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  • The USA “Best Books 2011” Awards

    The House of Six Doors was selected as:

    Winner of Multicultural Fiction
    Finalist in General Fiction
    Finalist in Women's Lit

  • 2011 Eric Hoffer Award Winner!

    The House of Six Doors has been chosen as the 1st Runner Up for General Fiction for the Eric Hoffer Award which recognizes excellence in independent publishing.

  • San Francisco Book Festival Award

    The House of Six Doors is Runner Up in the Teenage category in the 2011 San Francisco Book Festival!

  • eBook on Sale Now

    The ebook version is enhanced with pictures, recipes, a Papiamentu phrasebook, stories on Curaçao, a song list, an interview with the author and more, with 100 illustrations. It is available at Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and iBook Store for only $2.99.

  • Pico Iyer on The House of Six Doors

    Reknown author, Pico Iyer, Introduces The House of Six Doors and Patricia Selbert at the University of Santa Barbara Multicultural Center, May 19, 2011.

  • The House of Six Doors

    Serena, at the age of thirteen leaves behind her home and her beloved grandmother, Oma, on the colorful Caribbean island of Curaçao when her mother - ambitious, impulsive and emotionally unstable - takes her and her sister to the United States to pursue the American Dream. They drive from Miami to Hollywood, where their money and luck run out and a 1963 Ford Galaxie becomes their first American home. The narrative moves between seedy Hollywood in the 70s and tropical Curaçao. The timeless wisdom of her grandmother becomes the compass by which Serena negotiates the complex journey of an immigrant and a young girl's coming of age.

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