Since today is bestselling author Kristina McMorris’ birthday, she’s here to tell us 10 things birthday celebrations and books have in common:
1. Both are better enjoyed with a glass of wine. Sometimes several.
2. On occasion, when reflecting years later, you remember them being much better than they actually were.
3. Both were made to be shared with loved ones.
4. After a certain number, most of them become a blur.
5. They don’t always end with a happily ever after. (Particularly when tequila is involved.)
6. When it’s the best one ever, you want to tell everyone about it. When it’s the worst one ever, you also find yourself telling everyone about it.
7. Some pass with quiet pleasantness. Some are light and fun. Others offer nonstop, edge-of-your-seat excitement. All of these can be equally wonderful.
8. The good ones end too quickly, the bad ones always last WAY too long.
9. Both can lead you on a journey that keeps you up until the wee hours of morning.
10. Finishing a great one often leaves you with a bittersweet feeling of parting with good friends.
Here is a look at the video for Kristina’s book
The Pieces We Keep
AUTHOR: Kristina McMorris
PUBLICATION DATE: November 26, 2013
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In this richly emotional novel, acclaimed author Kristina McMorris evokes the depth of a mother’s bond with her child, and the power of personal histories to echo through generations.
Two years have done little to ease veterinarian Audra Hughes’s grief over her husband’s untimely death. Eager for a fresh start, Audra plans to leave Portland for a new job in Philadelphia. Her seven-year-old son, Jack, seems apprehensive about flying—but it’s just the beginning of an anxiety that grows to consume him.
As Jack’s fears continue to surface in recurring and violent nightmares, Audra hardly recognizes the introverted boy he has become. Desperate, she traces snippets of information unearthed in Jack’s dreams, leading her to Sean Malloy, a struggling US Army veteran wounded in Afghanistan. Together they unravel a mystery dating back to World War II, and uncover old family secrets that still have the strength to wound—and perhaps, at last, to heal.
A little about Kristina:
Kristina McMorris lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons. Her foray into fiction began in the fall of 2006 as a result of interviewing her grandmother for the biographical section of a self-published cookbook intended as a holiday gift for the family. Inspired by her grandparents’ wartime courtship, Kristina penned her first novel, a WWII love story titled Letters from Home.
Praised by Woman’s Day and hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a sweeping debut,” Letters from Home was released in spring 2011 by Kensington Books and Avon/HarperCollins UK. Rights have been sold to numerous foreign publishers, Readers Digest, Doubleday, the Literary Guild, and more. Kristina’s second novel, Bridge of Scarlet Leaves, was published in spring 2012 to equally high critical acclaim. Most recently, her novella, “The Christmas Collector,” appeared in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling anthology A Winter Wonderland. Her forthcoming novel,
The Pieces We Keep, will be released December 2013, and her novelette, “The Reunion,” will be featured in the anthology titled Grand Central (Berkley/Penguin, July 2014).
Prior to her career as an author, Kristina acted in many independent films and major motion pictures and owned a professional wedding/event planning company. She began hosting an Emmy®
Award-winning television show at age nine and later served as the six-year host of the WB’s weekly program Weddings Portland Style. Her previous writing background includes being a contributing writer for Portland Bride & Groom magazine and ten years of directing public relations for an international conglomerate. A recipient of more than twenty national literary awards and a nominee for the prestigious RITA® Award, McMorris is currently working on her next novel.
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