New York Times Bestselling Author’s Pennsylvania Book Tour Scheduled for August

Contact: Kelsey McConaha
740.922.6045 ext. 108
kmcconaha@barbourbooks.com 

Uhrichsville, OH— New York Times bestselling author of Amish fiction, Wanda E. Brunstetter, will be making her way through Pennsylvania for a book signing tour in August to promote her latest novel, The Healing, and the play Half-Stitched: The Musical, based on her bestselling novel The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club.

Wanda will kick off her tour in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, August 7, where readers and fans will have the opportunity to purchase books and meet Wanda in person. The featured title of the tour isThe Healing Quilt, which releases on August 5. This is book three in the Amish Quilting Club series and follows retired Amish newlyweds Emma and Lamar Miller to Florida where they have decided to buy a winter home in Sarasota and lead another quilting class with a new group of unlikely students.

Several signings will take place in conjunction with Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and Stage where Half-Stitched: The Musical is currently playing. This heartfelt musical is where readers meet Amish widow Emma Yoder as she teaches her first quilting class.

Wanda will wrap up her tour in Souderton, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, August 16. The tour is sure to attract many Brunstetter fans to the area.

August Book Tour Schedule:

August 7
Joy Bookstore
Route 501 North
Dutchway Plaza
Schaefferstown, PA 17088
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.                              

August 8 
Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and Stage
2727 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
9:30 p.m. after Half-Stitched: The Musical

August 9
Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and Stage
2727 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. after Half-Stitched: The Musical
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
9:30 p.m. after Half-Stitched: The Musical                    

August 11  
Lifeway Christian Bookstore
2320 Industrial Highway
York, PA 17402
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

August 12 
Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and Stage
2727 Old Philadelphia Pike
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. after Half-Stitched: The Musical
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
9:30 p.m. after Half-Stitched: The Musical                                           

August 15
Hackman’s Bible Bookstore
1341 Mickley Road
Whitehall, PA 18052
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

August 16 
Lifeway Christian Bookstore
773 Route 113
Souderton, PA 18964
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Half-Stitched: The Musical, based on Brunstetter’s New York Times bestselling novel The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, introduces readers to Amish widow Emma Yoder and her first quilting class with six very different men and women who learn life lessons one stitch at a time. For more information on the musical and where it is currently playing, visit www.AmishQuiltingClub.com.

Amish country’s most beloved storyteller, Wanda E. Brunstetter, is a New York Times bestselling author of Amish fiction. Wanda became fascinated with the Amish way of life when she first visited her husband’s Mennonite relatives living in Pennsylvania. Wanda and her husband, Richard, live in Washington State but take every opportunity to visit Amish settlements throughout the States where they have many Amish friends. For more information, please visit www.WandaBrunstetter.com.