What does love mean to you?
CS Lewis said to love is to be vulnerable.
Do you agree? If you could swap out the word vulnerable and fill in the blank,
what would your word be?
Tell me, and you could Win a signed new expanded paperback edition of Becoming Mrs. Lewis.
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Contest Dates: Feb 14-Mar 23, 2020
Dear Reader,
“To love at all is to be vulnerable.”
That quote by C. S. Lewis is in his book The Four Loves. How would you fill in the blank of “To love at all is to be ______.” I think we each have our own word for different times in our lives~
Happy 💕 Valentine’s Day to all of you with so much love.
In this newsletter, it’s all about love. The things I’ve found that I love and the books I’ve read about love. The news that has warmed my heart and the exciting things coming up!
We are so close to the expanded edition of Becoming Mrs. Lewis in paperback (and I’ll be packing again to hit the road).
Check it all out below.
With Love, as always,
—Patti
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Podcast 🎧
Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis
This is just a hint, but we have a NEW and EXCITING bonus podcast coming up with the screenwriter and producer, Todd Komarnicki (who produced ELF among many other powerful movies). His production team is developing BECOMING MRS. LEWIS for the screen. More about this soon, but my newsletter subscribers get a first listen!
All About 💗 LOVE
— Things I've Found
Book — Let’s return to the original and profound book on love: THE FOUR LOVES by C. S. Lewis.
Podcast — When it comes to love, poetry always seems to be the first thing that comes to mind (for me). The way that poetry sneaks past the guards of the heart makes me turn to it again and again. Here is one of my all-time favorite podcasts and interviews with the beloved poet, Mary Oliver.
Aesthetic — Don’t know what to send or do to show some love? I found FARMGIRL Flowers a long while ago, and they have been my go-to whenever I want to show appreciation and love. They are so creative, and their flowers divine.
Letter—Have we lost the art of love letters?. Yes, I do believe we have. And although it sounds odd to write a love letter to someone long gone, here I have done so with a love letter to Joy.
Book ✈🧳 Tour
and Paperback Edition
With the paperback release, I am so excited to be back out there to meet as many of you as I can! The new edition is chock full of bonus material!
Pre-Order Paperback (3/24)
From California to Ohio, please join me!
News 📢 to Share
Becoming Mrs. Lewis Shortlisted for 2020 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards
Awards Becoming Mrs. Lewis Shortlisted for 2020 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards "LONDON was the first place Joy lived when she made the brave choice to change her life. She fell in love with the history, the landscape, and the people (and the pubs), as did I. We are so happy about this. View Blog Post
Becoming Mrs. Lewis
"Fiction Book of the Year 2019"
by The Alabama Library Association (ALLA)
Just in time for February —#NationalLibraryLoversMonth
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." —
Marcus Tullius Cicero
About the Author & Podcast Host
Patti Callahan Henry is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of fifteen novels, including the (Historical Fiction), BECOMING MRS. LEWIS—The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis (writing as Patti Callahan).
In addition, she is the recipient of The Christy Award—A 2019 Winner "Book of the Year”; The Harper Lee Distinguished Writer of the Year for 2020 and the Alabama Library Association Book of the Year for 2019.
The author is also the host of the popular seven-part original "Behind the Scenes of Becoming Mrs. Lewis Podcast Series" launched, October 2019. The podcast audiobook collection including bonus material was released on January 7, 2020, and available now. The new expanded BECOMING MRS. LEWIS paperback edition will launch on March 24, 2020, and available for pre-order now.
In March of 2021, a new historical fiction novel based on the true story of the Steamship Pulaski wreck will be released.
THE FAVORITE DAUGHTER (writing as Patti Callahan Henry—Southern Contemporary Fiction) was launched on June 4, 2019, and THE PERFECT LOVE SONG—A Christmas Holiday novella released October 8, 2019, and available now.
A full-time author and mother of three children, she now resides in both Mountain Brook, Alabama and Bluffton, South Carolina with her husband. Read More