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Home» Giveaway » Giveaway: The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner

Giveaway: The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner

April 24, 2018 | by Andrea Katz | Giveaway, Top Books | 83 Comments
Giveaway:  The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner

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 

 

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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.

Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL. Their future could not look brighter when Rory shocks everyone-Lauren most of all-by enlisting in the U.S. Army. When Rory dies in combat, Lauren is left devastated, alone, and under unbearable public scrutiny.
Seeking peace and solitude, Lauren retreats to her family’s old beach house on the Jersey Shore. But this summer she’s forced to share the house with her overbearing mother and competitive sister. Worse, a stranger making a documentary about Rory tracks her down and persuades her to give him just an hour of her time. One hour with filmmaker Matt Brio turns into a summer of revelations, surprises, and upheaval. As the days grow shorter and her grief changes shape, Lauren begins to understand the past-and to welcome the future.

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.

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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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83 comments on “Giveaway: The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner”

  1. Aida Alberto says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    I live in Florida so I am headed for somewhere cold for my vacation. Alaska is on my bucket list.

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  2. Jennifer Klepper says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    New York City… to see Harry Potter 🙂 But I would love a beach getaway…

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  3. Karene W. says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    The Husband Hour sounds fascinating! (We’re still in the planning stages for our summer vacation.)

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  4. Jessica Kimbel says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    We are vacationing in San Antonio and Austin, Texas this summer to show my children another part of our great country!

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  5. Jaime says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:25 pm

    I don’t think I’ll have a summer vacation, I but I wish it was Germany!

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  6. Malina says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    We did our vacation early, went to Hawaii to visit my son and daughter in law.

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  7. Nita Haddad says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    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!

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  8. Johnna Hart says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:52 pm

    A Holocaust tour throughout Germany with my 17 year old daughter!

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  9. Cherie Gravette says:
    April 24, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    This summer, I plan to spend some time with friends at Jupiter Island in Florida. Looking forward to taking your book with me!

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  10. Jennifer Blankfein says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    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!

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  11. Tatum says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    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. 🙂

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  12. Cheryl A says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:11 pm

    This summer we are going to California so my boys can play water polo: this book would be great in between games

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  13. Kelley Blair says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    We have yet to make plans due to medical issues!

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  14. Jaymi Couch says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    The Grand Canyon! Thanks for the chance. 📚👍🏻😁

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  15. Barbara says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    A vacation to the beach would be heaven!

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  16. Carla Suto says:
    April 24, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    Our vacation will be to upstate New York for our niece’s wedding in August.

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  17. Angela says:
    April 24, 2018 at 9:04 pm

    We’re hoping to get to the Grand Canyon!

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  18. Paula says:
    April 24, 2018 at 9:28 pm

    I’m hoping to make it down to the beach!

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  19. Patty says:
    April 24, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    My son, recently married, was deployed last month. I second your prayers for peace.

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  20. Margie Senechal says:
    April 24, 2018 at 10:26 pm

    This sounds amazing.

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  21. Maureen Stokowski says:
    April 25, 2018 at 8:02 am

    I loved Jamie’s The Forever Summer and I am sure this one will be just as good! I hope I win.

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  22. Jenny Ellis says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:08 am

    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.

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  23. Rhonda Kosinski says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:13 am

    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!!!

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  24. Anne says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:14 am

    I would love to spend a week at a peaceful beach.

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  25. Burma Turner says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:16 am

    We are going to be.moving in a few months, so no vacation this year. This book sounds great!

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  26. Anita Yancey says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:18 am

    My summer vacation will be in the mountains of West Virginia.

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  27. Jennifer says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:26 am

    No summer vacation planned since we went to Disney in January and Savannah in March! Looking forward to reading this one!

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  28. denise says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:27 am

    I’ll visit in Tennessee before dropping a kid at college in Alabama.

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  29. Linda Kish says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:29 am

    My vacation will be at home. I may drive down to San Diego to visit the zoo but that’s just a quick trip.

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  30. Tracy Gibson says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:31 am

    I’m goingto Tybee Island! (My hubby doesn’t know we are going yet) 😉

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  31. Margie Shaw says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:40 am

    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.

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  32. Rhonda says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:50 am

    I live in the desert in California heading to Seattle,

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  33. Janine says:
    April 25, 2018 at 12:09 pm

    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!

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  34. Debbie Slonek says:
    April 25, 2018 at 12:34 pm

    A new book and a new bag! Sounds like the perfect prize for me! 📖👜

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  35. John Smith says:
    April 25, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    “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!

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  36. Katie says:
    April 25, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    I’ll be vacationing to the cottage!

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  37. Karen Patrick says:
    April 25, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    Looking forward to reading Jamie’s new book.

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  38. Andra Baley says:
    April 25, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Would love to have the beach tote and book to take to the beach.

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  39. Pam Perry says:
    April 25, 2018 at 11:17 pm

    The way this New England weather has been….. anywhere warm and sunny!!!!

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  40. Cindy says:
    April 26, 2018 at 12:27 am

    Great giveaway!

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  41. Saundra McKenzie says:
    April 26, 2018 at 4:26 am

    Our vacation this year will be to one of the Florida beaches.

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  42. Laurie says:
    April 26, 2018 at 6:40 am

    My summer vacation will be spent right here at home in Massachusetts.. maybe a weekend or 2 on cape cod!

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  43. Sandy Klocinski says:
    April 26, 2018 at 6:43 am

    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!

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  44. Michele Soyer says:
    April 26, 2018 at 7:51 am

    I am already enjoying my spring/summer vacation here in the caribbean.. traveling from Barbados to Trinidad to Aruba then back to Florida….

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  45. Jeanna says:
    April 26, 2018 at 8:23 am

    Our summer vacation will be a staycation here in Florida!

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  46. Annmarie W. says:
    April 26, 2018 at 10:47 am

    Every year we spend a week in Ocean City, MD with my hubby’s sister & her family. Always such a fun time!

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  47. Gwendolyn Jordan says:
    April 26, 2018 at 11:37 am

    My vacation will be in Brazil this year.

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  48. Becky Richardson says:
    April 26, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    This year we will have a ‘staycation’ at home.

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  49. Carla says:
    April 26, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    We’ll be camping somewhere – still undecided…

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  50. Tara L says:
    April 26, 2018 at 1:06 pm

    To the beach I hope at least some of the days while I am not working and get to relax on the sand (:

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  51. Darlene Owen says:
    April 26, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    My vacation will be at Myrtle Beach, SC.

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  52. Angelica Dimeo says:
    April 26, 2018 at 6:48 pm

    I probably won’t go anywhere

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  53. Kelly Wach says:
    April 26, 2018 at 9:20 pm

    We are heading to NY to be with my family this summer for a week..

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  54. Niki says:
    April 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    Summer vacation getaway planned to Montana! <3

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  55. Lisa Cook says:
    April 26, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    We are going to the Mountains in July for a week and in June we are going to the Beach for a week

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  56. Erica Bryan says:
    April 26, 2018 at 10:25 pm

    I live in Washington State so going to the beach for a family day is the best for summer time.

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  57. Tricia Gilbert says:
    April 26, 2018 at 11:21 pm

    We are still planning our vacation for this summer I hope to get to the beach.

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  58. Terri S says:
    April 27, 2018 at 12:36 am

    My vacation this year will be at my sister’s on the Connecticut coast.

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  59. Donna James says:
    April 27, 2018 at 4:28 am

    Upstate New York will be my vacation spot this summer.

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  60. Elizabeth Glenn says:
    April 27, 2018 at 5:02 am

    We are going to Hilton Head Island, SC. It’s our usual vacation spot! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  61. Ellen casper says:
    April 27, 2018 at 6:26 am

    We’re going to Hilton Head Island

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  62. Anastasia Murray says:
    April 27, 2018 at 7:19 am

    my summer vacation will be in california <3

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  63. Anna Russell says:
    April 27, 2018 at 8:24 am

    Camping in the Adirondacks

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  64. Michelle Rosini says:
    April 27, 2018 at 8:27 am

    I’m usually on staycation in Miami Beach 😎 haven’t made any travel plans as of yet. 🏖️

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  65. Anita Kennett says:
    April 27, 2018 at 4:54 pm

    We are having our staycation at home with our grandchildren.

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  66. Nadine says:
    April 27, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    I’m hoping to go to Washington DC.

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  67. Carrie Capehart says:
    April 28, 2018 at 10:31 am

    I would love to visit Florida

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  68. Sandra Watts says:
    April 28, 2018 at 10:52 am

    I would love to go to the beach. Any beach at this point.

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  69. Amanda Meracle says:
    April 28, 2018 at 2:05 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway

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  70. Rhea Chladek says:
    April 28, 2018 at 2:08 pm

    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! 🙂

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  71. Cheryl Repeta says:
    April 28, 2018 at 2:58 pm

    My summer will be at our cottages in Sunset Bay.

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  72. bn100 says:
    April 28, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    beach

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  73. desiree says:
    April 28, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    i wont have one i have to recoup form surgery on thorat and then foot layed up most of summer

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  74. Rajee Pandi says:
    April 28, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    may be Hawaii

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  75. Joy says:
    April 29, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    This year we are not taking a summer vacation but we are going to Disney World in Oct.

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  76. Julie Holden says:
    April 30, 2018 at 7:38 am

    My summer will be spent with my family since I’m moving back home to Central NY! ❤️

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  77. Margot S. says:
    April 30, 2018 at 9:21 am

    This summer we are going to Lake Erie in Ohio.

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  78. Toni Sprouse says:
    April 30, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    We will vacation at Myrtle Beach, SC <3

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  79. Jen Rodrigues says:
    April 30, 2018 at 8:13 pm

    Summer plans would be going to local beaches and camping every weekend.

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  80. Susan Homan says:
    April 30, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    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.

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  81. Lauren Trakhman says:
    May 1, 2018 at 11:05 am

    We are off to Alaska!!!

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  82. Andrea Zucker says:
    May 1, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    No plans yet!

    Reply
  83. Eileen Boyce says:
    May 1, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    Unfortunately my health is not good so it won’t be far.

    Reply

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