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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Minrose Gwin, author of Wishing for Snow, on tour July/August 2011
About Wishing for Snow • Paperback: 240 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (June 21, 2011) A daughter’s brave and beautiful tribute to a remarkable damaged soul . . . For novelist Minrose Gwin, growing up was a time of chaos and uncertainty, the result of being raised by a parent with a serious […]
Simon Van Booy, author of Everything Beautiful Began After, on tour July 2011
We think Simon Van Booy is one of the best kept secrets in the reading world! To introduce you to him, both The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter will be on tour along with his newest book, Everything Beautiful Began After. About Everything Beautiful Began After • Paperback: 416 […]
Emily Arsenault, author of In Search of the Rose Notes, on tour August 2011
About In Search of the Rose Notes • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 26, 2011) Eleven-year-olds Nora and Charlotte were best friends. When their teenage babysitter, Rose, disappeared under mysterious circumstances, the girls decided to “investigate.” But their search—aided by paranormal theories and techniques gleaned from old Time-Life books—went nowhere. Years […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for May 30th – June 3rd
The Beach Trees by Karen White Monday, May 30th: Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Tuesday, May 31st: Library of Clean Reads Wednesday, June 1st: Jenn’s Bookshelves . Unfinished Business by Lee Kravitz Monday, May 30th: Life in Review Tuesday, May 31st: Colloquium Wednesday, June 1st: Constantly Evolving . On China by Henry Kissinger Monday, May 30th: Hidden […]