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Yvette Manessis Corporon, author of When the Cypress Whispers, on tour April 2014

March 13, 2014 By trish Leave a Comment

When the Cypress WhispersAbout When the Cypress Whispers

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Harper (April 1, 2014)

On a beautiful Greek island, myths, magic, and a colorful cast of mortals come together in a lushly atmospheric debut celebrating the powerful bond between an American woman and her Greek grandmother.

The daughter of Greek immigrants, Daphne has been brought up to believe in the American dream. When her husband dies in a car accident, leaving her with an inconsolable baby and stacks of bills, she channels everything she has into opening her own Greek restaurant. Now an acclaimed chef and restaurateur, she has also found a second chance at love with her wealthy, handsome fiancé.

Although American by birth, Daphne spent many blissful childhood summers on the magical Greek island of Erikousa, which her grandmother still calls home. At her Yia-yia’s side, she discovered her passion for cooking and absorbed the vibrant rhythms of island life, infused with ancient myths and legends lovingly passed down through generations. Somehow her beloved grandmother could always read her deepest thoughts, and despite the miles between them Daphne knows Yia-yia is the one person who can look beyond Daphne’s storybook life of seeming perfection to help her stay grounded. With her wedding day fast approaching, Daphne returns to Erikousa and to Yia-yia’s embrace.

The past and the present beautifully entwine in this glorious, heartfelt story about a woman trapped between the siren call of old-world traditions and the demands of a modern career and relationship. When Daphne arrives on Erikousa with her daughter, Evie, in tow, nothing is the way she recalls it, and she worries that her elderly Yia-yia is losing her grip on reality. But as the two of them spend time together on the magical island once again, her grandmother opens up to share remarkable memories of her life there—including moving stories of bravery and loyalty in the face of death during World War II—and Daphne remembers why she returned. Yia-yia has more than one lesson to teach her: that security is not the same as love, that her life can be filled with meaning again, and that the most important magic to believe in is the magic of herself.

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Photo credit Dia Dipasupil
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About Yvette Manessis Corporon

Yvette Manessis Corporon is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and author. She is currently a senior producer with the syndicated entertainment news show Extra. In addition to her Emmy Award, Yvette has received a Silurian Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the New York City Comptroller and City Council’s Award for Greek Heritage and Culture. She is married to award-winning photojournalist David Corporon. They have two children and live in New York.

Find out more about Yvette at her website, follow her on Twitter, and connect with her on Facebook.

Yvette’s Tour Stops

Tuesday, April 1st: Svetlana’s Reads and Views

Wednesday, April 2nd: BookNAround

Thursday, April 3rd: A Bookish Affair

Monday, April 7th: Sweet Tea and Lollipops

Tuesday, April 8th: From L.A. to LA

Wednesday, April 9th: A Novel Review

Thursday, April 10th: A Bookish Way of Life

Monday, April 14th: Peeking Between the Pages

Tuesday, April 15th: BoundbyWords

Wednesday, April 16th: Book Dilettante

Wednesday, April 16th: The Infinite Shelf

Thursday, April 17th: A Chick Who Reads

Monday, April 21st: Always With a Book

Tuesday, April 22nd: Doing Dewey

Wednesday, April 23rd: Kahakai Kitchen

Thursday, April 24th: Broken Teepee

Tuesday, April 29th: Dwell in Possibility

Wednesday, April 30th: Savvy Verse & Wit

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A haunting thriller about one woman’s journey into the painful truths threatening to destroy her.

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From the influential and ever-growing movement I Am Second, a remarkable collection of stories of people searching for and finding love.
When I Am Second launched in 2008, the organization intended simply to tell stories of lives changed utterly by people placing God first and themselves second. Although the organization has exploded in size and influence since, that original mission has remained the same--and continues to have enormous power and influence today. I Found Love is the highly anticipated new book from I Am Second, gathering together stories of people who searched everywhere for fulfillment and wholeness and found it only when they surrendered to God. People whose stories appear include the following, among others:

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Thank you so much to @tlcbooktours for including me on this fantastic tour for A CHILD LOST by @michellecoxwrites which is also available on audio!

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A spiritualist, an insane asylum, a lost little girl . . .

When Clive, anxious to distract a depressed Henrietta, begs Sergeant Frank Davis for a case, he is assigned to investigating a seemingly boring affair: a spiritualist woman operating in an abandoned schoolhouse on the edge of town who is suspected of robbing people of their valuables. What begins as an open and shut case becomes more complicated, however, when Henrietta―much to Clive’s dismay―begins to believe the spiritualist's strange ramblings.

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✨Book Tour + Review✨Today is my stop on the tour for Beauty Among Ruins. I LOVED this one so much! It is the first physical book I have read in I can’t remember when, and let me tell you, I was excited to dive in and be within the walls of a Scottish castle and all of its history and learn everything along with Lily. Lily is an American socialite in 1914 who bucks tradition (just how I like my protagonists) and her parents send her overseas to live with her cousin Bertie as she is not quite falling in line like they think she should. As the Great War breaks out, she and Bertie head to Scotland to Kinclavoch Castle to provide help to soldiers that are triaged there. Lily is not really a nurse, and is not really well received, but worms her way into the hearts of most everyone there, including Alec, aka Lord Strathem who is the owner of said castle. But things are not as they seem, as she soon finds out, but by then, let’s just say it’s a little too hard for her to just up and go as some want her to do. Maybe she is more attached to the place (and a certain Lord) than she realizes?

This was absolutely fantastic, I was engaged from the start and took my time with this one, I loved every single thing about it. I loved the history, the atmosphere, and the cherry on top was the romance. It was all just so fantastically well done that I have nothing but great things to say about this book. I definitely want to read more historical fiction this year and this one was perfect to kick off the trend.

Thank you to @tlcbooktours @tnzfiction @jnellciesielski for the #gifted book to review. Synopsis in the comments.
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Synopsis: Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, a respected colleague of Ian Rutledge’s, is sent to Avebury, a village set inside a great prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge.⁣
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After her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her his vast fortune, Anne has a moment of clarity: what if her life of fragility and illness isn’t truly real? What if she could free herself from the medicine that clouds her sharp mind and leaves her body weak and lethargic? Might there be a better life without the medicine she has been told she cannot live without?⁣⁣⁣
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In a frenzy of desperation, Anne discards her laudanum and flees to the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam, who helps her through her painful recovery. Yet once she returns to health, new challenges await. Shy and utterly inexperienced, the wealthy heiress must forge a new identity for herself, learning to navigate a “season” in society and the complexities of love and passion. The once wan, passive Anne gives way to a braver woman with a keen edge—leading to a powerful reckoning with the domineering mother determined to control Anne’s fortune . . . and her life.⁣⁣⁣
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An extraordinary tale of one woman’s liberation, The Heiress reveals both the darkness and light in Austen’s world, with wit, sensuality, and a deeply compassionate understanding of the human heart.⁣⁣
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💬 Have you had snow yet where you are? We are scheduled to get flurries on Sunday, which in the Deep South is incredibly exciting. ⁣⁣
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Most of y’all know by now that Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book of all time. So when @tlcbooktours offered me the chance to be on the book tour for The Heiress, I jumped at it! ⁣⁣⁣⁣In The Heiress, we see Anne de Bourgh’s story, and what a story it is. I’m halfway through this creative and enthralling story of one of the forgotten characters of P&P and am mesmerized. Synopsis⬇⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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As a fussy baby, Anne de Bourgh’s doctor prescribed laudanum to quiet her, and now the young woman must take the opium-heavy tincture every day. Growing up sheltered and confined, the pale and overly slender Anne grew up with few companions except her cousins, including Fitzwilliam Darcy. Throughout their childhoods, it was understood that Darcy and Anne would marry and combine their vast estates. But Darcy does not love Anne or want her.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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After her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her his fortune, Anne has a moment of clarity: what if her life of fragility and illness isn’t truly real? What if she could free herself from the medicine that clouds her mind and leaves her body weak and lethargic? Might there be a better life without the medicine she has been told she cannot live without?⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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In a frenzy of desperation, Anne discards her laudanum and flees to the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam, who helps her through her painful recovery. Yet once she returns to health, new challenges await. Shy and utterly inexperienced, the wealthy heiress must forge a new identity for herself. The once wan, passive Anne gives way to a braver woman with a keen edge—leading to a powerful reckoning with the domineering mother determined to control Anne’s fortune . . . and her life.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I’m absolutely loving this one so far, and can’t wait to post my full review soon! Thank you to @tlcbooktours @mollyjgreeley and @williammorrowbooks for my gifted copy! This one is out now! I’m tagging a few accounts that I think would enjoy!
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🔥Oh ello! Did someone say they were in need of a brief escape? Did you want to pretend for one hot minute that the world isn’t burning down around you!? Well great! Because your bookish godmother is here with a thrillerific new twisted morsel! Until We Are Lost has twins, missing people, a messy childhood, and of course the uncovering of buried truths! Tell me...what more do you need right now (aside from everyone not acting like a bunch of psychopath barbarians.)!?!? AVAILABLE February 2nd!!! 

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When Tara Peary’s twin sister Sophie goes missing, Tara dives into New York’s underbelly to find her. Sophie is the one person who’s ever truly understood her, and Tara knows her sister isn’t the only one who needs help.

Tara is also on the run emotionally from her complicated childhood. Her memories are threatening to overwhelm her emotions and derail the hunt for Sophie. A psychotherapist keeps her afloat, but when Tara begins dating her therapist’s young tech-millionaire neighbor, she risks losing the only lifelines she has left.
The more Tara uncovers about her sister’s disappearance and the dark side of the rich elite, the less certain of the truth she becomes. As Tara reaches the center of the mystery, spanning from her childhood home in Georgia to a Southern California beach, she has to decide whether the truth is a price she’s willing to pay.

🔥Thank you @amazonpublishing @tlcbooktours and @lakeunionauthors for the gifted copy!
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The Children’s Train - Viola Ardone

Today’s feature is an emotional post-WWII story based on true events & set in Italy. 

Synopsis: Though Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the war has devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. But one day, Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be safe and have warm clothes and food to eat.

Together with thousands of other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new life. Through his curious, innocent eyes, we see a nation rising from the ashes of war, reborn. As he comes to enjoy his new surroundings and the possibilities for a better future, Amerigo will make the heartbreaking choice to leave his mother and become a member of his adoptive family.
Amerigo’s journey is a moving story of memory, indelible bonds, artistry, and self-exploration, and a soaring examination of what family can truly mean. Ultimately Amerigo comes to understand that sometimes we must give up everything, even a mother’s love, to find our destiny.

Thank you to @tlcbooktours and @harperviabooks for the gifted copy!

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Who doesn’t love animal behavior? Especially these days, to be honest, when the humans seem to be letting us down so…

I’m thrilled to be part of TLC’s book tour for Wild Rituals, in which author Caitlin O’Connell, PhD--a faculty member at Harvard Med School, behavioral ecologist & world-renowned elephant scientist as well an award-winning author who spent more than 30 years studying animals in the wild—dives into the rituals of elephants, apes, zebras, rhinos, lions, whales, flamingos & many more.

Wild Rituals explores how embracing the rituals of the animal kingdom can make us more connected to ourselves, nature, & others; if we better understand how we are similar to wild animals, we can find healing, self-awareness, community & self-reinvention. The book covers 10 different animal rituals & features full-color photos, from the Caribbean to the African savannah, as O’Connell documents her journeys into the desert, tundra & rainforest, revealing how animals can help us find a simpler, more meaningful way of life. We are actually profoundly similar to the wild creatures who captivate us & this remarkable book taps into the unspoken languages of creatures around the world.

In a culture of technology where we find ourselves living at a greater distance from nature & each other, this one is sure to help us see how to connect more deeply and meaningfully again.
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Thank you @tlcbooktours for my advanced copy of I FOUND LOVE, out today! Very excited for this one & I already know my sister will want to borrow after. 
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From the influential and ever-growing movement I Am Second, a remarkable collection of stories of people searching for and finding love.

When I Am Second launched in 2008, the organization intended simply to tell stories of lives changed utterly by people placing God first and themselves second. Although the organization has exploded in size and influence since, that original mission has remained the same–and continues to have enormous power and influence today. I Found Love is the highly anticipated new book from I Am Second, gathering together stories of people who searched everywhere for fulfillment and wholeness and found it only when they surrendered to God. People whose stories appear include the following, among others: David and Tamela Mann, Jason Castro, Sean Lowe & Stephen Baldwin. Moving, compelling, and profoundly inspiring, the stories found here remind us that our hearts will always be restless until they find their rest in God and always unsatisfied until we find the love of God.
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@tlcbooktours is celebrating the tour for A CHILD LOST by @michellecoxwrites with a giveaway for a $100 Amazon gift card! Head over to @tlcbooktours for details. 

A CHILD LOST is the latest in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series. You can even listen to the whole series on audio!  Use the link for @librofm in today’s story to get the first book free!

I admit this is my first Michelle Cox book, but it definitely won’t be the last!  This is actually the FIFTH book that features the power duo of Henrietta Von Harmon and Inspector Clive Howard, but it read well as a stand alone.

All of these books are historical mysteries set in 1930’s Chicago.  In this story, Henrietta is suffering from depression after a recent miscarriage. Clive takes on a new case hoping to boost the baby blues for Henrietta. Meanwhile Henrietta’s sister has asked her to help her beau in a missing persons case.  Both cases are more than they bargained for and weave together the mystery of a spiritualist, an insane asylum, and a lost girl.

The writing style fully immerses you in the story!  It is incredibly detailed, full of classic twists and turns, and the historical elements are well researched.  The Mundelein Seminary, Bohemian Home for Orphans and Dunning Asylum (also called the Tomb for the Living) are all real places.  The story exposes the horrific range of treatment back then for patients dealing with mental illness and the system so rife with abuse.

I devoured this book in one sitting!  It is a truly entertaining and suspenseful page turner.  I think fans of both mystery and historical fiction will enjoy the story.  It does make me want to go back and read her earlier books to fully appreciate how Henrietta and Clives relationship has grown. 

Don’t forget to head to @tlcbooktours for the Amazon Gift Card giveaway!

CW:  miscarriage , depression, mental health, missing child, and domestic violence.

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Congratulations to our December winners! Jennifer and the York Public Library Book Club won The German House by Annette Hess, Christi and As the Page Turns book club won The Maverick by Jennifer Valenti, Lynn and Friends Forever book club won It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life by Kathy Lee Gifford, Lana and the Happy Bookers Book Club won The Amish Baker’s Rival by Marie E. Bast, and Vivian and the CTC Mall Book Club won The Book of Candlelight: A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Novel by Ellery Adams.

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