Buxton Books and The Charleston Library Society are proud to host Patti Callahan Henry and the authors of Friends & Fiction for a Coffee with the Authors event at The Charleston Library Society! We will be celebrating Patti’s new book The Secret Book of Flora Lea. This is a ticketed event. To purchase tickets, click here.
Join Buxton Books and the Charleston Library Society (located 164 King Street) on Tuesday, May 2 as we celebrate the publication of Patti Callahan Henry’s new title - The Secret Book of Flora Lea - WITH the ladies of Friends & Fiction!
This is your chance to kick off The Secret Book of Flora Lea’s Publication Day with Patti, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Mary Kay Andrews, and Kristin Harmel! Enjoy a pastry and a coffee in this historic (and bookish!) venue and be one of the very first to get your hands on this much anticipated new release. Patti, Kristy, Mary Kay, and Kristin will all be signing and personalizing books during the event. Feel free to stay for the duration of the morning to mingle or just stop in to have your books signed!
Choose between a General Admission ticket and A Book is Your Ticket option. The General Admission ticket covers entrance into the event and a free cup of coffee! A Book is Your Ticket covers entrance into the event, free coffee, and includes a hardcover copy of The Secret Book of Flora Lea (valued at 28.99 before tax). We will also have backlist titles from all four authors available for purchase if you need to stock up on signed copies for your own library or as gifts!
It’s always a good time when this group of authors - and friends - get together, especially when it’s for such a celebratory occasion! We hope to see you there for books, coffee, and literary fun! To purchase tickets, click here.
NOTE: Tickets to this event are non-refundable. If you choose the “A Book is Your Ticket” option, your signed and personalized hardcover copy of The Secret Book of Flora Lea will be shipped to you (or be available for pick up at Buxton Books) the day following the event.
Click here to preorder your copy today!
About Patti Callahan Henry:
Patti Callahan Henry is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of several novels, including 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 Award, and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year. She is the cohost and co-creator of the popular weekly online live web show and podcast Friends and Fiction. A full-time author and mother of three, she lives in Alabama and South Carolina with her family. Find out more at PattiCallahanHenry.com.
About The Secret Book of Flora Lea:
When a woman stumbles across a mysterious children’s book, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed in this “transporting, heartfelt, and atmospheric” (Christina Baker Klein, #1 New York Times bestselling author) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Surviving Savannah and Becoming Mrs. Lewis.
1939: Fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora evacuate their London home for a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the Aberdeen family in a charming stone cottage, Hazel distracts her young sister with a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own: Whisperwood.
But the unthinkable happens when Flora suddenly vanishes after playing near the banks of the River Thames. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, carrying the guilt into adulthood.
Twenty years later, Hazel is back in London, ready to move on from her job at a cozy rare bookstore for a career at Sotheby’s. With a cherished boyfriend and an upcoming Paris getaway, Hazel’s future seems set. But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing a picture book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars. Hazel never told a soul about the storybook world she created just for Flora. Could this book hold the secrets to Flora’s disappearance? Could it be a sign that her beloved sister is still alive after all these years? Or is something sinister at play?