About In Her Wake • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Basic Books; First Trade Paper Edition edition (July 12, 2011) A delivery announcement on elegant paper stamped with the date of a daughters birth; a tarnished silver baby cup, dented at the rim; a lovingly hand-knitted sweater; a school committee flier; hurried grocery lists. This […]
Nayana Currimbhoy, author of Miss Timmins’ School for Girls, on tour June/July 2011
About Miss Timmins’ School for Girls • Paperback: 512 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (June 21, 2011) A murder at a British boarding school in the hills of western India launches a young teacher on the journey of a lifetime In 1974, three weeks before her twenty-first birthday, Charulata Apte arrives at Miss […]
Ellyn Bache, author of The Art of Saying Goodbye, on tour June/July 2011
About The Art of Saying Goodbye • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 7, 2011) She was the thread that wove their tapestry together. With a group of women as diverse as the ladies from Brightwood Trace, you might not think them to be close. There’s Julianne, a nurse with […]
Susanna Daniel, author of Stiltsville, on tour July 2011
About Stiltsville • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011) One sunny morning in 1969, Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called Stiltsville, a community of houses built on pilings in the middle of Biscayne Bay. It’s the first time the Atlanta native has been out on the open […]
Dorothea Benton Frank, author of Folly Beach, on tour June/July 2011
About Folly Beach • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (June 14, 2011) Experience the wild beauty and sultry magic of New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank’s Carolina Lowcountry—where the pull of family is as powerful as the ocean tides and love can strike faster than lightning in summer. . . . […]
Lola Shoneyin, author of The Secret Lives of the Four Wives, on tour July 2011
About The Secret Lives of the Four Wives • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 5, 2011) “I didn’t just happen upon this room; I dreamed of the pale green walls before I arrived.” Attempting to rise above the secrets of her past, Bolanle, a university graduate, marries Baba Segi, who promises […]
Talia Carner, author of Jerusalem Maiden, on tour June 2011
About Jerusalem Maiden • Paperback: 464 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (May 31, 2011) “Exquisitely told, with details so vivid you can almost taste the food and hear the voices….A moving and utterly captivating novel that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.” —Tess Gerritsen, author of The Silent Girl […]
Isabel Allende, author of Island Beneath the Sea, on tour April/May 2011
Celebrate the world of Isabel Allende! Along with the newly released paperback of Island Beneath the Sea, Allende’s beloved books, Daughter of Fortune, Inés of My Soul, and Portrait in Sepia will also be a part of the blog tour. About Island Beneath the Sea • Paperback: 480 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition […]
Bruce Feiler, author of The Council of Dads, on tour May/June 2011
About The Council of Dads Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) The inspiring story that touched people all over the world, The Council of Dads is the life-changing portrait of a group of friends who offer wisdom, humor, and guidance for how to live our lives with meaning and joy. […]
Diana Spechler, author of Skinny, on tour April/May 2011
About Skinny • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 26, 2011) “Skinny will be my go-to recommendation all year for anyone who wants smart, endearing, beautifully written women’s fiction.” —Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author of The One That I Want and Time of My Life After her father’s death, twenty-six-year-old […]