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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Hannah Tunnicliffe, author of The Color of Tea, on tour July/August 2012
About The Color of Tea Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Scribner; Original edition (June 5, 2012) Macau: the bulbous nose of China, a peninsula and two islands strung together like a three-bead necklace. It was time to find a life for myself. To make something out of nothing. The end of hope and the beginning of it too. […]
Elizabeth Flock, author of What Happened to my Sister, on tour August 2012
About What Happened to my Sister Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) From the author of Me & Emma comes a dazzling novel of two unforgettable families bound together by their deepest secrets and haunted pasts—perfect for fans of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and The Book of Bright Ideas. Nine-year-old Carrie Parker […]
Jenny Wingfield, author of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, on tour July/August 2012 on tour
About The Homecoming of Samuel Lake Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (July 10, 2012) Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and […]
John Verdon, author of Let the Devil Sleep, on tour July/August 2012
About Let the Devil Sleep Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Crown (July 24, 2012) From the internationally bestselling author of Think of a Number and Shut Your Eyes Tight, this latest puzzle masterpiece from John Verdon pits superstar detective Dave Gurney against the nation’s law enforcement experts as he offers an alternative explanation for why a once dormant […]