{"article":{"id":87799,"heading":"A Disturbing Presence","author":"Joy Lee Rutter","created":"2003-10-09 15:33:54","modified":"2013-11-11 00:26:37","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:26:37","article":"","contact":"joylee52@aol.com","link":"","address":"PO Box 326, Center Ossipee, NH  03814","phone":"603-539-7023","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Joy Lee Rutter\tA Disturbing Presence\r\nPress Release\r\nContact: Joy Rutter\r\nPhone: (603) 539-7023\r\nE-mail: joylee52@aol.com\r\nPO Box 326\r\nCenter Ossipee, NH 03814\tFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\r\nAuthor will send book for review at request.  Please specify if PDF file is acceptable.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNew Hampshire Woman becomes author\r\n\r\nCENTER OSSIPEE, NH-Joy Lee Rutter started writing her first book on an impulse. Now, it is her passion.  \r\nBorn in Michigan, she came to New Hampshire by way of Florida.  Rutter sacrificed college to marry immediately after graduating from high school. Five sons later, with her marriage beginning to crumble, she began keeping a journal after the birth of her youngest, to raise her spirits, and maintain her sense of humor. Then she began writing \u201ctongue-in-cheek\u201d humorous essays.\r\nRutter\u2019s first novel, A Disturbing Presence, became available September 1, 2003. It was not planned. It came into being following a zany conversation with her stepdaughter. Captivated by the ideas that the conversation prompted, Rutter started writing. Five months later, she had completed a first draft. In September, just one year from the time she began writing, the book is ready for distribution to booksellers, nationwide. Even Rutter is stunned by the acceptance of her first novel\u2019s publication, on her first try.\r\nThe author proudly describes A Disturbing Presence, as \u201csomething that has not been done in print or in the movies. It\u2019s a little bit strange, but it\u2019s filled with quite a bit of humor, too,\u201d she says. \u201cFolks who have read the book tell me they couldn\u2019t put it down. At the very least, I think A Disturbing Presence is a compelling novel with an unusual, thought-provoking theme,\u201d Rutter says.\r\nShe already is working on her next book.\r\nSynopsis:\r\nThis modern-day mystery takes place in a small town in NH.  An elegant manor appears normal enough.  You enter, look around at the widow's artwork & then walk into the private study of the late Eric McDuggal.  Of course, you do not expect to see McDuggal sitting in an antique rocker.  He is dead.  \r\nWhat were the motives behind his bizarre death wish?  While the house pets wreak havoc against the embalmed corpse, his widow remains in a self-imposed limbo, reluctant to find the answers.  The disturbing presence of the hideous display causes her life to collapse into nightmares & apathy.  An unlikely friendship between the taxidermist & widow develop; little do they know that his probing into McDuggal's background eventually leads to the discovery of a shocking childhood trauma.  A Disturbing Presence has all of the ingredients for a great page-turner!  Mystery, light horror, and humor, and eventually, romance.\r\nTitle:                     A Disturbing Presence\r\nAuthor:                    Joy Lee Rutter\r\nPublication Date:          September 2003\r\nPublisher:                 America House of Publishing \r\nISBN:                      1-4137-0113-2\r\nItem Status:               Active Record\r\nBinding Format:            Soft Cover\r\nPages:                     232\r\nRetail Price:\t\t      $19.95\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/1-4137-0113-2.jpg","filesize":"3.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/87799.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/1-4137-0113-2.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/1-4137-0113-2.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":87800,"heading":"Author Picture","article":"Enclosed you will find a picture of the book and the author, Joy Lee Rutter","author":"Joy Lee Rutter","parent_id":87799,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-10-09 15:33:54","modified":"2005-08-15 01:43:51","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/10\/authorpic.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/10\/authorpic.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":88593,"heading":"...wow... (Michael Keaton voice)","article":"- Great Photo - it was good idea.\r\nRegards, Andy R. \r\n\r\n","author":"Andy Rozbicki","parent_id":87799,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-13 18:08:10","modified":"2003-10-13 18:08:10","fileurl":""},{"id":88626,"heading":"and now back to the show","article":"So who the hell cares?","author":"commercial interruption","parent_id":87799,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-13 22:33:49","modified":"2003-10-13 22:33:49","fileurl":""}]}