knowledge of The Beatitudes. Dante's Purgatorio juxtaposed the concept of The Beatitudes with that of the deadly sins. The Beatitudes still walk among us in this modern age; they look like you and me; they act in the interests of others; they are blessed; they provide solace; they are the saviors of our souls. Look around you and in these chapters. Perhaps there is within you the seeds of at least one Beatitude. And then, there is sin. ... Lyn LeJeune 2007-05-04T12:25:59+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/pinch/index.html#20070504072006 This world is revealed by the lives of two social workers, Hannah Dubois (white and nicknamed Scrimp) and Earlene Washington (African-American and nicknamed Pinch), who start their own business, Social Investigations, in order to solve the murders of ten foster children in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NOPD, the Catholic Church, and politicians have sidestepped clues that point to those who hold great power. As Hannah and Earlene find more and more evidence, they also know that they are ... Lyn LeJeune 2007-05-04T11:20:06+00:00