Awards for "It Burns a Lovely Light" include honorary mentions in Fiction from the New England Book Festival, The Great Southeast Book Festival, The Southwest Book Festival, The New York Book Festival, and The Beach Book Festival.
PRLog - Oct. 25, 2014 - WARRENTON, Va. -- Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, has included a debut novel in its Resource Library – unusual for a contemporary fiction.
Alternately hilarious, heartbreaking, and dark, Penny McCann Pennington's debut novel, "It Burns a Lovely Light," is the story of William James, an autistic savant, and his sister, Farley. After the implosion of their tight-knit Air Force family, William and Farley move into a falling-down boarding house overlooking the city of Pittsburgh - a city still reeling from the loss of its great steel industry.
"Readers response to William's pure, insightful honesty has been overwhelming," says Pennington. "Maybe he's the innocent in all of us."
Rosemary Walker, one of Pennington's many 5 star reviewers on Amazon writes: "It's nice to see someone with autism accepted rather than treated as a tragedy. (William) has enormous gifts and obvious disabilities, just like "real" autistics. But he is deeply loved."
Praise for “It Burns a Lovely Light” by the media includes:
"A remarkably moving book, with well-crafted characters and a strong, loving emotional center." –IndieReader Magazine
"Fiction at its Sharpest and Most Effective." -Piedmont Virginian Magazine
"A gifted writer...as the daughter of an Air Force General, Pennington's early depiction of life on base gives the book an authentic jumping off point." Washington Post's Leonard Shapiro forMiddleburg Life Magazine
However, it is the recognition of the autism community that Pennington is most grateful for. “As a writer, that my book might inspire those touched by autism is a dream come true," said Pennington. "I'm absolutely over the moon.”
"It Burns a Lovely Light" can be found on Amazon, Kindle, Nook, Barnes&Noble.com, and whereever books are sold.
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Debut Novel Recognized by International Autism Organization
October 25, 2014 at 12:45 PM EDT
