About The Pearl That Broke Its Shell • Hardcover: 464 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (May 6, 2014) A luminous and unforgettable tale of two women, destiny, and identity in Afghanistan Kabul, 2007: The Taliban rules the streets. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can rarely leave the house or attend school. Their only […]
Greg Matloff, C Bangs, and Les Johnson, authors of Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth, on tour June 2014
About Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth • Publisher: Springer What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for April 2014
__________________________________________________ A young woman’s journey through lost love, labor turmoil and the rise of American Communism. A Snug Life Somewhere by Jan Shapin A Snug Life Somewhere is about Penny Joe Copper, daughter of a roustabout shingle weaver, who is caught up in a 1916 union tragedy known as the Everett Massacre. Her brother Horace is […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for March 31st – April 4th
The Accident by Chris Pavone Monday, March 31st: Why Girls are Weird . . . . Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke Monday, March 31st: Jen’s Book Thoughts Tuesday, April 1st: BoundbyWords Wednesday, April 2nd: Ace and Hoser Blook Thursday, April 3rd: Sara’s Organized Chaos . The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith Monday, March 31st: Svetlana’s Reads and Views […]
Greg Iles, author of Natchez Burning, on tour April/May 2014
About Natchez Burning • Hardcover: 800 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (April 29, 2014) An American writer at the height of his creative powers, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated book yet, and his first in five years—Natchez Burning, the first installment in an epic trilogy that weaves crimes, lies, and […]
After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman Sweepstakes winner
We’re excited to announce that a winner has been chosen for the After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman review sweepstakes! We had a whopping 42 reviews come in during the five weeks that the sweepstakes were open. Congratulations to Julie at Clue Review for winning the drawing! You can read her five star review here. […]
Dorothea Benton Frank, author of The Last Original Wife, on tour April 2014
About The Last Original Wife • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 1, 2014) Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman’s quest to find the love she deserves Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among […]
Your Book Club Could Win a Trip to NYC!
Enter The Orphan Train Book Club Sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip to historic New York City! In her #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Orphan Train, author Christina Baker Kline reveals a forgotten period of US history when trains carried orphans from the big East Coast cities to the Midwest to live out uncertain futures which were […]
Francine Prose, author of Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, on tour April/May 2014
About Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 • Print Length: 448 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 22, 2014) Paris in the 1920s. It is a city of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. It is at the […]
Patry Francis, author of The Orphans of Race Point, on tour May 2014
About The Orphans of Race Point • Paperback: 544 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 6, 2014) Set in the close-knit Portuguese community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Orphans of Race Point traces the relationship between Hallie Costa and Gus Silva, who meet as children in the wake of a terrible crime that leaves Gus parentless. Their friendship evolves into an enduring […]