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"My little brother was so wonderstruck by the world around him that never once did I hear him cry. He'd sit in that old buggy with his eyes wide and his ears pricked sharp as a deer's. It seemed to me that nature spoke to him more plainly than any human voice ... as if the wind moving through the trees and the subtle change in a blackbird's song told him the truth of things." Each time Teddi Overman leaves her antiques shop in Charleston, South Carolina, and visits the Kentucky farm of her youth, she's drawn to the mysterious beauty of Red River Gorge where her brother Josh went missing. Though his absence remains unimaginable, Teddi builds a life as unexpected and quirky as the customers who frequent her shop. As she comes to terms with the events that shattered her family and finds love in the most surprising way, Teddi must decide what to let go of and what to keep. We hosted Beth for her debut novel, Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, before it went on to become a New York Times bestseller. Nearly every one of the customers who attended that event has told us that it was their absolute favorite of all our events. We enjoyed Looking for Me just as much -- if not more -- than Saving CeeCee Honeycuttand love the environmental angle Beth has introduced into her work. Please don't miss this second chance to meet Beth Hoffman, who writes with such optimism and compassion.
About the author:
Before beginning her writing career, Beth Hoffman was the president and co-owner of a successful interior design studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Though she'd written fiction since the age of twelve, it took the proverbial near-death experience to shake her up enough to focus her energies toward her secret, life-long dream: to write a novel. After contemplating what she knew would be a life-altering career change that held no guarantees, Beth sold her portion of the design business, went home, and plunked down at her computer. She didn't come up for air until she typed "The End" nearly four years later. Beth laughs and says, "It was the gutsiest thing I've ever done."
An artist as well as an award-winning interior designer, Beth's paintings and drawings (in the mediums of oil, watercolor, colored pencil, and ink) are displayed in private and corporate collections in the United States, Canada, and the UK.
As an advocate for historic building preservation, she's a Conservator Member of the Historic Savannah Foundation, and holds memberships in the Historic Charleston Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Beth lives, along with her husband and three very smart cats, in a fully restored Queen Anne home in a quiet historic district in northern Kentucky.
If you cannot make the event, you can reserve a personalized copy of Looking For Me by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.
ABOUT FICTION ADDICTION
Fiction Addiction is a local, woman-owned, independent bookstore established in 2001. The store carries a mixture of new and used fiction and nonfiction, including children's books, as well as gift items. We have recently moved to a new location at 1175 Woods Crossing Road (in the shopping center with Five Guys and Fried Green Tomatoes). For more information, visit our website at http://www.fiction-addiction.com or call us at 864-675-0540.
 ABOUT BOOK YOUR LUNCHThe Book Your Lunch author event program was launched in September 2009, and is a new way to bring authors and readers together -- right here in Greenville. This luncheon series provides the ultimate food for thought with a wide range of authors -- from mystery writers, to award-winning regional novelists to nonfiction and cookbook authors. Jill Hendrix, the owner of Fiction Addiction, founded the event program and is responsible for booking the authors. For more information about Book Your Lunch, please visit our website at http://www.bookyourlunch.com.
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