The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner published TODAY! I am so thrilled as it is an amazing read. Jamie and her publisher are offering a 5 book/beach bag GIVEAWAY to celebrate this book! Enter below.
The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner
When a young widow’s reclusive life in a charming beach town is interrupted by a surprise visitor, she is forced to reckon with dark secrets about her family, her late husband, and the past she tried to leave behind.
A Note From Jamie Brenner
In some ways, The Husband Hour is a novel that has been seventeen years in the making.
When my daughter was six months old, I held her on my lap watching the news as President Bush sent troops into Afghanistan. I hoped that the action taking place would end quickly. Well, that baby is now applying to college and we still have boots on the ground in the Middle East.
As a reader and writer, I turn to books to make sense of the world. This has been especially true of the past decade and a half as stories of heroism and tragedy have made their way into our popular culture.
One morning, I watched Bradley Cooper on The Today Show promoting his film American Sniper, the story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle who survived four tours in Iraq only to be killed back home while trying to help a fellow veteran suffering from PTSD. Chris Kyle’s widow, Taya, joined Bradley Cooper for the discussion. As soon as I heard her speak, American Sniper became the story not of a soldier, but of a marriage.
I became fascinated with military wives. Marriage is complicated under normal circumstances, never mind during wartime. The long absences, the stress. The injury. I wanted to explore marriage through this lens and began writing about a war widow. When your husband dies in combat, he is automatically a “hero.” But a man is never perfect, and neither is a marriage. How do you reconcile this? I began thinking about life after loss. I thought about a flawed marriage that could never be discussed as anything less than perfect.
The story of my fictional military wife changed. The novel about dealing with loss changed into a story about facing uncomfortable truths. The Husband Hour is about marriage, but it’s also about mothers, daughters, and sisters. It’s about saying I love you, no matter what.
I hope that by the time I hold my daughter’s baby on my lap, we aren’t still having this conversation. But in the meantime, I’m happy to share The Husband Hour with you.
Giveaway
Enter here to win one of 5 copies of The Husband Hour with a beach bag. U.S. Entries Only please
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I live in Florida so I am headed for somewhere cold for my vacation. Alaska is on my bucket list.
New York City… to see Harry Potter 🙂 But I would love a beach getaway…
The Husband Hour sounds fascinating! (We’re still in the planning stages for our summer vacation.)
We are vacationing in San Antonio and Austin, Texas this summer to show my children another part of our great country!
I don’t think I’ll have a summer vacation, I but I wish it was Germany!
We did our vacation early, went to Hawaii to visit my son and daughter in law.
I just want to say that I absolutely love this book! Tonight when I was fixing dinner, I thought how I wanted to get back to this lovely story and thought about all of the characters! Then reality slammed into me, I had already finished the book! A bit sad and lost throughout supper!
A Holocaust tour throughout Germany with my 17 year old daughter!
This summer, I plan to spend some time with friends at Jupiter Island in Florida. Looking forward to taking your book with me!
My summer vacation is always in the Hamptons – I love Amagansett and try to spend some time over the summer reading on the beach out there!
I’ll be going to New York, for the first time, for Book Con! It’ll be in early June, but I’ll still consider it my summer vacation. 🙂
This summer we are going to California so my boys can play water polo: this book would be great in between games
We have yet to make plans due to medical issues!
The Grand Canyon! Thanks for the chance. 📚👍🏻😁
A vacation to the beach would be heaven!
Our vacation will be to upstate New York for our niece’s wedding in August.
We’re hoping to get to the Grand Canyon!
I’m hoping to make it down to the beach!
My son, recently married, was deployed last month. I second your prayers for peace.
This sounds amazing.
I loved Jamie’s The Forever Summer and I am sure this one will be just as good! I hope I win.
I have been in a reading slump lately. Work’s been kind of stressful and when I’m stressed I don’t read that much. I’ve been reading the same book for over a week and normally I finish a book in a day or two. I’m still Staci Hart’s Chaser.
I’ve tried a couple of times to enter the giveaway, not sure if it is going through or not. Sure hope so, love your books!!!
I would love to spend a week at a peaceful beach.
We are going to be.moving in a few months, so no vacation this year. This book sounds great!
My summer vacation will be in the mountains of West Virginia.
No summer vacation planned since we went to Disney in January and Savannah in March! Looking forward to reading this one!
I’ll visit in Tennessee before dropping a kid at college in Alabama.
My vacation will be at home. I may drive down to San Diego to visit the zoo but that’s just a quick trip.
I’m goingto Tybee Island! (My hubby doesn’t know we are going yet) 😉
I really want to read this book! I’m not going on a vacation this summer. I will be babysitting for my grandchildren while my kids work.
I live in the desert in California heading to Seattle,
We don’t have a summer vacation planned. I get my vacation fix through books. thank you for the chance to win The Husband Hour!
A new book and a new bag! Sounds like the perfect prize for me! 📖👜
“Leave a comment of where your Summer vacation will be!” I will be having a ‘staycation”! I’m at the cutting edge of innovative stay-at-home technology!
I’ll be vacationing to the cottage!
Looking forward to reading Jamie’s new book.
Would love to have the beach tote and book to take to the beach.
The way this New England weather has been….. anywhere warm and sunny!!!!
Great giveaway!
Our vacation this year will be to one of the Florida beaches.
My summer vacation will be spent right here at home in Massachusetts.. maybe a weekend or 2 on cape cod!
Well, I just got back from the Riviera Maya so I am not expecting to stay home for the summer. Although I’d love a tropical getaway to Puerto Rico! Puerto Rico has everything I need in a vacation this year: white-sand beaches, interesting culture, shopping, and great weather – all on a budget!
I am already enjoying my spring/summer vacation here in the caribbean.. traveling from Barbados to Trinidad to Aruba then back to Florida….
Our summer vacation will be a staycation here in Florida!
Every year we spend a week in Ocean City, MD with my hubby’s sister & her family. Always such a fun time!
My vacation will be in Brazil this year.
This year we will have a ‘staycation’ at home.
We’ll be camping somewhere – still undecided…
To the beach I hope at least some of the days while I am not working and get to relax on the sand (:
My vacation will be at Myrtle Beach, SC.
I probably won’t go anywhere
We are heading to NY to be with my family this summer for a week..
Summer vacation getaway planned to Montana! <3
We are going to the Mountains in July for a week and in June we are going to the Beach for a week
I live in Washington State so going to the beach for a family day is the best for summer time.
We are still planning our vacation for this summer I hope to get to the beach.
My vacation this year will be at my sister’s on the Connecticut coast.
Upstate New York will be my vacation spot this summer.
We are going to Hilton Head Island, SC. It’s our usual vacation spot! Thanks for the chance to win!
We’re going to Hilton Head Island
my summer vacation will be in california <3
Camping in the Adirondacks
I’m usually on staycation in Miami Beach 😎 haven’t made any travel plans as of yet. 🏖️
We are having our staycation at home with our grandchildren.
I’m hoping to go to Washington DC.
I would love to visit Florida
I would love to go to the beach. Any beach at this point.
Thanks for the giveaway
I would like to have a min-summer vacation, possibly a night or two at the beach, or perhaps a nice, quiet cabin in the woods. That’s what I love about the state I live in. I can drive two hours east or two hours west, and choose one of two completely different getaway experiences! 🙂
My summer will be at our cottages in Sunset Bay.
beach
i wont have one i have to recoup form surgery on thorat and then foot layed up most of summer
may be Hawaii
This year we are not taking a summer vacation but we are going to Disney World in Oct.
My summer will be spent with my family since I’m moving back home to Central NY! ❤️
This summer we are going to Lake Erie in Ohio.
We will vacation at Myrtle Beach, SC <3
Summer plans would be going to local beaches and camping every weekend.
My summer vacation is still in the planning stages. I am hoping for a week in Myrlte Beach, SC, and I would really like a long weekend in NYC as well, and maybe a couple of other long weekends at beaches closer to home like VA Beach or Ocean City, MD.
We are off to Alaska!!!
No plans yet!
Unfortunately my health is not good so it won’t be far.