My Parade Essay!
Hi, friends! Happy back-to-school to all who celebrate! I love, love, love summer, so I’m clinging to this last few weeks of the season, all while embracing that freshly sharpened pencil smell and a favorite annual tradition: shopping for school supplies! So much is going on around here that I can’t wait to tell you about below. From a great vacation to a big book sale, TV news, and more. But, for now, I hope you’ll check out this column I wrote for Parade about how my own family beach weeks inspired my latest novel, Beach House Rules. You can read on Parade, or, if you prefer to listen, I’ve read it aloud for you above! And if you haven’t read the book yet, here’s a little more about it:
Life doesn’t always go according to plan. But sometimes, the detour is the best part. When Charlotte and her daughter Iris move into the “mommune,” Alice Bailey’s beachfront former bed and breakfast, now also home to two other moms and their children, she doesn’t yet know that they will form bonds that will change them unalterably, completely, forever. She doesn’t know that each of the women and children that come into her life were a missing piece in her story that will not only heal her but who will also help her move forward into the next chapter.
$1.99 e-book Sale
Do you love reading on your e-reader? If so, this offer is for you! You can get The Summer of Songbirds all August long for $1.99! August is almost over, so HURRY if you would like to read this to round out your summer season!
The Summer of Songbirds Coming to Your TV!
In case you missed it… I’ve been keeping a big TV secret! The Summer of Songbirds is coming to a small screen near you very soon! I’ll keep you posted on all the updates as I have them!
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Hulu has landed for development The Summer Of Songbirds, a drama series inspired by the bestselling novel by Kristy Woodson Harvey. The project hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and 20th Television.
Adapted by Brennan Peters (The Power), The Summer of Songbirds is a story about the power of forged family — the family we choose, the family we fight to keep, again and again. It revolves around three girlfriends and their unbreakable bond forged in their childhood summers spent in North Carolina. Now in their 30s, each grappling with the harsh realities of adulthood, they’re forced to confront secrets and betrayals from both the past and present that threaten to unravel their chosen family.
My trip to Wyoming!
Is it too late for me to take a gap year?? Jackson Hole, you enchanted us, on this amazing mother-child trip to Jackson Hole! The most incredible wide open spaces!! We hiked and e-biked and white water rafted and went to the rodeo… And generally just had the most terrific time! It was the perfect way to punctuate a truly fantastic summer, maybe the best one yet.
This Week on Friends and Fiction:
Join us Wednesday, August 27th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Patti Callahan Henry & Kristin Harmel welcome #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and award-winning author Anne Burt to discuss their stylish, twisty thriller, Please Don’t Lie in which a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with her new husband for a fresh start—but the past won’t let her go.
