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Readers's Favorite Book Awards 2015

Saving Gracie

Fiction - Inspirational



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Fiction - Inspirational

The IAN Book of the Year Award 2016

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Oak Forest native publishes first book; second one set for September

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Oak Forest native Terry Lee released her first book, “Saving Gracie,” last year.
by Michael Sudhalter
michael@theleadernews.com


Oak Forest native Terry Lee volunteered with Houston Hospice, which she described as a “phenomenal experience.”

“The training itself was wonderful,” Lee said. “The opportunity to be there with people at the end of their lives was a very rewarding experience.”

Lee, who graduated from Stevens Elementary, Black Middle School and Waltrip High, also came up with an idea for her first novel.

“People would talk to people on the other side,” said Lee, a licensed substance abuse counselor who now lives in Sugar Land. “The medical community writes it off as hallucination. I started wondering what (my parents’) life is like, life after life.”
Lee wrote “Saving Gracie,” which is about a mother who became very overprotective of her daughter. The mother passes away and continues to look after her daughter.

While trying to get the book published, Lee received several rejection letters, but she ultimately signed with World Castle Publishing out of Pensacola, Fla.

The book was released last July, much to Lee’s delight.

“It’s been so much fun,” Lee said. “It’s something I’ve never done. Everything has been a first for me.”

Lee said she became interested in writing through her late father, Bill Lee, who graduated from Reagan High, and her grandfather, William Herbert Lee, who passed away before she was born but had been a published writer.

Growing up in Oak Forest during the 1960s, Lee has fond memories of it.

“It was friendly,” she said. “Our moms kicked us out of the house in the morning, we went back in for lunch and didn’t come back home until it was time for dinner or it was dark.”
The Galleria area is the setting for Lee’s second novel, “Partly Sunny,” which will be released in early September. It’s about a 30-something woman who puts a great deal of emphasis on materialism, only to have a change of heart.

2 comments:

  1. Me, again, I feel like I'm getting to meet you all over again, a delightful experience! Congratulations on the award and the newspaper article. Fabulous!
    Love, Gail (Goetz)

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    1. Oh my gosh. There is no need to add your last name. How could I not know you??? I'm glad you got to see this:)

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