About The Candidate Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Vantage Point (July 1, 2012) The novel begins with an assassination attempt. On a freezing winter’s night Jack Hodges, a little-known U.S. presidential candidate, speaks at a sparsely-attended town hall meeting in Iowa. It is a few weeks before the Iowa caucus, the first contest in the nomination process to […]
Archives for May 2012
Tatjana Soli, author of The Forgetting Tree, on tour September 2012
About The Forgetting Tree Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (September 4, 2012) From The New York Times bestselling author of The Lotus Eaters, a novel of a California ranching family, its complicated matriarch and an enigmatic caretaker who may destroy them. When Claire Nagy marries Forster Baumsarg, the only son of prominent California citrus ranchers, […]
Joann Rose Leonard, author of The Healer of Fox Hollow, on tour July/August 2012
About The Healer of Fox Hollow Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Vantage Point (July 1, 2012) According to folklore in the Smoky Mountains, “When you enter the world with your feet pawing the air before your eyes can see where to put them, it’s a strong sign you’ll lose your way from time to time.”Right from the start, Layla […]
Eric Nuzum, author of Giving Up the Ghost, on tour August 2012
About Giving Up the Ghost: A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What it Means to Be Haunted Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback (August 7, 2012) At once hilarious and incredibly moving, Giving Up the Ghost is a memoir of lost love and second chances, and a ghost story […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 28th – June 1st
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff Monday, May 28th: Little Bit of Wonderful . . . Perla by Carolina De Robertis Monday, May 28th: Just Joanna Tuesday, May 29th: Take Me Away . . My New American Life by Francine Prose Monday, May 28th: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Tuesday, May 29th: Books and Movies Wednesday, May 30th: Veronica M.D. . The Secrets […]
Andrew Gross, author of 15 Seconds, on tour July 2012
About 15 Seconds • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (July 10, 2012) 15 seconds can tear your life apart . . . Henry Steadman didn’t know what was about to hit him when he pulled up to a red light. A successful Florida plastic surgeon, he is in town to deliver a keynote address […]
Julia Quinn, author of A Night Like This, on tour June/July 2012
About A Night Like This • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Avon (May 29, 2012) Anne Wynter might not be who she says she is . . . But she’s managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge—in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet […]
Emily Perkins, author of The Forrests, on tour August 2012
About The Forrests Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition (August 7, 2012) For fans of Zoë Heller and Zadie Smith, a vibrant and vital novel about the way family—with its dysfunctional bonds, sibling love, and rivalry—enduringly defines us. Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 21st – 25th
The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri Monday, May 21st: Savvy Verse & Wit Tuesday, May 22nd: Amused By Books Tuesday, May 22nd: Paperback Princess Wednesday, May 23rd: All Grown Up? Friday, May 25th: Kritters Ramblings The Chaperone by Laura Moriarity Monday, May 21st: Never Too Fond of Books Tuesday, May 22nd: The Compulsive Reader Wednesday, May 23rd: Kritters Ramblings Thursday, […]
Emma Sweeney, author of As Always, Jack, on tour July 2012
About As Always, Jack • Publisher: Axios Press In the days just after the end of World War Two, a young Texas Navy pilot named Jack Sweeney falls crazy in love with a California girl just before he is shipped off to the Pacific with his squadron. He woos her with letters and makes away with […]