"this book will be one of your top 2025 reads"

announcing a very special giveaway

May 12, 2025

In just two weeks, my new novel The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club, inspired by my own family’s history on the island, will hit bookstores across the country.

The novel follows two sisters living on Martha’s Vineyard during World War II, who find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club.

If you have already ordered a copy of Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club, I sincerely thank you!

If you haven’t yet had a chance to order your copy, it would mean so much to me if you pre-ordered a copy today!

You can order a signed copy from my local bookstore Hickory Stick Bookshop, from your own local bookstore, or from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Bookshop.org.

On Goodreads, it’s been so gratifying to read early reviews from readers who’ve fallen in love with The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club.

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I adore Martha Hall Kelly’s books, and I loved The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club! Her characters are so beautifully crafted—I can feel them in the room, ready to discuss their loves, family secrets, intrigues, adventures, and more. I am predicting that this book will be one of your top 2025 reads. It’s definitely one of mine! —Genevieve Graham

Why pre-order?

Pre-orders send a signal to bookstores that this is a book they should stock in their stores, which helps more readers discover it. Pre-orders help authors like me continue to write and publish work.

And today I’m announcing a very special giveaway that you can enter by pre-ordering!

Enter to Win

A friend of mine joked on Instagram that the MVBABC is more covetable than a Birkin! 😊 Here’s how to win yours:

To enter the giveaway to win a MVBABC tote bag, hat, and coffee mug with an inspiring quote from Gram Smith, pre-order the book from my local bookstore Hickory Stick Bookshop, from your own local bookstore, or from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Bookshop.org.

Then email your bookstore receipt and your mailing address to mvbookgiveaway@gmail.com

The deadline to enter is midnight EST on May 26, 2025.

This giveaway is open to US residents.

I will notify the two winners by email!

As you can see, I’ve been having a lot of fun lately, finding creative ways to bring the setting of my novel to life for readers.

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen me post a fun teaser for an original map by the artist Clair Rossiter that shows Martha’s Vineyard as it existed in 1942 for the Smith family. Clair is a freelance Illustrator based in London who specializes in maps and food illustration.