Francine Rivers’ September book tour to four southeastern states.

Francine Rivers, author of more than 20 bestselling novels, including Her Mother’s Hope, will visit nine retail bookstores in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee Sept. 16-25. This will be the author’s first visit to stores in these four states. All of these events will take place within the two weeks following the Sept. 14 “street date” launch of Her Daughter’s Dream (sequel to Her Mother’s Hope), both published by Tyndale House Publishers.

Book signings for Francine Rivers include:

Sept. 16, 2010: 6-8 p.m., Books A Million, 757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL 35209; (205) 870-0213

Sept. 17, 2010: 10a.m.-12 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 201 Summit Blvd., Ste. 100, Birmingham, AL 35243; (205) 298-0665

Sept. 18, 2010: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd., Ste. 315, Chattanooga, TN 37421; (423) 893-0186; and 2-4 p.m., Books a Million, 4560 Frontage Rd., Cleveland, TN 37312; (423) 244-9965

Sept. 20, 2010: 6-8 p.m., LifeWay Christian Store, 5449 Washington Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918; (865) 329-9385

Sept. 21, 2010: 6-8 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 8029 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919; (865) 670-0773

Sept. 22, 2010: 12-2 p.m., Barnes and Noble, 3 South Tunnel Rd., Asheville, NC 28805; (828) 296-7335

Sept. 24, 2010: 12-2 p.m., Books a Million, 190 Collier Dr., Pigeon Forge, TN 37862; (865) 908-8994

Sept. 25, 2010: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Christian Supply, 1600 John B. White Sr. Blvd., Spartanburg, SC 29301; (864) 595-2626

A saga inspired by strong women from the author’s own ancestry, Her Daughter’s Dream spans the 1950s to the present and is the concluding sequel to Her Mother’s Hope, the inspiring two-part Marta’s Legacy epic that covers two continents and four generations of women.

Her Mother’s Hope released on March 16, 2010, and debuted on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestsellers list, the Publishers Weekly hardcover fiction bestsellers list, the CBA Bestsellers list and other lists.  More than 165,000 copies of Her Mother’s Hope are in print, and the novel continues to receive critical acclaim from reviewers and enthusiastic comments from readers.

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