November 21, 2024

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Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush release new book Love Comes First

Authors Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush. Photo courtesy of Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation.

The First Twins’ book tour begins November 2 in Texas and includes stops in Hattiesburg, Laurel, Brandon

   Love Comes First is the latest book of First Twins Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, daughters of former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush.  Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, official sales begin November 7.  

   An early-release celebration of the book launch will be at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in their hometown of Dallas, Texas on Saturday, Nov. 4th. Following, the authors will visit Houston’s Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, 11612 Memorial Drive on Nov. 5. Tickets are available through their co-producer Blue Willow Bookshop on Eventbrite.com.  The tickets includes admission and a pre-signed copy. No autographs will be done onsite. 

   Their Mississippi stops include Hattiesburg, November 9, at the Saenger Theater; Brandon, November 10, at City Hall Live; and Laurel, November 11, at The Scent Library.  Ticket are available through ticketmaster.

   Jenna Bush Hager is a host of NBC’s Today Show and the founder of Today’s Read with Jenna book club. She is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sisters First, The Superpower Sisterhood, and Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life with her twin sister, as well as Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It! with her mother, former First Lady Laura Bush. She is also the author of an essay collection, Everything Beautiful in Its Time.

   Barbara Pierce Bush is a board member and cofounder of Global Health Corps, an organization that has mobilized more than one thousand young leaders to solve some of the world’s biggest global health challenges. She is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Sisters First, The Superpower Sisterhood, and Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life.

   Love Comes First comes after their No. 1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First, both illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki. The 40-page picture book available on Amazon “is a joyful celebration of growing families. As two sisters watch their friends’ families grow, they wish on a star for a sibling of their own…and a younger brother and a baby cousin arrive! The new family members aren’t exactly what the sisters expected, but with time and patience, the group soon becomes fabulously four—and lets their imaginations soar! Together they can be anything, and no matter what, they will always remember that love comes first.”