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Book Spotlight: Coming Up for Air by Patti Callahan Henry & Giveaway

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Good day everyone! Today I’m going to spotlight a book that sounds terrific and it’s called Coming Up for Air by Patti Callahan Henry which releases on August 16/11! I haven’t had a chance to read it yet but any story that involves a hidden diary and stories that have been buried for years is always right up my alley. So let’s check out what Coming Up for Air is about and learn a bit about the author. Be sure to check out the giveaway at the end of the post!

About the Book (from Patti’s website)

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.

Read an excerpt
Buy Coming Up for Air on Amazon.com or Amazon.ca

About the Author (from Patti’s website)


NYT Bestselling author of eight novels: Losing the Moon, Where the River Runs, When Light Breaks, Between the Tides, The Art of Keeping Secrets, and Driftwood Summer and The Perfect Love Song. Her latest novel, Coming Up For Air will be published by St. Martins Press on August 15th, 2011.

Patti has been hailed as a fresh new voice in southern fiction. She has been short-listed for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and has twice been nominated for the Southeastern Independent Booksellers Fiction Novel of the Year. She is a frequent speaker at luncheons, book clubs and women’s groups where she discusses the importance of storytelling and anything else they want to talk about.

After earning her Master’s degree in Child Health, Patti worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist until her first child was born. Patti is a full time writer, wife and mother living with her husband and three children in Mountain Brook, AL where she is working on her next novel.

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GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have one copy of Coming Up for Air by Patti Callahan Henry up for grabs! To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with an email address to contact you (no email, no entry).
  • For 2 entries, follow my blog. If you already do, thank you, and please let me know in your comment so I can pass the extra entry on to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway and spread the word!

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents (no PO boxes) and I’ll draw for the winner on Saturday, August 20/11. Good luck everyone!

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  1. I love her books. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  2. Love the sound of this one. And the cover.

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  3. I've added this to my reading list, sounds good.
    I'm a gfc follower: theresan
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  9. I've never read anything Ms. Henry but this book sounds very interesting and like something I would enjoy. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  12. Oh my goodness, please enter me! I have not read one of hers yet, but they are ALL on my wish list!

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    I am a follower

    Its on my sidebar!

  15. This book sounds like it has a dual storyline, which is something that I really like. I am going to have to check it out at some point, and would love a chance to win this one as well, Dar! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  16. I just adore diary/secrets stories! Love them! I'd like to be entered…

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    i follow and will post in the sidebar!

  20. I used to have a controlling mother-in-law. Acting it turned out to be my sister-in-law behind everything! Anyway, I could really get into this story. LOL

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  27. This sounds like a good one Darlene; I will check it out further. No need to enter me in the giveaway; I'm trying to catch up a little 🙂
    I miss the Sammy postings on Sunday; hope the little guy is okay!

  30. I've read one of her other books, and would love to read this one!
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  33. This books sounds like you could easily start reading & not put it down until you finish! Please enter me in the giveaway!
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  36. The story sounds fascinating and I love the southern setting!

    Thank you for another great giveaway, Dar!
    I'm a follower of your blog!

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  39. I love books with mysterious diaries involved in the storyline and I love a good Southern fiction book so this sounds right up my alley. Thanks for offering the giveaway.

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  41. This sounds like my kind of book. I love stories about hidden secrets and a past.

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  47. This sounds like a good read. I'm looking forward to it.
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  63. I enjoy Patti Callahan's books and look forward to this one.cardshark42(at)hotmail(dot)com

  67. Hidden diary, unlocked secrets, rambling old summer house? I'm in!

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  80. Sounds like a wonderful story, and I'd love to read the book. Please enter me. Thanks!

    Anita Yancey
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