Welcome to the Blog Tour & Giveaway for Where I Was Planted by Heather Norman Smith, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Where I Was PlantedAuthor: Heather Norman Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Ambassador International
Release Date
In the spring of 1961, ten-year-old Nate "Weenie" Dooley has a revelation-his father is not a good one.
Inspired by National Geographic, his favorite thing next to the Bible storybook his mother gave him before she died, Nate plans to leave his father and their home in the Smokies to set out on an adventure.
When he discovers that his father has left him first, it will take the help of a stray dog, some kind neighbors, a one-man-band, letters from a long-lost-aunt, and a new understanding of God to figure out he isn't really alone.
Will he find that Copper Creek is where he's always belonged? Or will his wanderlust keep him from ever coming back?
In her second novel, Heather Norman Smith demonstrates that love makes a family, and that while fathers may leave, our Heavenly Father is faithful, and He has a plan for all of us.
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EXCERPT
“Nobody else has ever
held this book before, since it was bought—besides me and Mama, I reckon’,” I
said.
He kept his hands down,
waiting patiently for me to be ready to hand it over.
“It’s very special,
then,” he said softly.
I handed Dell the book,
then sat back down at the desk, ready to hear the words I knew so well spoken
aloud. He read the same story I had read a few nights before about Joseph and
his brothers. The story felt so different, hearing it in someone else’s voice.
“See, Nate,” he said
when he had finished. “What those brothers meant for harm, God used for good.
Look where Joseph ended up! The Bible says that all things work out for good if
you love God.”
I thought about all the
good things that had happened since Bert left.
“Dell, what did the
preacher mean this morning about decidin’?”
I asked. “I decide to read my Bible book, and I decide to be good. But he was
talkin’ about something else, wasn’t he?”
“It’s pretty simple,
really. Some people know about God in their head, but they choose not to give Him
their heart. It’s a choice everybody has to make.”
Dell taught me a lot of
things—things I had never had a chance to hear before. He explained to me how
all the stories in my book fit together like pieces of a puzzle. He explained
God’s big plan to make things right after Adam and Eve messed up from the
beginning and how it was just as simple as choosing to believe it. That night,
I made my choice, and I rested with a peaceful feeling way down on the inside,
even though I knew it might be the last night I would sleep in my own bed.
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(2) winners will receive a paperback copy of Where I Was Planted by Heather Norman Smith!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule shown below. Giveaway will begin at midnight December 2, 2019 and last through 11:59 PM EST on December 9, 2019. US only. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize.
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