A box of the early reader copies of The Wednesday Daughters has arrived, and I can’t wait to share a few with you! The hardcover won’t be in stores until July 16 but I’m already doing a giveaway through The Wednesday Readers’s Circle and here are two other ways you can win copies:
1. Leave a comment to this post on 1st Books telling what about The Wednesday Sisters makes you want to read about their daughters, too, and click the little box to share it on facebook. (If there isn’t a box to click to share on facebook, you are commenting in the wrong place. And the blog feeds to places like Goodreads, so if you are reading there, you’ll have to go to 1st Books and comment there.)
and/or
2. Go to the page for The Wednesday Daughters on Goodreads and click the “Want to Read” button under the cover, to add it to your bookshelf.
You’re welcome to do both, for two chances. I’ll do a random drawing for a winner on March 1, which is also the day I’m drawing for the Wednesday Readers Circle giveaway.
The flap copy description and a form to join the Wednesday Readers Circle are below. Thanks for your early enthusiasm! – Meg
Meg Waite Clayton, nationally bestselling author of The Wednesday Sisters, returns with a compassionate, wise, and enthralling new novel of mothers and daughters, best friends who become family, and secrets and dreams passed down through generations.
It is early evening when Hope Tantry arrives at the small cottage in England’s pastoral Lake District where her mother, Ally, spent the last years of her life. Ally—one of a close-knit group of women who called themselves “The Wednesday Sisters”—had used the cottage as a writer’s retreat while she worked on her unpublished biography of Beatrix Potter, yet Hope knows nearly nothing about her mother’s time there. Traveling with Hope are friends Julie and Anna Page, two other daughters of “The Wednesday Sisters,” who have offered to help Hope sort through her mother’s personal effects. Yet what Hope finds will reveal a tangled family history—one steeped in Lake District lore.
Tucked away in a hidden drawer, Hope finds a stack of Ally’s old notebooks, all written in a mysterious code. As she, Julie, and Anna Page try to decipher Ally’s writings—the reason for their encryption, their possible connection to the Potter manuscript—they are forced to confront their own personal struggles: Hope’s doubts about her marriage, Julie’s grief over losing her twin sister, Anna Page’s fear of commitment in relationships. And as the real reason for Ally’s stay in England comes to light, Hope, Julie, and Anna Page reach a new understanding about the enduring bonds of family, the unwavering strength of love, and the inescapable pull of the past.
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It isn’t any one particular thing that makes me want to read “…Daughters”, it’s to continue the story, and fill in the gaps.
Congrats, I know you must be over the top!
I’ve not read The Wednesday Sisters, but both books look like an exciting read to me! I read often and, in fact, never go anywhere without a book in my hand or in my bag. I’d like to read both of them.
I hope the “daughters” book is good as the “Wednesday Sisters”. That book took place in the 60′s. A lot of time has passed and I am hoping the new book tells us what happened to the “sisters” after the book ended. I look forward to reading “The Wednesday Daughters”. Congratulations on what will surely be another best seller.
I’d like to read about Mary Frances’ offspring.
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triumph and celebration of woman!!!
put it on my want to read!
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Put it on my to-read list on goodreads. I loved the characters in the Sisters. I’d love to see how alike or different the daughters will be.
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I enjoyed seeing the bonds these ladies formed, and how socializing at the park turned into lifelong friendships. I also like how their association evolves and turns into a writers’ support group. I’ve been waiting for the sequel. I’ve read Meg’s other books and thoroughly enjoyed them.
As a mother and having daughters, I really love stories that involve both. I love seeing how the daughters grow and become their own person. This story would totally fit the bill!
Am just finding out about both of these books, and would like to read both!
The characters from the Wednesday Sisters were so engaging that, years after meeting them, I am THRILLED by the chance to meet their daughters!!! Pick me, pick me! Please?
I am so hooked with the description above… I so need to find out what the mystery is. I love the idea of the daughters of, and the group of women. I have a very small group of friends, and they are so spread out. It’s rare for me to travel with a bunch. I dream of beach escapes where we can all gather together someday.. maybe after the children are grown and moved on!
Your book sounds like the perfect escape!
I have actually not read either of your novels – but as a middle sister and a daughter, I am very interested to peruse both your tales! I have added both to my ‘to-read’ shelf on goodreads. Hopefully you and I can connect over there as well!
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I am excited to read about how similar/different the daughters are from their mothers. The relationships between the daughters and mothers and the relationships between the daughters themselves.
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In addition to the fact that the Wednesday sisters was one of the best books I’ve read lately I also have three daughters. And since those daughters have been born I’ve been extra interested in any mother/daughter story, this one is no exception!
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One of the best parts of “The Wednesday Sisters” is that the main story took place during the era when I was a young child. It evoked so many memories of that era for me. I would like to read “The Wednesday Daughters” to read about women raised by mothers of that earlier era.
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Meg,
Please don’t post this comment, but I must be a moron because the comment prompts near the facebook sharing icon do not open a comment box. I just entered another comment into the wrong box, in spite of your thoughtful email letting me know I made an error the first time around — now it looks like I’ve done it a second time! I’m confused!
Kathy
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I am so hooked with the description above… I so need to find out what the mystery is. I love the idea of the daughters of, and the group of women. I have a very small group of friends, and they are so spread out. It’s rare for me to travel with a bunch. I dream of beach escapes where we can all gather together someday.. maybe after the children are grown and moved on!
Your book sounds like the perfect escape!
I did it again! Sorry! I now found the correct “comment” link! LOL! Thanks.
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