About Shock Value • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre. Much has been written about the […]
Mary Horlock, author of The Book of Lies, on tour July/August 2011
About The Book of Lies Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (July 19, 2011) Life on the tiny island of Guernsey has just become a whole lot harder for fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier. She’s gone from model pupil to murderer, but she swears it’s not her fault. Apparently it’s all the fault of history. […]
Kristina Riggle, author of Things We Didn’t Say, on tour July 2011
About Things We Didn’t Say • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 28, 2011) “Things We Didn’t Say is impossible to put down, and even harder to let go of.” —Julie Buxbaum, author of The Opposite of Love What goes unsaid can sometimes speak the loudest . . . What […]
TLC Tour Stops for May 16th – 20th
The Lost Girls by Jennifer Baggett, Amanda Pressner, and Holly C. Corbett Monday, May 16th: The House of the Seven Tails Tuesday, May 17th: Books Like Breathing Wednesday, May 18th: Steph and Tony Investigate . The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock Monday, May 16th: In the Next Room Tuesday, May 17th: Rundpinne Wednesday, May 18th: Joyfully […]
Ernessa Carter, author of 32 Candles, on tour July/August 2011
About 32 Candles • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Amistad; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011) Davie Jones—an ugly duckling growing up in small-town Mississippi—is positive her life couldn’t be any worse. She has the meanest mother in the South, and on top of that, she’s pretty sure she’s ugly. Just when she’s resigned herself to […]
Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, on tour June/July 2011
About State of Wonder • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 7, 2011) “Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett’s fiction.”—New York Times Book Review Ann Patchett has dazzled readers with her award-winning books, including The Magician’s Assistant and the New York Times bestselling Bel Canto. Now she raises the bar with State of […]
Kate Kerrigan, author of Ellis Island, on tour July 2011
About Ellis Island • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (June 28, 2011) Sweethearts since childhood, Ellie Hogan and her husband, John, are content on their farm in Ireland—until John, a soldier for the Irish Republican Army, receives an injury that leaves him unable to work. Forced to take drastic measures in order to […]
Nancy Rappaport, author of In Her Wake, on tour July/August 2011
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 […]