The World of Ink Network will be
touring author Hadiyah Joan Carlyle’s riveting memoir, Torch in the Dark: One Woman’s Journey
in May 2013.
“Hadiyah pulls her life together in a Bellingham shipyard
using a welding rod and a tough as nails attitude…No one has even come close to
the depth and detail of the sixties that Carlyle reaches.” ~Jack Remick, The
Deification and Blood
About the Book:
Torch in the Dark
tells the moving story of how Hadiyah Joan Carlyle, a single mother haunted by
memories of her own traumatic childhood, pioneered as one of the first women
since World War II to enter the trades as a union welder. Beginning in a Jewish
immigrant neighborhood in New Jersey, the story moves through San Francisco’s
colorful Haight-Ashbury in the sixties to arrive at Fairhaven Shipyard in
Bellingham, Washington. For Hadiyah, welding become a metaphor for healing from
the dark past as well as a path to self-reliance and economic survival.
While providing insightful perspective on the culture of the
1960’s and 1970’s, Torch in the Dark
offers profound inspiration for anyone struggling with issues of abuse and
oppression.
Publisher:
Book Publishers Network; 1st edition (March 20, 2012)
ISBN-10:
1937454231
ISBN-13:
978-1937454234
Genre: Memoir
Available in Print & eBook
What Readers are Saying:
“Torch in the Dark" tells the author's story through a
series of tightly crafted vignettes and flashbacks. As many women of her era,
Joan Carlyle was raised without defined ambition or skills, even the domestic
ones. Estranged from her parents, she often felt alone and out of place. She
entered adulthood not knowing who she was. She drifted and drifted. Her stories
remind us how "freedom" isn't always free. Eventually she became an
activist, a mother and a welder.” ~Lucky Charlie
“In prose as hot as her welding torch, Hadiyah Carlyle
transports the reader to a time early in the women's movement that must never
be forgotten. As one of the first female welders in the West Coast shipyards,
Carlyle paved the way for women working in the trades today. You will applaud
her strength in sharing this powerful story.” ~Arleen Williams, The
Thirty-Ninth Victim
Purchase a copy at: Elliott Bay Books, Couth Buzzard Books,
Village Books, Amazon, SmashWords, B&N and anywhere indie books are sold
online.
About the Author:
Hadiyah Joan Carlyle grew up in a Jewish immigrant
neighborhood in New Jersey, became active in the Civil Right movement of the
sixties and migrated to San Francisco’s colorful Haight-Ashbury to be part of
the counter-culture there. In the seventies, she was the first and only female
shipyard welder in Bellingham, Washington, north of Seattle.
In the eighties, Hadiyah returned to the East coast to earn
her MSW at Rutgers University. In 2003, she completed the certificate program
in Memoir Writing through the University of Washington Extension. She is an active
member of Seattle’s thriving community of writers.
Today Hadiyah lives in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood
close to her son, Washington State 36th district Legislator Reuven
Carlyle, his wife Dr. Wendy Carlyle and their four children. Activist, hiker,
devoted grandmother, Hadiyah delights in the wild beauty of the Northwest while
remaining connected to her gritty urban East Coast roots.
Though welding is no longer a part of her life, she
continues to carry the torch for the empowerment of the oppressed.
You can find out more about Hadiyah Joan Carlyle, Torch in the Dark and her World of Ink
Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/chrfo3t
Follow Hadiyah Joan Carlyle at
Author Website http://www.torchinthedark.com
Twitter @CarlyleHadiyah
Facebook https://facebook.com/hadiyahcarlyle
Publisher Website http://www.bookpublishernetwork.com
There's a lot of writing these days about fake memoirs, lies, distortions, creative non-fiction so it's a real joy to read an uncensored, honest, deep memoir about the life and times of a real person caught up in the counter-culture 60s. Carlyle's memoir is a manual for how to put a real memoir together--without artifice, distortion or sensationalistic clap-trap. So...yes, I think it's a good story that readers will find great pleasure in.
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