Lynne Griffin

Thanks to American Booksellers Association for choosing Sea Escape as an Indie Next List Notable for July 2010.  Love independent booksellers!

Throughout history, family stories have served the vital purpose of connecting us to one another.  Stories entertain, enlighten, energize, and of course, educate.  Everyone has a story to tell.  And Family Life Stories will be the place to tell them.  I’m a registered nurse, family counselor, teacher, and novelist.  I’ve been a family life expert for over twenty years, speaking, counseling, and writing about families.  I believe in storytelling as a means of learning valuable life lessons. Through essays, interviews, videos, and links to other sites, I’ll share compelling stories that provide insight into the human condition.

If you have an important story to tell, email me at info [at] LynneGriffin.com to share it.

I am over the moon to announce that my second novel, SEA ESCAPE will be published next summer by Simon & Schuster!  Below is the deal announcement from Publishers Marketplace.

LIFE WITHOUT SUMMER author Lynne Griffin’s SEA ESCAPE, about a mother trapped in a silent world following a stroke, and her daughter, who becomes desperate to unravel their tangled family history before it’s too late, to Kerri Kolen at Simon & Schuster, at auction, for publication in summer 2010, by Elisabeth Weed at Weed Literary (World).

The French edition of Life Without Summer
La douleur de l’absence

Life Without Summer is in bookstores.  Buy your copies today!

With author of Never Tell a Lie, Hallie Ephron

Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of True Colors calls Life Without Summer, “A remarkable debut novel.”

Thanks to parents who spread the word and an editor who continues to advocate for this parenting title, one and a half years later Negotiation Generation goes back to press for a third printing. To learn more about my approach to taking back your parental authority without punishment, have a look at this interview which aired on Boston’s Fox Morning News.

Dagen zonder Abby–translated means Days Without Abby–is the Dutch version of Life Without Summer.  It will be published in Holland in April. 

Holidays are always tough after losing a loved one, and they can be even tougher when you have children. This morning I sat down with Boston’s FOX 25 news anchor Gene Lavanchy to discuss this parenting challenge.  Watch our discussion on managing loss at the holidays.

Check out my latest radio interview on parenting.  Are you part of the Negotiation Generation?

Over the last few days I’ve felt a bit like a sister watching her sibling show off her new baby. I’ve held back a few tears when family members openly gushed about my dear friend Amy MacKinnon’s accomplishment with genuine love. When she opened her copy of the recently released novel, Tethered and eloquently read those haunting first lines to a crowd leaning in to savor her prose, I felt proud. And when the crowd jockeyed for a turn at congratulating her as she began to sign personalized copies, I smiled.

Amy is a member of my cherished writers’ group and a marvelous writer. I urge all of you to head out to your local independent bookseller to buy a copy of, Tethered. Read an excerpt at her site.

Congratulations, Amy. I’m so happy for you!

When I saw the advance praise for the new novel, Belong to Me, by Marisa de los Santos, I was delighted. A big fan (along with millions of other readers) of her first novel, Love Walked In, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. De los Santos delivers with her second gem. After finishing Belong to Me, I contacted Marisa asking if she’d like to be part of the author spotlight series posted over at my Writers’ Group blog, and lucky for her fans she agreed. I hope you enjoy the full interview.