Patti Callahan Henry-Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series

Newnan Carnegie Library

Join us as welcome New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Patti Callahan Henry for a book talk &amp; book signing!

Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Author Series

The Edgar B. Hollis Distinguished Authors Series began at the Carnegie in 2012. We are proud to bring these notable authors to Newnan and Coweta County.

The Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation is proud to welcome bestselling author, Patti Callahan Henry to the Carnegie. The Story She Left Behind is a sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both—inspired by a true literary mystery. We will be accepting pre orders for Patti’s new book, The Story She Left Behind. <a href="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/BXG7AQZJW1K5T/checkout/XHSVUEUCSDQZ5PNPVEPCPTYU?src=webqr" title="https://checkout.square.site/merchant/BXG7AQZJW1K5T/checkout/XHSVUEUCSDQZ5PNPVEPCPTYU?src=webqr" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">You can preorder the book from Bookmiser by clicking here.</a>The pre-ordered books will be available to pick up at the Carnegie on the books release date of March 18th. That way you get a chance to read the book before seeing Patti speak!Bookmiser will also be selling books upstairs during the program.About the book: In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother.By 1952, Clara is an illustrator raising her own daughter, Wynnie. When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother’s lost language. Clara is skeptical. Compelled by the tragedy of her mother’s vanishing, she crosses the Atlantic with Wynnie only to arrive during one of London’s most deadly natural disasters—the Great Smog. With asthmatic Wynnie in peril, they escape the city with Charlie and find refuge in the Jameson’s family retreat nestled in the Lake District. It is there that Clara must find the courage to uncover the truth about her mother and the story she left behind.Told in Patti Callahan Henry’s lyrical, enchanting prose, The Story She Left Behind is a captivating novel of mystery and family legacy that captures the profound longing for a mother and the evergreen allure of secrets.About the author:Patti Callahan Henry is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of several novels, including The Secret Books of Flora Lea, Surviving Savannah, and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She is the recipient of the Christy Award, the Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She is the cohost and cocreator of the popular weekly online live web show and podcast Friends and Fiction. She lives in Alabama and South Carolina with her family. Find out more at <a href="https://PattiCallahanHenry.com" title="https://PattiCallahanHenry.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">PattiCallahanHenry.com</a>

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