Patti Callahan Henry

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Book Your Lunch with New York Times bestselling Southern novelist Patti Callahan Henry on Monday, August 22nd from 12-2 pm at The Lazy Goat in downtown Greenville. Tickets are $25 each and must be purchased in advance at http://www.bookyourlunch.com ... (more)or by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540. Each Book Your Lunch event includes a 20-minute reading or talk by the author, a Q&A session with the audience, a delicious lunch, and an onsite booksigning session. Books may be purchased from Fiction Addiction at or prior to the event. Patti Callahan Henry's new novel, Coming Up for Air (St. Martin's, hardcover, $24.99), is an emotional powerhouse of a story about Ellie Calvin, a well-to-do Atlanta wife and mother who must confront and make peace with her past, as well as that of her mother, before she can move forward with her life. Ellie's strength is inspiring and will speak to any reader grappling with midlife angst and self-doubt. Ellie Calvin is caught in a dying marriage, and she knows this. With her beloved daughter away at college and a growing gap between her and her husband - between her reality and the woman she wants to be - she doesn't quite seem to fit into her own life. But everything changes after her controlling mother, Lillian, passes away. Ellie's world turns upside down when she sees her ex-boyfriend, Hutch, at her mother's funeral and learns that he is in charge of a documentary that involved Lillian before her death. He wants answers to questions that Ellie's not sure she can face, until, in the painful midst of going through her mother's things, she discovers a hidden diary - and a window into stories buried long ago. As Ellie and Hutch start speaking for the first time in years, Ellie's closed heart slowly begins to open. Fighting their feelings, they set out together to dig into Lillian's history. Using both the diary and a trip to the Summer House, a mysterious and seductive bayside home, they gamble that they can work together and not fall in love again. But in piecing together a decades-old unrequited-love story, they just might uncover the secrets in their own hearts... Coming up for Air is the story of one woman's search for truth - and what happens when love steps in along the way. If you cannot make the event, you can reserve a personalized copy of any of Ms. Henry's books by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.

Ellie Calvin is caught in a dying marriage, and she knows this. With her beloved daughter away at college and a growing gap between her and her husband - between her reality and the woman she wants to be - she doesn't quite seem to fit into her own life. But everything changes after her controlling mother, ... (more)Lillian, passes away. Ellie's world turns upside down when she sees her ex-boyfriend, Hutch, at her mother's funeral and learns that he is in charge of a documentary that involved Lillian before her death. He wants answers to questions that Ellie's not sure she can face, until, in the painful midst of going through her mother's things, she discovers a hidden diary - and a window into stories buried long ago. As Ellie and Hutch start speaking for the first time in years, Ellie's closed heart slowly begins to open. Fighting their feelings, they set out together to dig into Lillian's history. Using both the diary and a trip to the Summer House, a mysterious and seductive bayside home, they gamble that they can work together and not fall in love again. But in piecing together a decades-old unrequited-love story, they just might uncover the secrets in their own hearts... This is the story of one woman's search for truth - and what happens when love steps in along the way.

***** Space is limited. Kindly RSVP to rsvp@mrpratl.com by August 12. ***** Join us to celebrate the national launch of the eighth novel by New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry, Coming Up for Air. We will be selling books at the event, with a portion of sales supporting SCAD's Cultural ... (more)Arts & Writing Scholarship Program. Featuring: Sinless Margaritas; Sinful Small Bites by YEAH! BURGER; ATL Cake Pops; Surprises! Complimentary parking in White Provision's parking deck. Valet parking available. About the Book: On the coast of Alabama, there is a house cloaked in mystery, a place that reveals the truth and changes lives... Ellie Calvin is caught in a dying marriage, and she knows this. With her beloved daughter away at college and a growing gap between her and her husband – between her reality and the woman she wants to be – she doesn’t quite seem to fit into her own life. But everything changes after her controlling mother, Lillian, passes away. Ellie’s world turns upside down when she sees her ex-boyfriend, Hutch, at her mother’s funeral and learns that he is in charge of a documentary that involved Lillian before her death. He wants answers to questions that Ellie’s not sure she can face, until, in the painful midst of going through her mother’s things, she discovers a hidden diary – and a window into stories buried long ago. As Ellie and Hutch start speaking for the first time in years, Ellie’s closed heart slowly begins to open. Fighting their feelings, they set out together to dig into Lillian’s history. Using both the diary and a trip to the Summer House, a mysterious and seductive bayside home, they gamble that they can work together and not fall in love again. But in piecing together a decades-old unrequited-love story, they just might uncover the secrets in their own hearts… Coming up for Air is the story of one woman’s search for truth – and what happens when love steps in along the way. If you cannot attend the reading, but would like a signed copy of Coming Up for Air, you may reserve it at http://acappellabooks.com/ev_pch.asp .

Book Your Lunch with Southern author Patti Callahan Henry on Wednesday, December 15th from 12-2 pm at The Lazy Goat in downtown Greenville. Tickets are $25 each and must be purchased in advance at http://www.bookyourlunch.com or ... (more)by calling Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540. Each Book Your Lunch event includes a 20-minute reading or talk by the author, a Q&A session with the audience, a delicious lunch, and an onsite booksigning session. Books may be purchased from Fiction Addiction at or prior to the event. Celebrate the holiday season with New York Times bestselling Southern author Patti Callahan Henry and her new book, The Perfect Love Song: A Holiday Story (Vanguard Press, hardcover, $15.95), which Pat Conroy calls a "lyrical and heartwarming tale of love and forgiveness."

Join Us for Our 2010 Holiday Author Party Join us for the Atlanta Press Club's Holiday Author Party on Monday, December 6 at 200 Peachtree Street, formerly Macy's department store. The APC Holiday Author Party is one of Atlanta’s most anticipated seasonal events for the media. We will have upwards ... (more)of 300 of Atlanta’s top journalists, media professionals and public relations representatives this year as we host approximately 30 local and national authors who will be signing their latest works. Barnes & Noble will have the books available for purchase. Cash bars and heavy appetizers will be served. Don't forget to stop by the silent auction table for great deals on your favorite attractions, vacation destinations and gifts! WHEN Monday, December 6, 2010 from 6:30-9:30PM If you join or renew your membership and purchase one Holiday Author Party ticket you will receive the second ticket for FREE! WHERE 200 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Please click here for directions. Please note that the Parking Deck is located on 150 Carnegie Way, one block down on your right(between Fairlie & Cone). R.S.V.P. APC members may purchase a ticket at the member price of $20 and $20 for one guest through December 3. After December 3 member ticket prices increase to $25. If you join or renew your membership and purchase one Holiday Author Party ticket you will receive the second ticket for FREE! Non-member tickets are $35 through December 3. After December 3 non-members tickets increase to $40. To make reservations please click the link below or call (404) 577-7377. Tickets will also be available to purchase at the door. Refunds will not be granted after Friday, Dec. 3 Featured Authors at the 2010 Holiday Author Party: Mary Kay Andrews is the author of many New York Times bestselling books including Savannah Breeze and Blue Christmas. Andrews will be signing copies of her most recent novel The Fixer Upper. For more information on the author and her book please see http://www.marykayandrews.com/content... . Jeannette Montgomery Barron ( http://www.jeannettemontgomerybarron.... ) will be signing her new series entitled My Mothers Clothes: An Album of Memories, which is comprised of color photographs of her mother’s vintage clothing spanning from the late 1950’s through the mid-80’s. Rebecca Burns is an author and journalist who focuses on Southern history, race relations, and the intersection of race, religion and politics. Burns will be signing her recent book, Atlanta: Yesterday & Today, a tribute to one of America’s most energetic and progressive cities. The book celebrates the character, moxie, and extraordinary history that combined to earn Atlanta its status as the capital of the New South. For more information on Rebecca Burns please see http://www.rebecca-burns.com/ . New York Times Best-selling author Patti Callahan Henry ( http://www.patticallahanhenry.com/ ) in her new novel The Perfect Love Song writes of a man who must decide between a life of musical fame and the woman he loves who inspired his biggest song sensation. Jackie G. Cushman ( http://www.jackiecushman.com/ ) is a nationally syndicated columnist and best-selling author of 5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours, which she co-wrote with her father Newt Gingrich. Jackie will be signing her upcoming book The Essential American: 21 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Read, which will be released in November. Joseph Dabney, Atlanta author and folklorist, will be signing his latest cookbook The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking which share 130 delicacies from the South Carolina and Georgia coasts. Alan Deutschman ( http://www.alandeutschman.com/ ) will be signing Walk the Walk: The #1 Rule for Real Leaders, which presents true and inspiring stories of authentic leadership for tough times. Elizabeth Dulemba ( http://dulemba.com ) and Susan Rosson Spain ( http://www.susanspain.com ) will be signing their latest children's book, 12 Days of Christmas in Georgia. Spain is the author and Dulemba is the illustrator. Nate Evans ( http://www.nateevans.com/ ) is a New York Time's best selling author and illustrator. Evans will be signing his latest children's book, The Jellybeans and the Big Book. Echo Garrett ( http://www.echogarrett.com/ ) is the author of several books and whose work can be read in many publications including Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Echo will be signing her book Why Don't They Just Get a Job?: One Couple's Mission to End Poverty in Their Community. Atlanta Press Club member Mickey Goodman ( http://www.ninelivesofamarriage.com/ ) will be signing Nine Lives of a Marriage - A Curious Journey with co-author and Holocaust survivor, Eva Friedlander. This incredible true story has been praised as 'one of the most important stories of the day.' After reading it you no doubt will feel the same. Dr.Tom Harbin ( http://www.wakingupblind.com/ ), exposes the lawsuits in his latest book Waking up Blind that tell the story of this medical scandal from the very beginning. Former Atlanta Braves' All-Star Brian Jordan ( http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/20... ) will be signing his children's book, Overcoming the Fear of Baseball, which encourages children of all ages to overcome their fears, by never giving up. Michael Kanell ( http://www.presimetrics.com/ ) explains in his new book, Presimetrics: What the Facts Tell Us About How the Presidents Measure Up On the Issues We Care About, more than just how Presidents did what they did. It’s about policy. See, it turns out that on many issues, administrations that did well shared similar policies. On the other hand, Presidents that did poorly often took the same approach as others that also did poorly. Elliott Mackle ( http://www.elliottmacklebooks.com ), winner of the Lambda Award-finalist for Best Gay Men’s Mystery, will be signing his latest novel, Captain Harding's Six Day War about a solider's personal battle to come out of the closet. Maryn McKenna ( http://www.superbugthebook.com/ ) blogger for Wired and former AJC reporter, will sign her latest book Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA, a narrative investigation of a global epidemic hiding in plain sight in hospitals, families and farms. Martha Nesbitt ( http://authors.simonandschuster.com/M... ) is a cookbook writer and food columnist for Savannah Magazine. Nesbitt will be signing her new cookbook Savannah Celebrations: Simple Southern Party Menus. Dining editor at statewide business magazine Georgia Trend, Krista Reese ( http://www.kristareese.com ) will be signing her cookbook Atlanta Kitchens: Recipes from Atlanta’s Best Restaurants. Former reporter and entrepreneur Kevin Salwen ( http://www.thepowerofhalf.com/ ) is the co-author of The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving, a story of how one family grew closer as they discovered that half could be so much more. Mara Shalhoup, Editor-in-Chief of Creative Loafing Atlanta, and board member of the Atlanta Press Club will be signing her book BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family ( http://www.atlantamagazine.com/februa... ). Laurel Snyder ( http://www.randomhouse.com/author/res... ) in her children's book, Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher, presents a series of misunderstandings that lead to a warm message of welcome and community. Jeffrey Stepakoff ( http://www.jeffreystepakoff.com/ ) writes in his novel Fireworks over Toccoa, a poignant tale of love and loss, of making choices and letting go. Award-winning author and teacher Melanie Sumner ( http://www.melanie-sumner.com ) will be signing The Ghost of Milagro Creek, a story woven with teen love and tragedy and set in the evocative landscape of Taos, N.M. Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, writes about her hometown and the trauma it endured during one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history-Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ( http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-... ). Wendy Wax's ( http://www.authorwendywax.com/ ) latest novel Magnolia Wednesdays is a story of woman's courage to pursue her dreams despite the tremendous odds. Susan Rebecca White offers a thought-provoking princess-and-the-pauper scenario: Two sisters who grow up in luxury are separated by fate in her novel, A Soft Place to Land ( http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/susan-re... ). Isabel Wilkerson is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. Her latest book The Warmth of Other Suns ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/boo... ) is new history of the black migration in America, which carried millions of Southerners northward or westward. Former sports reporter, Jack Wilkinson ( http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/20... ) will be signing his sixth book Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball, which chronicles Pete Van Wieren's time as the 'voice of America's Team'-The Atlanta Braves. Award-winning author Morasha Winokur ( http://www.thechancerchronicles.com/i... ) will be signing her latest book, My Invisible World: Life with my Brother, his Disability and his Service Dog, which describes how dreams and challenges can become understood and embraced when a specially trained Behavioral Assistance Dog joins her family.

We’re happy to join the delightful Atlanta author Patti Callahan Henry as she celebrates the release of her new novel, The Perfect Love Song: A Holiday Story. It’s a story about some Christmas miracles needed to help a trio of characters find love, and author Pat Conroy calls it ”a lyrical ... (more)and heartwarming tale of love and forgiveness.” We’ll have more about this special event coming soon at http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.or....

The wonderful Atlanta author whose best-selling books include Where the River Runs and Between the Tides, joins us for a celebration of her new, delightful novel, Driftwood Summer. She'll read from the book and talk about her work and then sign copies at the library. Then near 9 p.m., we'll adjourn to ... (more)her official "Book Launch Party" at 176 South Candler Road. The party is co-sponsored with the Decatur Book Festival at their new offices. So plan to be with us for both parts of this free event!