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Author Profile: Ellen Cardona

Author Name: Ellen Cardona
Website: http://www.ellencardona.com/
Bio: Ellen Cardona wrote Brownie Fix to help deal with the postpartum depression she experienced after one of her pregnancies. Through her writing, she found that postpartum depression was real but conquerable, especially when one has the help of some dark chocolate and even darker humor.

When Ellen is not writing, she teaches literature to college freshmen and attempts to help them understand the writing process, though they think she’s crazy because of her love for literature and writing.

Ellen graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a PhD in Humanities with a specialization in Literature. Even though she has published several academic works on Ezra Pound, she could not ignore her true passion as a fiction writer.

Ellen lives in Richardson, Texas and continues to learn daily from her husband and two children. In good times and bad, she still enjoys her brownies.
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Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005IC38EU/ref=as_li_tf_til?tag=ellencardonac-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B005IC38EU&adid=1AR1GXZZAECEWZJEMZMT&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fellencardona.com%2F

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brownie-fix-ellen-cardona/1105068099?ean=2940013043732&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-plecO0ACyhE-_-2%3a2940013043732&

Paperback at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Brownie-Fix-Ellen-Cardona/dp/1466221518/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1341330305&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=ellen+cardona

April 27, 2013

Brownie Fix by Ellen Cardona

Ellen Cardona is currently on tour with CLP Blog Tours and Brownie Fix. I think this novel has a very specific audience. The main character, Persey, is dealing with pregnancy, giving birth to her son, and then severe postpartum depression. While I do not have children yet, I do hope to be a mother in the future, and so I was intrigued by the fictional take on postpartum and motherhood as a whole. Persey struggles right away with her issues of impending motherhood, and Cardona takes readers to a very dark place with Persey, where she even has thoughts of harming her new son. The book has a ton of raw emotion and feels very real, I didn’t feel like anything was hidden or glossed over when it came to the characters or storyline. There are even some much need comic-relief moments when it comes to the supporting cast, such at Persey’s mother and neighbors. One character I really enjoyed was Persey’s husband, who was a huge rock for her during her struggles. While this wasn’t a typical read for me, I was able to learn from the book and have a better understanding on postpartum depression. I also liked that the author wrote this book and suffered through postpartum herself (not that I wish that on someone!) but I think that is a big reason while the writing felt so real to me. I knew that the person behind the words had been there and done that, and I find it commendable she was able to produce Brownie Fix.
[Rating: 3.5]

July 26, 2012

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