TRADE THE DAY Guest Author: Katrina Kittle

By - August 12, 2013

On August 23, starting at midnight, I will be hosting a special event called Trade the Day: Spotlight on Team Alaina. During this twenty-four hour blog-a-thon, proceeds from sales of my new book, The Trade, made on my publisher's website at stairwaypress.com will go to benefit Team Alaina for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. In the weekdays leading up to the big event, I will continue to introduce you to two of the day's scheduled special guests, some which will be guest blogging, some who will be hosting giveaways of autographed books and other goodies, and some who will be doing both!  Get to know this fantastic group of people right here, and come back on August 23 to join us for a day of 24 hours, 23 guest authors, and 1 goal...a cure.

I'm happy to introduce our next guest author:

KATRINA KITTLE

ABOUT KATRINA

Katrina Kittle is the author of four books for adults—Traveling Light, Two Truths and a Lie, The Kindness of Strangers, and The Blessings of the Animals—and one novel for middle grade readers, Reasons to Be Happy. The Kindness of Strangers  was the winner of the 2006 Great Lakes Book Award for Fiction.  The Blessings of the Animals was an Indie Next pick and chosen by the Women's National Book Association as one of ten Great Group Reads for National Book Group Month (October 2010). Katrina teaches creative writing workshops from the third grade to retirement communities, and is a gardening, cooking, movie, and caffeine addict.

WHY KATRINA IS EXCITED TO BE A PART OF TRADE THE DAY:

As a two-year breast cancer survivor, Katrina is happy to take part in any event devoted to kicking cancer's ass. 

ABOUT THE BLESSINGS OF THE ANIMALS

Shaken by her recent divorce, veterinarian Cami Anderson is on a quest to unravel the secret ingredient of a happy, long-lasting marriage. Cami’s parents are preparing to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, yet her brother and his partner are legally blocked from marriage. Her best friend—and ex-sister-in-law—is newly engaged, but her teenaged daughter’s romance has developed its own complications.

Surrounded by several couples approaching different milestones in their relationships, Cami reflects on the meaning of love and partnership, sharing her hopes and fears with an angry horse, a three-legged cat, and an escape-artist goat in her care. As she tends to the rescue animals, so, too, does Cami begin to rescue herself. Coming to terms with her own divorce, she learns poignant lessons in forgiveness, flexibility, and happiness that help her master the art of simply moving on.

“[A] beautifully crafted novel….A must-read not only for animal lovers, but for anyone who has found the courage to come back from heartbreak and find love again, without reservation, without fear.”
—Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants

“A marvelous page-turner, a story of an unexpected heartbreak and the unexpected blessings that result. I didn’t want to put this book down!”
— Ellen Baker, author of Keeping the House

“Wonderfully poignant characters and a deeply satisfying exploration of love in its many incarnations…make this novel Katrina Kittle’s most insightful yet.”
—Lesley Kagen, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow River

From Katrina Kittle, the critically acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers, comes The Blessings of the Animals—a wry, engrossing, and moving story of a veterinarian’s journey through the aftermath of divorce amidst a motley crew of beasts.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT KATRINA AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE ANIMALS

Visit Katrina's Website
Like Katrina on Facebook

OR

Click Here to buy The Blessings of the Animals on Amazon now!

Be sure to come back August 23 to read a special guest post from Katrina Kittle and get a chance to win one of two autographed copies of The Blessings of the Animals during the AFTER DINNER BETRAYAL segment of TRADE THE DAY at 8:00 p.m.!