About State of Wonder • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 7, 2011) “Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”—New York Times Book Review Ann Patchett has dazzled readers with her award-winning books, including The Magician’s Assistant and the New York Times bestselling Bel Canto. Now she raises the bar with State of […]
Archives for May 10, 2011
Karleen Koen, author of Before Versailles, on tour July 2011
About Before Versailles Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Crown (June 28, 2011) Louis XIV is one of the best-known monarchs ever to grace the French throne. But what was he like as a young man—the man before Versailles? After the death of his prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin, twenty-two-year-old Louis steps into governing France. He’s still a […]
Keith Donohue, author of Centuries of June, on tour June/July 2011
About Centuries of June Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (May 31, 2011) Keith Donohue has been praised for his vivid imagination and for evoking “the otherworldly with humor and the ordinary with wonder” (Audrey Niffenegger). His first novel, The Stolen Child, was a national bestseller, and his second novel, Angels of Destruction, was hailed as […]