Here is a recent book cover I made. The book is called, “Missing The Boat: A Memoir,” By Erika Lowenkopf (Philosopher Poet Press, 2024). Erika’s memoir combined some disparate themes within her book. She shares the horror of a middle school bullying ordeal, the pain from the loss of her beloved grandmother, and her search for meaning and hope as she navigated an early diagnosis of infertility, after a long battle with her own health. As she went through everything, she dropped out of college. One day Erika posted that she was having trouble with her cover artist, and I could immediately see why; the cover he’d done for her was all wrong. It had a boat done in comic book style, with two hands posing as a picture frame and a star tattoo on the wrist. Nothing about this screamed Erika, let alone the complex story she’d woven together. “I know it’s bad,” she said in her Facebook post, “but what do I do?” I messaged her about her cover, and her journey finding an artist. One thing led to another and she sent me her manuscript. It was still being edited, so I was one of the few people to read Erika’s story so far. I read it, and I was hooked! We developed the cover to tie together all the themes from her story: she’s wearing a hospital gown with an IV, running to catch the boat that is steaming away from the dock. Above her head are the chaos elements she deals with in her story: the failed report card, the medical scan, a photo of her and her grandmother, and the hourglass referencing her favorite soap opera. With the cover off to the presses, the book was released early 2024. Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955989001 What are people saying about Missing the Boat?
Erika has two upcoming events to celebrate her book launch: 1st book signing is on Thursday, April 11th |
Emily St. Marie
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