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Cathy Holton, author of Beach Trip, on tour June 2009

April 8, 2009 By TLC Booktours 6 Comments

cholton929-390-cathys_professiAbout Cathy

As a child, Cathy Holton entertained her classmates with tales of a scaled creature that lived in her carport shed and a magical phone that hung in her family’s bathroom that could be used to summon an English butler (this was in North Carolina in the 1960’s and her family lived in married student housing).

Cathy is the author of Beach Trip, Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes and Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes. She lives in the mountains of Tennessee with her husband and three children, in a house that has both electricity and running water but, alas, no magical phone to summon an English butler. She is currently at work on her fourth novel.  You can visit Cathy’s website HERE, and check out her blog, Surly Wench Journal, HERE.

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About Beach Trip

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 12, 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 0345505999
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345505996
  • A reunion of four friends becomes a cathartic journey into the past in Cathy Holton’s luminous new novel.

    Mel, Sara, Annie, and Lola have traveled distinct and diverse paths since their years together at a small Southern liberal arts college during the early 1980s. Mel, a mystery writer living in New York, is grappling with the aftermath of two failed marriages and a stalled writing career. Sara, an Atlanta attorney, struggles with guilt over her son’s illness and her own slowly unraveling marriage. Annie, a successful Nashville businesswoman married to her childhood sweetheart, can’t seem to leave behind the regrets of her youth. And Lola, sweet-tempered and absentminded, whiles away her hours–and her husband’s money–on little pills that keep her happy.

    Now the friends, all in their forties, converge on Lola’s lavish North Carolina beach house in an attempt to relive the carefree days of their college years. But as the week wears on and each woman’s hidden story is gradually revealed, these four friends learn that they must inevitably confront their shared past: a failed love affair, a discarded suitor, a betrayal, and a secret that threatens to change their bond, and their lives, forever.

    Darkly comic and deeply poignant, Beach Trip is an unforgettable tale of lifelong friendship, heartbreak, and happiness.

     

    Cathy Holton’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

    Tuesday, June 2nd:  S. Krishna’s Books

    Thursday, June 4th:  Books & Cooks – Lisa

    Tuesday, June 9th:  Pop Culture Junkie

    Thursday, June 11th:  Educating Petunia

    Friday, June 12th:  Bookworm with a View

    Monday, June 15th:  Caribousmom

    Tuesday, June 16th:  Books on the Brain – Summer Reading Series Discussion

    Wednesday, June 17th:  The Tome Traveller’s Weblog

    Thursday, June 18th:  Books on the Brain

    Monday, June 22nd:  Books and Needlepoint

    Tuesday, June 23rd:  The Book Faery Reviews

    Wednesday, June 24th:  Thoughts of Joy

    Thursday, June 25th:  Books and Cooks-Tara

    Monday, June 29th:  Peeking Between the Pages

    Monday, June 29th:  It’s All About Books

    Tuesday, June 30th:  Bermudaonion

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    Comments

    1. Wendy says

      April 9, 2009 at 6:55 am

      Are you looking for more bloggers to tour this one? If there are tour stops for mid-month, I’d be interested!

      Reply
    2. Carey says

      April 11, 2009 at 11:57 am

      I would love to do this one if you have a date later in June…

      I seem to be missing from the blogroll, could someone add me? The Tome Traveller’s Weblog

      Thanks!

      Reply

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