About Human Remains • Paperback: 464 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 20, 2013) New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes returns with a disturbing and powerful tale that preys on our darkest fears. Police analyst Annabel wouldn’t describe herself as lonely. Her work and the needs of her aging mother keep her busy. But Annabel is shocked […]
Archives for August 2013
Michael Perry, author of Visiting Tom, on tour August/September 2013
About Visiting Tom • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 12, 2013) From the acclaimed author of Coop and Population: 485 comes a portrait of a unique individual and a dedicated way of life. What can we learn about life, love, and artillery from an eighty-two-year-old man whose favorite hobby is firing his homemade cannons? Visit by visit—often with his […]
Michael Hurley, author of The Prodigal, on tour October 2013
About The Prodigal For 2,000 years, Christendom has believed that faith and penitence are the narrow gates through which all who seek heaven must pass, and that the church on Earth holds the key. What if a forgotten relic and an abandoned ship thought to have been lost at sea more than a century ago […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 5th – 9th
The Widows of Braxton County by Jess McConkey Monday, August 5th: A Dream Within a Dream Tuesday, August 6th: Excellent Library . . . Discovery by Lisa White Monday, August 5th: Book Loving Mom Tuesday, August 6th: Bibliojunkies Wednesday, August 7th: Stuck in Y.A. Books Thursday, August 8th: Ramblings of a Book Junkie . The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan Monday, August […]
Rebecca Walker, author of Adé, on tour October/November 2013
About Adé: A Love Story Hardcover: 112 pages Publisher: Little A / New Harvest (October 29, 2013) Known worldwide for her brilliant, frank memoirs, Rebecca Walker returns with a poetic, lushly written debut novel that is sure to garner major attention. Exploring the themes of memory, longing, passion, and loss, Walker gives us the story of […]
Jennifer Zobair, author of Painted Hands, on tour September 2013
About Painted Hands • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition (June 11, 2013) Muslim bad girl Zainab Mir has just landed a job working for a post-feminist, Republican Senate candidate. Her best friend Amra Abbas is about to make partner at a top Boston law firm. Together they’ve thwarted proposal-slinging aunties, cultural expectations, and […]
Yangsze Choo, author of The Ghost Bride, on tour August 2013
About The Ghost Bride • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (August 6, 2013) A startlingly original voice makes her literary debut with this wondrous coming-of-age story infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, adventure, and fascinating, dreamlike twists One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride. . . . […]
Regina Calcaterra, author of Etched in Sand, on tour August 2013
About Etched in Sand • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (August 6, 2013) In this story of perseverance in the face of adversity, Regina Calcaterra recounts her childhood in foster care and on the streets—and how she and her savvy crew of homeless siblings managed to survive years of homelessness, abandonment, and […]
Simi K. Rao, author of An Incurable Insanity, on tour October 2013
About An Incurable Insanity Print Length: 376 pages Publisher: Tate Publishing (October 8, 2013) Her heart fluttered when she heard the sound of the key turn in the lock. She quickly adjusted her maroon silk sari with the yellow border, the one that had caught his eye, and waited eagerly for his footsteps. One, two, three, four, […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for August 2013
Check out the great books we’re offering up in August! _______________________________________________________________ Book groups look no more! Passion, loyalty and betrayal. Explore the private world of Sigmund Freud brought to life with rich, historical detail in turn of the century Vienna. Freud’s Mistress by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman A page-turning novel inspired by the true-life […]