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As this year is winding to a close, and the holidays are whispering "pay attention to me", I want to send out my sincere thanks to all the readers, friends and family who made the DRIFTWOOD SUMMER novel and tour such a huge success. Hitting the NYT bestseller list was a giddy bonus to the entire experience.

For those of you who entered the DRIFTWOOD SUMMER contest, below are the winners from a random drawing of all the entries. The driftwood art will be mailed to arrive over the holidays!

Thanks to everyone who wrote to me, entered the contest, came to book signings and enriched my life with your kind words!

I'll be traveling at the beginning of the year; please check my appearance schedule and see if I'll be anywhere near you. If I am, please come say hello.

Contest Winners:
Congratulations to -- Kim from Newport News, Virginia; Mary from Raleigh, NC; Debbie from China Spring, TX; and Teri from Escondido, CA.

And for those of you who are wondering what I'm working on this holiday season...it's my next year's gift to you, a Christmas novella. Currently titled THE (PERFECT) CHRISTMAS SONG, it's going to follow Jimmy and Charlotte from WHEN LIGHT BREAKS on a miraculous holiday journey. Looking forward to sharing this story with you in 2010!

Happy Holidays...
Patti Callahan Henry

An engaging novel of sisters, from the acclaimed author who "writes movingly about love and family and the voyage we all take to discover what we really value."(The Island Packet)

Three sisters- responsible Riley, vivacious Maisy, and fun-loving Adalee-reunite to save the family's beach-community bookstore. But summer also marks the return of Mack Logan, whose choice of Maisy over Riley years ago destroyed the special closeness between the sisters...

Now Riley, a single mom, is hiding a shattering secret about their mother. Maisy, a California designer, still blames Riley for ruining her one true love. And Adalee resents the family's intrusion into her summer plans. All three will be forced to confront the conflicts that tore them apart and the bounds of love and loyalty that still draw them together...

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