A pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for It All Comes Back To You by Beth Duke, published by The Art of Dixie in August 2018, and available both in paperback and for kindle: my thanks to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for the invitation. I’ve been seeing this lovely cover all over the internet over the last few weeks, and the more I see it – along with some very good reviews – the more I wish I’d been able to make room for this one on my reading list. But I have something even better – the chance to win for one lucky reader (UK only) to win their own paperback copy.
1947. War’s over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing. Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world.
Everybody loves her.
In 2012, she’s still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers. Veronica “Ronni” Johnson, licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, meets the captivating Violet in the assisted living facility where Violet requires no assistance, just lots of male attention.
When she dies, she leaves Ronni a very generous bequest―only if Ronni completes a book about her life within one year.
As she’s drawn into the world of young Violet, Ronni is mesmerized by life in a simpler time. It’s an irresistible journey filled with revelations, some of them about men Ronni knew as octogenarians at Fairfield Springs. Struggling, insecure, flailing at the keyboard, Ronni juggles her patients, a new boyfriend, and a Samsonite factory of emotional baggage as she tries to craft a manuscript before her deadline. But then the secrets start to emerge, some of them in person. And they don’t stop. Everything changes.
Alternating chapters between Homecoming Queen Violet in 1947 and can’t-quite-find-her-crown Ronni in the present, It All Comes Back To You is book club fiction at its hilarious, warm, sad, outrageous, uplifting, and stunning best. In the tradition of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and Olive Kitteridge, Duke delivers an unforgettable elderly character to treasure and a young heroine to steal your heart.
So, fancy winning a copy (UK only)? Here’s the rafflecopter for entry – and good luck!
About the author
Beth Dial Duke is an Amazon #1 Best Selling author and the recipient of short story awards on two continents. She is eyeing the other five.
Beth lives in the mountains of her native Alabama with her husband, one real dog, one ornamental dog, and a flock of fluffy pet chickens. She loves reading, writing, and not arithmetic. Baking is a hobby, with semi-pro cupcakes and amateur macarons a specialty. And puns—the worse, the better.
Travel is her other favorite thing, along with joining book clubs for discussion. Please invite her to London…England or Kentucky, either is fine. Anywhere!
Looks fab
I love the premise of someone trying to write and juggle life (and that’s a gorgeous cover!)
My sort of book would love to win x
I just love the sound of a book about somebody writing a book!
Love the concept of this book, contrasting a well-lived life to a character trying to figure out their own!
Love that cover and also the idea of this book, sounds intriguing!
This sounds like such a great premise for a novel. I love the idea of someone being challenged to do the thing they’ve always wanted to do – I think it’s a wonderful thing to nudge a person into following their dreams. Plus this novel has such a gorgeous cover!
What a beautiful cover! Plus a brilliant book concept.
This sounds a delightful read and such a beautiful cover
Sounds as though Violet has led a full and chequered life would like to know more I hope Ronni finishes the book.
Thank you for all your kind comments! Congratulations to the giveaway winner, and I hope the rest of you might read and enjoy It All Comes Back to You. 💕
And a big thank you from me too – good luck everyone, and I’ll draw a winner as soon as the competition closes…
I love the sound of the range of emotions that it evokes. very appealing to me