Patti Callahan Henry – författare

NÄR BOMBERNA FALLER över London 1939 evakueras fjortonåriga Hazel och hennes femåriga syster Flora till en by i Oxfordshire. De får bo med den vänliga Bridie och hennes tonårsson Harry i en liten stuga vid floden, och dagarna fylls av äventyr och utflykter. När Floras hemlängtan tar över berättar Hazel sagor för henne om Viskande skogen, och Themsen förvandlas till Stjärnfloden. Den magiska världen är systrarnas egen hemlighet. Men en dag försvinner Flora, vid en utflykt på flodbanken. Hazels värld faller samman och hon klandrar sig själv. Hon svär på att aldrig sätta sin fot i Oxfordshire igen, och den spirande kärleken till Harry får ett tvärt slut. Tjugo år senare arbetar Hazel på ett antikvariat i London, hennes charmige pojkvän har friat, och det känns som om hon äntligen fått ordning på sitt liv. Allt vänds upp och ned när antikvariatet en dag får in en illustrerad bok: Viskande skogen och Stjärnfloden. Hazel har aldrig berättat för en själ om fantasivärlden hon skapade till Flora. Kan boken vara ett tecken på att systern fortfarande lever, efter alla år?

Flora Leas hemliga bok är en varm roman om systerskap och förlorad kärlek, med ljuvliga miljöer, ovanligt levande språk och dessutom en oväntad twist.

PATTI­ CALLAHAN HENRY är en prisbelönt amerikansk författare. Flora Leas hemliga bok är hennes sextonde roman. Henry bor i Mountain Brook, Alabama.

NÄR BOMBERNA FALLER över London 1939 evakueras fjortonåriga Hazel och hennes femåriga syster Flora till en by i Oxfordshire. De får bo med den vänliga Bridie och hennes tonårsson Harry i en liten stuga vid floden, och dagarna fylls av äventyr och utflykter. När Floras hemlängtan tar över berättar Hazel sagor för henne om Viskande skogen, och Themsen förvandlas till Stjärnfloden. Den magiska världen är systrarnas egen hemlighet. Men en dag försvinner Flora, vid en utflykt på flodbanken. Hazels värld faller samman och hon klandrar sig själv. Hon svär på att aldrig sätta sin fot i Oxfordshire igen, och den spirande kärleken till Harry får ett tvärt slut. Tjugo år senare arbetar Hazel på ett antikvariat i London, hennes charmige pojkvän har friat, och det känns som om hon äntligen fått ordning på sitt liv. Allt vänds upp och ned när antikvariatet en dag får in en illustrerad bok: Viskande skogen och Stjärnfloden. Hazel har aldrig berättat för en själ om fantasivärlden hon skapade till Flora. Kan boken vara ett tecken på att systern fortfarande lever, efter alla år?

Flora Leas hemliga bok är en varm roman om systerskap och förlorad kärlek, med ljuvliga miljöer, ovanligt levande språk och dessutom en oväntad twist.

PATTI­ CALLAHAN HENRY är en prisbelönt amerikansk författare. Flora Leas hemliga bok är hennes sextonde roman. Henry bor i Mountain Brook, Alabama.

In this warm and moving anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy.

Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book—Reunion Beach—these close friends and colleagues channeled their creativity, admiration, and grief into stories and poems that celebrate this remarkable woman and her abiding love for the Lowcountry of her native South Carolina—a land of beauty, history, charm, and Gullah magic she so brilliantly brought to life in her acclaimed novels. 

From Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author, a sequel to Summer of ’69.

From Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author, comes a heartwarming, humorous interview from the hereafter with Pat Conroy and Dorothea Benton Frank, two beloved icons of Southern literature.

From Patti Callahan, bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis and Surviving Savannah, comes The Bridemaids, a story about a trip to the South Carolina beach.

From Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author, Mother and Child Reunion, a heartwarming story set under the warm South Carolina sun.

Reunion Beach also features letters, short stories, poems, and essays from:

Infused with Dorothea Benton Frank’s remarkable spirit, Reunion Beach is a literary homage and beautiful keepsake that keeps this dearly missed writer’s flame burning bright.

"Patti Callahan Henry is quickly becoming one of my favorites." --Debbie Macomber

Just in time for Christmas, escape with a perfect love song, a perfect love story, and a perfect dose of holiday magic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea and Once Upon a Wardrobe.

Brothers Jimmy and Jack Sullivan live a nomadic life doing what they love: touring with their band, The Unknown Souls. But Jack''s recent engagement to Kara has everyone looking forward to a Christmas destination wedding in Ireland.

Unlike his brother, Jimmy never expected to fall in love. But he feels a sense of peace and happiness whenever he''s around Kara''s best friend, Charlotte--which has him wondering what he''s missing. Over Thanksgiving, Jimmy and Charlotte write a song while sitting together on the back porch. When the band sings it at a Christmas concert the next night, Jimmy insists it''s the perfect love song--but a manager for another famous duo is adamant that it''s the perfect Christmas song. Before Jimmy knows what''s happening, he''s on tour with the hottest country band around and suddenly everyone knows his name.

But fame isn''t all it''s cracked up to be, and Jimmy finds himself far away from those he loves--especially Charlotte. Only a Christmas miracle--or two--will be able to lead Jimmy back to Ireland, to his brother, and to love.

The Perfect Love Song is just the escape you need this holiday season to remind you about the power of love and the power of holiday magic. Included in this edition are discussion questions for book clubs, Patti''s family shortbread recipe, instructions for Charlotte''s Southern Garland, and the Legend of the Claddagh Ring.

"I fell in love with both Patti Callahan Henry and her work. The Perfect Love Song is a lyrical and heartwarming tale of love and forgiveness. Patti takes you to those places in the heart you didn''t even know you wanted to go." --PAT CONROY | "Patti Callahan Henry''s The Perfect Love Song is a wonderfully romantic and inspiring novel about love and redemption that sings with emotional truth. An essential read by a master storyteller." --CASSANDRA KING | "Her characters are so real, you feel as if you''ve known them a very long time." --EMILY GIFFIN

Bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry is back with a powerful novel about the stories we tell and the people we trust.Eve and Cooper Morrison are Savannah''s power couple. They''re on every artistic board and deeply involved in the community. She owns and operates a letterpress studio specializing in the handmade; he runs a digital magazine featuring all things southern gentlemen. The perfect juxtaposition of the old and the new, Eve and Cooper are the beautiful people. The lucky ones. And they have the wealth and name that comes from being part of an old Georgia family. But things may not be as good as they seem. Eve''s sister, Willa, is staying with the family until she gets "back on her feet." Their daughter, Gwen, is all adolescent rebellion. And Cooper thinks Eve works too much. Still, the Morrison marriage is strong. After twenty-one years together, Eve and Cooper know each other. They count on each other. They know what to expect. But when Cooper and Willa are involved in a car accident, the questions surrounding the event bring the family close to breaking point. Sifting between the stories—what Cooper says, what Willa remembers, what the evidence indicates—Eve has to find out what really happened. And what she''s going to do about it.A riveting story about the power of truth, The Stories we Tell will open your eyes and rearrange your heart.

From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry, The Idea of Love asks, "Can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?" Ella''s life has been completely upended. She''s young, beautiful, and deeply in love--until her husband dies in a tragic sailing accident. Or so she''ll have everyone believe. Screenwriter Hunter needs a hit, but crippling writers'' block and a serious lack of motivation are getting him nowhere. He''s on the lookout for a love story. It doesn''t matter who it belongs to.When Hunter and Ella meet in Watersend, South Carolina, it feels like the perfect match, something close to fate. In Ella, Hunter finds the perfect love story, full of longing and sacrifice. It''s the stuff of epic films. In Hunter, Ella finds possibility. It''s an opportunity to live out a fantasy--the life she wishes she had. And more real. Besides--what''s a little white lie between strangers?But one lie leads to another, and soon Hunter and Ella find themselves caught in a web of deceit. As they try to untangle their lies and reclaim their lives, they feel something stronger is keeping them together.

Patti Callahan Henry''s Coming Up For Air is "a beautiful exploration of the deepest mysteries of the human heart." (Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author)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, she doesn''t quite seem to fit into her own life. But everything changes when her controlling mother, Lillian, passes away. Ellie sees her ex-boyfriend, Hutch, at the funeral, and learns that he is in charge of a documentary that involved Lillian before her death – and he wants answers to questions that Ellie''s not sure she can face.As Ellie and Hutch start digging into Lillian''s history, and speaking for the first time in years, Ellie''s closed heart slowly begins to open. Using both a hidden diary that Ellie found in her mother''s things, 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…

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.