Amy Weinland Daughters
Author of You Cannot Mess This Up and
Dear Dana
DEAR DANA
NOW AVAILABLE
Available May 17, 2022
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When Amy Daughters reconnected with her old pal Dana on Facebook, she had no idea how it would change her life. Though the two women hadn’t had any contact in thirty years, it didn’t take them long to catch up—and when Amy learned that Dana’s son Parker was doing a second stint at St. Jude battling cancer, she was suddenly inspired to begin writing the pair weekly letters.
When Parker died, Amy—not knowing what else to do—continued to write Dana. Eventually, Dana wrote back, and the two became pen pals, sharing things through the mail that they had never shared before. The richness of the experience left Amy wondering something: If my life could be so changed by someone I considered “just a Facebook friend,” what would happen if I wrote all my Facebook friends a letter?
A whopping 580 handwritten letters later Amy’s life, and most of all her heart, would never, ever, be the same again. As it turned out, there were actual individuals living very real lives behind each social media profile, and she was beautifully connected to each of those extraordinary, flawed people for a specific reason. They loved her, and she loved them. And nothing—not politics, beliefs, or lifestyle—could separate them.
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Lafayette, LA
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Baton Rouge, LA
Barnes & Noble
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Seaside, Florida 32459
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Dallas, TX
Interabang Books
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Dallas, Texas 75209
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The Woodlands, TX
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The Woodlands, Texas 77380
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Memphis, TN
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Memphis, Tennessee 38117
Thurs. June 16th-6pm
Thurs. July 21 - 6:30pm
Houston, TX - SIGNING
Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet Street
Houston, Texas 77005
Thurs. July 21 - 6:30pm
Oklahoma City, OK
Commonplace Books
1325 N Walker Ave. #138
Oklahoma City OK 73103
Thurs. July 21 - 6:30pm
Dayton, OH
Wilmington-Stroop Library
3980 Wilmington Pike
Dayton, Ohio 45429
Sat. July 23 - 3pm
Mandeville, LA
Barnes & Noble
3414 US Hwy 190, Suite 10
Mandeville, Louisiana 70471
Sat. August 6 - Noon
New Orleans, LA
Garden District Book Shop
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New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
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BIO
A native Houstonian and a graduate of The Texas Tech University, Amy W. Daughters has been a freelance writer for more than a decade—mostly covering college football and sometimes talking about her feelings. Her debut novel, You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened (She Writes Press, 2019), was selected as the Silver Winner for Humor in the 2019 Foreword INDIES and the Overall Winner for Humor/Comedy in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Awards. An amateur historian, hack golfer, charlatan fashion model, and regular on the ribbon dancing circuit, Amy—a proud former resident of Blackwell, England, and Dayton, Ohio—currently lives in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston. She is married to a foxy computer person, Willie (53), and is the lucky mother of two amazing sons, Will (23) and Matthew (15).
IN THE MEDIA
"Dear Dana" has been selected as the Bronze Medal Winner for World Peace in the 2022 Living Now Book Awards
TELEVISION INTERVIEW
Author and TTU graduate, Amy W. Daughters, writes to share hope
Trends & Friends, KLBK, KMAC - Lubbock, Texas
RADIO INTERVIEW
Big Blend Radio
GUEST ARTICLE
That Time I Sent All 580 Facebook Friends a Handwritten Letter
Spirituality & Health
TELEVISION INTERVIEW
Live At 9: “Dear Dana” Connects Old and New Friends Through Letters
Live at 9, WREG - Memphis, Tennessee
NEWSPAPER FEATURE
BFFs: A letter-writing journey begins with tragedy and ends with an unbreakable bond in 'Dear Dana'
The Baton Rouge Advocate
RADIO INTERVIEW
Author Amy Daughters talks about her book - Dear Dana
Get the Funk Out! KUCI, 88.9FM - Irvine, Orange County, California
RADIO/PODCAST INTERVIEW
S2 E21: Making Friends as an Adult
The Lisa Show - BYU Radio
RADIO/PODCAST INTERVIEW
Author Amy Weinland Daughters discusses #DearDana on #ConversationsLIVE
Conversations Live! with Cyrus Webb
EXCERPT/FEATURE
DEAR DANA: Facebook, an old friend, a cancer diagnosis and the power of prayer
The Mindful Word - Journal of Engaged Living
INTERVIEW
Book Q&As With Deborah Kalb
Amy answers questions posed by author Deborah Kalb
GUEST ARTICLE
What Is a “Real” Relationship in the Age of Social Media?
Best Self - Conscious Living
AUTHOR FEATURE
How Social Media Could Have Helped Women Get the Right to Vote
Guest Article for Teen Ink
GUEST POST
The Faith Journey I Never Intended to Go On
How my letter writing campaign impacted my relationship with God
GUEST POST
Being Intentional With Your Relationships in the Age of Social Media
Girl Talk HQ - The Global Headquarters of Female Empowerment Stories & Voices
FEATURE
Dear Dana Book Giveaway and Excerpt
Read a chapter from Dear Dana and enter to win a free copy!
BLOG POST
The Power of Non-Instantaneous Communication
University of Dayton Erma Bombeck Writer's Workshop Blog
BLOG POST
The Power Social Media Has In Connecting - and Disconnecting - Us
Happsters - The Happiest Corner of the Internet
PODCAST
How Facebook Sparked an Old School Letter Writing Adventure
Interview with Caryn Sullivan from Pretty Wellness on the Happiness Through Hardship
INTERVIEW
Conversations with Amy Weinland Daughters
Voyage Houston - Houston's Most Inspiring Stories
CONTACT
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