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Today Im super excited to welcome author Beth Hoffman to Tinasbookreviews for a fun chat and giveaway of her new book Looking for Me.
Hi Beth, welcome to the blog, to get things started please tell us how did you come up with the idea for LOOKING FOR ME?
I was sitting at my desk going through stacks of old photographs. The more I sorted, the more I thought about my family and my childhood on the farm—how simple and uncomplicated life was, how much I missed the old barn and the fields that backed up to woodlands.
I stared out the window and relived those days, and while I was caught up in the nostalgia, something flashed in my periphery. I turned to see a red-tailed hawk land on a tree branch. The morning light glaze across his pale chest, and just before he settled, he spread his rusty-red tail feathers. And then …WHAM! I had the beginning of my story.
Your book has dual settings of Charleston and Kentucky. What was it about those two settings that inspired you?
The atmosphere of the story I want to create determines the setting. I need to feel connected to a location’s history and culture, and I love to explore opposites. The juxtaposition of Charleston’s refinement to Slade, Kentucky’s rugged wilderness intrigued me. Red River Gorge is wild and mysterious while Charleston is known for its gorgeous architecture and gentility. Historic downtown Charleston was the perfect place for Teddi to reach for her dream while Kentucky was ideal to hold her roots.
LOOKING FOR ME touches on the power of objects—through them we remember our past and face our future—what are some objects that have held meaning for you in your own life??
I treasure photographs, letters, and the old jewelry that’s been passed down from the women in my life. By nature I’m a neat-nut and about as opposite to a hoarder as anyone could be, so I’m not inclined to keep things unless they truly have strong meaning to me. I do think it’s important to keep things that hold memories like family heirlooms, books, photographs and letters, but there’s a fine line between keeping what is precious or sentimental, and overloading my basement and attic with stuff.
What do you love to do most in your free time?
My greatest joys are simple—spending time with my husband and our four-legged fur-kids, studying nature, working in the gardens, and reading. I also love to go antiquing with girlfriends, and just recently I’ve taken up photography.
Your book has dual settings of Charleston and Kentucky. What was it about those two settings that inspired you?
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LOOKING FOR ME touches on the power of objects—through them we remember our past and face our future—what are some objects that have held meaning for you in your own life??
I treasure photographs, letters, and the old jewelry that’s been passed down from the women in my life. By nature I’m a neat-nut and about as opposite to a hoarder as anyone could be, so I’m not inclined to keep things unless they truly have strong meaning to me. I do think it’s important to keep things that hold memories like family heirlooms, books, photographs and letters, but there’s a fine line between keeping what is precious or sentimental, and overloading my basement and attic with stuff.
What do you love to do most in your free time?
My greatest joys are simple—spending time with my husband and our four-legged fur-kids, studying nature, working in the gardens, and reading. I also love to go antiquing with girlfriends, and just recently I’ve taken up photography.
~Thanks Beth for stopping by today and chatting with me.
Beth Hoffman is the internationally bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt and Looking for Me. Before beginning her writing career, she was president and co-owner of an interior design studio. Beth lives, along with her husband and their four-legged fur-kids, in a historic Queen Anne home in Kentucky. Her interests include the rescue of abandoned and abused animals, nature conservancy, birding, historic preservation, and antiquing.
You can visit Beth’s website at: www.BethHoffman.net or Facebook: Twitter: @wordrunner
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Today I have one copy of Beth Hoffman's Looking for Me. To enter please fill in the copter. Open to all US residents.
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Teddi Overman found her life’s passion for furniture in a broken-down chair left on the side of the road in rural Kentucky. She learns to turn other people’s castoffs into beautifully restored antiques, and eventually finds a way to open her own shop in Charleston. There, Teddi builds a life for herself as unexpected and quirky as the customers who visit her shop. Though Teddi is surrounded by remarkable friends and finds love in the most surprising way, nothing can alleviate the haunting uncertainty she’s felt in the years since her brother Josh’s mysterious disappearance.
When signs emerge that Josh might still be alive, Teddi is drawn home to Kentucky. It’s a journey that could help her come to terms with her shattered family—and to find herself at last. But first she must decide what to let go of and what to keep.
Thanks so much for chatting with me, Tina. It was fun. And thank you, too, for hosting a giveaway of my new novel! Happy 4th of July!
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