Dear Goodreads community:

At the conclusion of my wonderfully successful giveaway campaign in which a combined total of almost 1200 people signed up to win a copy of American Icarus: A Memoir of Father and Country, and America on the Couch: Psychological Perspectives on American Politics and Culture, I want to say a heartfelt thank you for your interest and engagement, for your passion for books, and for taking notice of my books in particular. I look forward with excitement to sharing my work with the winners, and to hearing their responses.

But I also hope that those who didn’t win a copy might consider purchasing one or both books. Because as we head into the 2016 election season, I can think of no better time for these works-of-a-lifetime to serve their purpose of bringing deeper insight into America: through sharing my own deeply personal story of my father’s life, as it was shaped by those American myths of freedom and independence—movingly told by him as he lay dying, and by me, his oldest daughter, as after his death I go back in time to understand the roots of his alcoholism, his passion for flying and farming, and our complicated relationship—and through also sharing the insight and knowledge of the American psyche that I gained in my interviews with 37 remarkable psychologists and thinkers on issues that involve and affect us all as citizens: violence; addiction; the environment; capitalism; politics and polarization; and the soul of America.

And if you read one or both of these books, and have been affected by them, or liked or appreciated them, I hope you will consider sharing your thoughts with other readers by posting a review!

With gratitude and thanks to the readers of the Goodreads community,
Pythia