Hello, reader friends! We are celebrating a new release from Heather Norman Smith with a JustRead blog tour giveaway opportunity and Where I Was Planted excerpt and giveaway for y’all!
about the book
Title: Where I Was Planted
Author: Heather Norman Smith
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Ambassador International
Release Date: July 16, 2019
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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Where I Was Planted excerpt
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about weeds. Not just the dandelion and chickweed that pops up uninvited in people’s vegetable gardens. I’m talking about the kind of weeds that squeeze themselves up through the tiniest of cracks in sidewalks, and in roads and parking lots, and in little crevices in rocks. They’re unattractive to most people, but I think these plants are remarkable. Shallow soil, short roots, and trampled on by every pair of feet that happens their way—not to mention tires. But still they manage to keep growing, or at the very least, sprout up a little and stay green. I reckon most people have never even thought about it, how special they are. But I’ve thought about it a lot…because I’m one of them.
I figured it out on a Saturday afternoon, in the early spring of my fifth-grade year, at Susie Pennywell’s eleventh birthday party. I hadn’t laid eyes on Bert in three days, as he came and went mostly while I was at school or asleep, so it seemed okay to go without asking his permission.
about the author
Heather Norman Smith is a Christian Fiction and devotions author. Her goal is to use the written word to entertain and encourage while illuminating the redemptive love of God. Heather is proud to be a life-long North Carolinian and aims to present the beauty of the Tar Heel State in her fiction. Her home is just outside Winston-Salem, NC, where she lives with her husband and their four children, two cats, two dogs, and some fish.
Visit her website or connect with Heather on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter!
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. Giveaway rules and policy, click HERE.
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Share your thoughts on the Where I Was Planted excerpt!
This book is on my tbr, be sure to add it to yours!
Faithfully Bookish 
Thanks for the chance to win Heather Smith’s lovely book. It sounds wonderful!
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Sounds fantastic. Thanks!
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Thank you for sharing!
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Wow! This book sounds fascinating!
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I can’t wait to read this book!
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I read Where I Was Planted when it first came out, and I highly recommend it. I suggested it to my public library, and they purchased copies for all of their branches!
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Would like to read this to see what happens to this little guy.
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