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"WOO HOO, what a ride!"

Friday, September 11, 2009

Blog Tour: Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich





So joyous...
so magical...



ABOUT THIS BOOK

The last thing that Cassandra Higgins expects out of her Sunday is to be mesmerized at a collectors’ convention by a snowglobe. She’s enjoying some mommy time, with husband Ken at home tending their brood of four young boys, when she’s utterly charmed by the one-of-a kind globe containing figures of three dogs and a little girl with hair the color of her own. She can’t resist taking the unique globe home– even if means wrestling another shopper for it!

The beautiful snowglobe sparks long-dormant memories for Cassie, of her beloved Grandpa Wonky, the stray she rescued as a child, and the painful roots of her combative relationship with her mother, “Bad Betty” Kamrowski. Life in Wanonishaw, Minnesota is never dull, though, and Cassie keeps the recollections at bay, busy balancing her boys, her home daycare operation, and being a good friend to best pal Margret. But after a strange–flurrious, as Cassie deems it–moment happens with the remarkable snowglobe, Cassie and the people she loves are swirled into a tumultuous, yet grace-filled, and life-changing journey.

With the quirky, close-knit Midwestern small-town feel that made Charlene Ann Baumbich’s acclaimed Dearest Dorothy novels so popular, Stray Affections invites you to experience the laughter and the healing of second chances.

This book is available September 15th and is the first of three books from the set, A Snowglobes Connections.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
is a popular author and speaker and an award-winning journalist. In addition to her Dearest Dorothy series of novels, she has written seven nonfiction books of humor and inspiration. A bungee-jumping, once motorcycle-owning grandma and unabashed dog lover, Charlene lives with her husband and rescued dog Kornflake in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She loves telling stories, laughing whenever possible, and considers herself a Wild Child of God.

Links:
Video of Charlene introducing her book.
To purchase
Author website

Thank you to Waterbrook Multnomah for the invitation to be in this tour!
Blog Tour September 7-11
National Dog Week September 20-26

I'm still reading, and enjoying, this book. My review is coming soon!

4 comments:

  1. Looks like a good one, Debbie. I'll have to watch for it for my wish list!

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  2. Glad to hear you are enjoying it. I really liked Betty's story a lot.

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  3. When you do review it, I invite you to link up. I have Mr. Linky on my post. http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com/2009/09/stray-affections.html

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  4. This book sounds great! I can't wait to read your review!

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