Happy Feels Like Falling launch day, friends! Today, not only is my new book in the world, but Mom and I are launching our new video interview series–that will be airing here and on Design Chic each Tuesday: Blank to Beautiful! We’ll be interviewing designers, writers, artists and creatives about the glorious transformation from blank to beautiful. (Feel free to share the video if you’d like!)
Because today is the launch of my sixth novel, Feels Like Falling, Mom (Beth) did something she’s not too terribly fond of, and took the the camera to interview me about my creative process, my childhood aspirations, the craziest part of launching a book without a tour and lots of fun mother/daughter things. It’s actually really cool to be interviewed by your mom! I might take her on the road with me when we get to go out again!
(And, also, if you’re thinking we’re crazy to launch a book and a new series, we know. But why not, right?!)
Thanks, dear readers, for all your support over the past few years, and these past six books. If you haven’t read one of my books yet, but you’ve been curious, today would be a great time to start! I’m usually on week two of a six-week book tour right about now, traveling around the country and meeting thousands of readers in person, so this launch, needless to say, is going to be a little bit different!
Parade, Working Mother and SheReads called it one of the most anticipated reads of 2020, Frolic and Get Literary want you to read it for Spring, Mary Kay Andrews picked it for her 2020 reading challenge–and called it “your next summer sizzler”–and the Southern Independent Booksellers Association awarded it an “Okra Pick,” meaning they want to hand sell it all season long!
Pick up your copy at your favorite local bookstore, Bookshop.org, Barnes&Noble, Target or wherever books or sold.
(Note: Amazon is temporarily sold out of paperbacks. Thank you! Kindle is available, of course. Thanks for all your support and please considering purchasing from another outlet.)
From “the next major voice in Southern fiction” (Elin Hilderbrand) and the bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series comes an odd-couple tale of friendship that asks just how much our past choices define our happiness.
It’s summertime on the North Carolina coast and the livin’ is easy.
Unless, that is, you’ve just lost your mother to cancer, your sister to her extremist husband, and your husband to his executive assistant. Meet Gray Howard. Right when Gray could use a serious infusion of good karma in her life, she inadvertently gets a stranger, Diana Harrington, fired from her job at the local pharmacy.
Diana Harrington’s summer isn’t off to the greatest start either: Hours before losing her job, she broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of their shared house with only a worn-out Impala for a bed. Lucky for her, Gray has an empty guest house and a very guilty conscience.
With Gray’s kindness, Diana’s tide begins to turn. But when her first love returns, every secret from her past seems to resurface all at once. And, as Gray begins to blaze a new trail, she discovers, with Diana’s help, that what she envisioned as her perfect life may not be what she wants at all.
In her warmest, wisest novel yet, Kristy Woodson Harvey delivers a discerning portrait of modern womanhood through two vastly different lenses. Feels Like Falling is a beach bag essential for Harvey fans—and for a new generation of readers.
Also, for the first time ever, we are hosting a Feels Like Falling Photo Contest! From now until May 3:
1. Take a photo of Feels Like Falling
2. Post on Instagram or Facebook
3. Use the hashtag #feelslikefalling so I can find your photo and tag me if you can!
4. I’ll repost them and then…
One grand prize winner will receive a $100 Target Gift Card and 5 runners up will receive an exclusive Feels Like Falling Candle. You photos can be pretty or funny, cute or cuddly, crazy or tame… It doesn’t matter! Whether you’re a reader or an influencer, you can enter!
photo via Andrew Howard
Thanks so much again for all your support! Tune back in next week when I’ll be interviewing our first designer–Andrew Howard about what inspires him, his favorite projects and creating his dream home. You know how much we adore him, he’s funny as all get out, and we can’t wait to give you behind-the-scenes look at how he transforms spaces from blank to beautiful!
Upcoming on the Feels Like Falling Tour:
April 28: SIBA Virtual Event via Zoom, 3:00 PM, 20 min presentation with a 20 min Q&A. RSVP HERE via Fiction Addiction.
April 28: Kristy a Part of “A Mighty Blaze.”
April 29: Kristy a Part of BookSpark’s Keep Calm and Read On Virtual Event.
April 29: Kristy Virtual/Drive-by Event with Beaufort Linen Co., Noon.
April 29: Kristy on Zoom with Liz & Lisa at Warwick’s. Click on the link in the Kristy Woodson Harvey event details. Enter the Meeting ID: 728 655 614 and Password: 397363.
Wednesday, April 29: 7 pm, Friends and Fiction Live with Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Patti Callahan Henry and Mary Alice Monroe. RSVP HERE.
Thursday, April 30: Beaufort Historic Site Book Swap and Feels Like Falling Drive-by Signing.
May 1 : The Country Bookshop via Facebook Live in conversation with Kimberly Daniels Taws, 12PM.
May 1: 7 pm EST Kristy Facebook Live Q&A. (If you’d like to join on your page or in your group contact Kristy for more info!)
May 2 : South Main Book Company Virtual Event. Preorder from 704-630-9788, southmainbookcompany@gmail.com
May 3: Florence-Lauderdale Library, 1 pm CST/ 2 pm EST
May 4: Read it Again Bookstore Author Series, 6 pm. Register Here.
May 7: Conversations from a Page Virtual Event, 12 PM EST, RSVP Here.
May 8: Story on the Square Zoom event, 6:30PM. Details to come.
May 10: Book + Bottle 2 pm. More information here.
May 20: M Judson Booksellers Zoom Virtual Event, 12:00PM.
May 28: Virtual Book Club Chat, The Lowcountry Book Club. 8 pm.
Happy Book Release Day!