About Two For Sorrow Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 9, 2011) They were the most horrific crimes of a new century: the murders of newborn innocents for which two British women were hanged at Holloway Prison in 1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Amelia […]
Archives for 2011
Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, on tour August 2011
About Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 9, 2011) Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life—–the chicken destined for your dinner plate or […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 20th-24th
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton Monday, June 20th: BookNAround Tuesday, June 21st: hello lovely inc. Wednesday, June 22nd: Rusty Rooster Vintage Wednesday, June 22nd: Chaotic Compendiums Thursday, June 23rd: Books Like Breathing Friday, June 24th: Freckled Laundry . Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg Monday, June 20th: Book Reviews by Elizabeth A. White Tuesday, June 21st: Total […]
Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go, on tour August/September 2011
About Wherever You Go • Paperback: 272 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (July 25, 2011) A gripping novel about the lengths to which we will go in the name of a cause. Yona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and […]
Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Adam & Eve, on tour July/August 2011
About Adam & Eve • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (July 26, 2011) By decoding light from space, Lucy Bergmann’s astrophysicist husband discovers the existence of extraterrestrial life; their friend, anthropologist Pierre Saad, unearths from the sands of Egypt an ancient alternative version of the Book of Genesis. To religious fanatics, […]
David Liss, author of The Twelfth Enchantment, on tour August 2011
About The Twelfth Enchantment Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Random House (August 9, 2011) Lucy Derrick is a young woman of good breeding and poor finances. After the death of her beloved father, she is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as the unwanted boarder of her tyrannical uncle, fending off marriage to a local mill […]
Deborah Lawrenson, author of The Lantern, on tour August 2011
About The Lantern • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper (August 9, 2011) “Deborah Lawrenson is a master of mood and shadow as she spins this absorbing tale of intense passion and growing dread. Her Provence is sumptuous and forbidding and utterly real. Prepare to be riveted.” –Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife “I […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for June 13th-17th
Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton Monday, June 13th: Mod Vintage Life Tuesday, June 14th: La Dolfina Wednesday, June 15th: 52 Flea Thursday, June 16th: English Major’s Junk Food Thursday, June 16th: The Shabby Nest Friday, June 17th: No Minimalist Here The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merrill Block Monday, June 13th: Luxury Reading Tuesday, June 14th: […]
Sapphire, author of The Kid, on tour July 2011
About The Kid • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 5, 2011) Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious’s son, Abdul. In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push’s unforgettable […]
David Matthews, author of Kicking Ass and Saving Souls, on tour July/August 2011
About Kicking Ass and Saving Souls • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 21, 2011) The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian. Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian […]