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Gracie Lee travels the world…

May 3, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

While I do book signings right here in Arkansas, Gracie Lee travels the world. She’s free as a bird, a regular globetrotter who apparently has friends in high places. I’m thrilled that folks have tucked The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee into their precious limited carry-on space, taken a part of me on their fabulous jaunts, and shared pictures. And OhTheCoolPlaces my friends (and friends of friends) go!

I mean, really cool places.

Places Gracie didn’t travel to via 1973 bicycle.

Places I had to google to make sure I identified them correctly.

There were certain things I imagined when I imagined being an author, but seeing my book at the foothills of the Pyrenees was not one of them.

Note to self and everyone else… my book cover has magical chameleon qualities! That delta cotton field and clear southern sky pairs well with sea, sand and a bold red Spanish wine.

Thank you to everyone who’s shared pictures of Gracie Lee in the wild. These are but a small sample!

Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
Orlando, Florida
Madrid, Spain
Cedar Creek Lake, Texas

when I think of Alabama…

April 20, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

When I think of Alabama, I think of Carlene, my mom’s college roommate, and her son Gary, and how we visited them a long, long time ago, and while I want to say it was summer it couldn’t have been because of the clothes we wore. Those memories are preserved forever by faded polaroid pictures. I thought their house was amazing mainly because it was two-story. We took turns riding up and down the street in their neighborhood in Gary’s go-cart which was a new experience for my sister and me. Big wheels keep on turning…

When I think of Alabama, I think of Roll Tide and Bear Bryant and his houndstooth fedora that classed up the sidelines every Saturday and college football for years. He was born in Arkansas, you know.

I think of Harper Lee and Monroeville and Scout and Atticus and Boo and Dill and the tree that held gifts.

I think of Hank Williams.

And Alabama Shakes, my new fav.

I think of the trip we made that summer, Continue Reading

Dear Gracie Lee Fan Club Members,

April 14, 2016 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear Gracie Lee Fan Club Members,

I like the way this is going so far.

I am so blown away by the way friends and family and people I’ve never met have embraced The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee. I don’t know what I expected, but I certainly didn’t expect such excitement. The fact that anyone takes time out of a beautiful spring day to attend a book signing makes me happy. But the number of people who have been to two and three books signings is astounding!

That’s a fan club, I think.

A wonderful surprise waited for me when I returned home to Fayetteville yesterdayContinue Reading

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