Remember that cliché off the silver lining  in that cloud?  After a week of clouds climaxed in my fat pinky’s knife disaster (see previous post) I learned that The Mango Bride was a finalist in Contemporary Fiction at the San Diego Book Awards:

http://www.sdbookawards.com/2014/05/15/2012-finalists-being-announced/

Lady no longer sings the blues.  Until they announce winners in June, I’ll be channeling Liza Minneli’s ballad to hope: