Deconstructing Mom – A Short Story
In 2005 Chicago, Connie learns that sometimes it’s too late to address those mother-daughter issues. An emotional story of failed family relationships.Read More →
In 2005 Chicago, Connie learns that sometimes it’s too late to address those mother-daughter issues. An emotional story of failed family relationships.Read More →
Ebook giveaway runs through November 17th! I’m on tour with some of the best book bloggers in Texas. Check them out at the link above! Enter the giveaway and check out some great reviews. Here are some excerpts from reviews of my new release: I’ll Be Seeing You by Joanne Kukanza Easley is a hearty punch of literary drama, with Ruby Lauren Eaton’s story spanning decades, from the 1930s to the 1980s. I’ll Be Seeing You is the perfect book for any reader looking for a dramatic main female character who remains a vulnerable young girl on the inside while her life comes apart atRead More →
If you love reading, you should join the International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club. Check them out at the link below. Free to readers! The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club – Starring the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Just One Look is Dani Marek’s story of love. loss, grief, and letting go. Sublime Book Review: “Easley writes a thoroughly gripping story, set in the sixties and seventies, of a woman’s loss and grief, and how, after a series of trying events, she learned how to heal her heart again.” Diane Donavan, Reviewer at Midwest Book Review: “Set against the backdropRead More →
Excerpt from Tammy Ruggles’ Review Just One Look by Joanne Kukanza Easley is a powerful work of literary fiction about grief and what comes after. This moving and multi-layered story centers on Danielle Marek, who is thirteen and in love. It’s Chicago, 1965, and for her, it’s true love, not puppy love. Vietnam crushes her dreams of a life with John, and she spirals down a path of self-destruction with men, but her way leads to a terrible end. She finds herself a young but rich widow raising a baby on her own. Is she able to rise above her loss and find herself again?Read More →
In Conversation with Author Joanne Kukanza Easley – Occhi MagazineRead More →
It was a pleasure to talk about my new release, Just One Look, with Dr. Gail Aldwin.Read More →
Sweet Jane’s original cover art captures the character perfectly. The cover art was a finalist in the da Vinci eye award at the Eric Hoffer Awards for 2021.Read More →
So honored that Sweet Jane was a finalist in contemporary fictionRead More →
Very honored to win this contest. The Indie author project connects indie authors to readers and libraries. Sweet Jane was featured in the December 2020 issue the Library Journal.Read More →
In 1965 Chicago, thirteen-year-old Dani Marek declares she’s in love, and you best believe it. This is no crush, and for six blissful years she fills her hope chest with linens, dinnerware, and dreams of an idyllic future with John. When he is killed in action in Viet Nam, Dani’s world shatters. She launches a one-woman vendetta against the men she seeks out in Rush Street’s singles bars. Her goal: break as many hearts as she can. Dani’s ill-conceived vengeance leads her to a loveless marriage that ends in tragedy. At twenty-four, she’s left a widow with a baby, a small fortune, and a ghost—makeRead More →