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Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins: A Novel

Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins: A Novel

Current price: $16.99
Publication Date: January 7th, 2020
Publisher:
Sourcebooks Landmark
ISBN:
9781492681014
Pages:
448
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Description

"Katarina Bivald talks about her characters like you talk about your best friends. She gives her story absolutely everything she has."—FREDRIK BACKMAN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove

From New York Times bestselling author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

A charming tale of a ramshackle roadside motel: a heartwarming story of love, friendship, community, and the art of living, even when it's already too late.

The Pine Creek Motel has seen better days. Henny would call it charming, but she's always seen the best in things. Like now, when she's just met an untimely end crossing the road. She's not going to let a tiny thing like death stop her from living fully—not when her friends and family need her the most.

After the funeral is over, her body is buried, and the last casserole dish is empty, Henny is still around. She's not sure why, but she realizes she has one last opportunity to help her friends discover the happiness they once knew before they lose the motel and cabins they've cherished for years.

Schitt's Creek meets The Chicken Sisters with a dash of small-town heart and a whole lot of hope, Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins is the perfect book club read.

"Hopeful, heartening, and humane, this is the novel I needed to read right now."—J. Ryan Stradal, author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota and Kitchens of the Great Midwest

"Remarkable…unquestionably a page-turner and full of wisdom. A brave, unusual book, which powerfully portrays friendship and love."—Felicity Hayes-McCoy, author of The Library at the Edge of the World

About the Author

Katarina Bivald is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. She lives outside of Stockholm, Sweden. She grew up working part-time in a bookshop.

Praise for Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins: A Novel

"In a story about the lives a single person can touch, the highlight is fittingly Bivald’s memorable characterizations, as she makes each person and their needs distinct and complex.This is a winning novel about the lasting impact of love." — Publishers Weekly

"Remarkable…unquestionably a page turner and full of wisdom. A brave, unusual book, which powerfully portrays friendship and love." — Felicity Hayes-McCoy, author of The Library at the Edge of the World

"Katarina Bivald talks about her characters like you talk about your best friends. She gives her story absolutely everything she has. You'll care when you read because she really, really cared when she wrote." — Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove

"Hopeful, heartening, and humane, this is the novel I needed to read right now." — J. Ryan Stradal, author of The Lager Queen of Minnesota and Kitchens of the Great Midwest

"A celebration of life in which friendship, community, and a room for the night are gentle antidotes to prejudice. " — Kirkus Reviews

"A novel of irresistible characters who make you believe in the power of hard-won wisdom and second chances, Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins is a delight!" — Linda Francis Lee, author of The Glass Kitchen

"Bivald's charming, heartwarming, and thought-provoking novel will linger long after the last page is turned." — Booklist

"Bivald weaves a charming tale that also examines serious issues and is populated with quirky yet eminently believable characters." — Library Journal

"The novel perfectly captures the joys and trials of small-town living...a story full of both hope and heart." — Shelf Awareness