About The Killing of Mindi Quintana Hardcover – 256 pages Freddy Builder is certain he is meant for more. More than his life in corporate America bondage. More than selling china to bluebloods in Philadelphia’s landmark department store, Chanet’s. Meant for more, meant for better, and lacking only, onlyan occasion to rise to. And now that occasion is […]
Kelly O’Connor McNees, author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, on tour April 2010
About The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott In her debut novel, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O’Connor McNees deftly mixes fact and fiction as she imagines a summer lost to history, carefully purged from Louisa’s letters and journals, a summer that would change the course of Louisa’s writing career—and inspire the […]
Karen White, author of On Folly Beach, on tour May 2010
About On Folly Beach • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: NAL Trade (May 4, 2010) The latest Southern novel from the acclaimed bestselling and award-winning author of The Memory of Water. To most people, Folly Beach, South Carolina, is simply the last barrier island before the Atlantic. To some, it’s a sanctuary, which is why […]
Suzie Gilbert, author of Flyaway, on tour March/April 2010
About Flyaway In this captivating memoir, Suzie Gilbert tells the rollicking story of how she turned her family life upside down to pursue her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds. Through adolescence and into adulthood, Suzie Gilbert struggled to find her calling. But when she took a job working at the animal hospital near her […]
Pat Conroy, author of South of Broad, on tour April 2010
About South of Broad Leopold Bloom King has been raised in a family shattered—and shadowed—by tragedy. Lonely and adrift, he searches for something to sustain him and finds it among a tightly knit group of high school outsiders. Surviving marriages happy and troubled, unrequited loves and unspoken longings, hard-won successes and devastating breakdowns, as well […]
Dr. Sean Kenniff, author of Etre the Cow, on tour April 2010
About Etre the Cow Hardcover: 144 pages Publisher: HCI (April 1, 2010) Humiliated by his hoofed legs, the flies on his haunches, and the grass in his mouth, a bull named Etre tells his tender and thought-provoking story about the brutal insignificance of cow life at Gorwell Farm. In a world where the line between […]
Bruce Frankel, author of What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life, on tour March 2010
About What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life: True Stories of Finding Success, Passion, and New Meaning in the Second Half of Life Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Avery (March 4, 2010) It is a common refrain. Be it an impending retirement or the fear of growing older, many of us find ourselves […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for the week of February 1st – February 5th
Home is Where the Wine Is Monday, February 1st: She Just Walks Around With It Tuesday, February 2nd: Jenn’s Bookshelf Wednesday, Feb. 3rd: She Just Walks Around With It – author interview Wednesday, February 3rd: One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books Thursday, February 4th: Diary of an Eccentric . Government Girl Monday, February […]
Ernie Ward, author of Chow Hounds, on tour April 2010
About Chow Hounds: Why Our Dogs are Getting Fatter – A Vet’s Plan to Save Their Lives Dogs are man’s best friend. But unfortunately, our modern lifestyle is the worst thing for their well being. In fact, almost half of the 75 million dogs in North America are overweight or obese. As a practicing vet […]
Zoe Fishman, author of Balancing Acts, on tour March/April 2010
About Balancing Acts • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (March 16, 2010) Zoe Fishman’s Balancing Acts, a charming and poignant story of four former college friends helping each other balance their dreams through the power of yoga and friendship, is a must for fans of The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Reading Group, […]