About The Raising • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (March 15, 2011) Last year Godwin Honors Hall was draped in black. The university was mourning the loss of one of its own: Nicole Werner, a blond, beautiful, straight-A sorority sister tragically killed in a car accident that left her boyfriend, who […]
William Deresiewicz, author of A Jane Austen Education, on tour May 2011
About A Jane Austen Education • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (April 28, 2011) An eloquent memoir of a young man’s life transformed by literature. In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author’s novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, […]
Summer Wood, author of Wrecker, on tour April/May 2011
About Wrecker Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (February 15, 2011) Set amid the giant trees of northern California’s magical Lost Coast, Wrecker is the story of a nearly broken boy who unexpectedly finds a family. After foster-parenting four young siblings a decade ago, Summer Wood tried to imagine a place where kids who are left […]
Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of Secret Daughter, on tour April/May 2011
About Secret Daughter • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Morrow Paperbacks (April 5, 2011) Secret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that binds them together. A masterful work set […]
Karen White, author of The Beach Trees, on tour May 2011
About The Beach Trees • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: NAL Trade (May 3, 2011) In her new novel, White, the national bestselling author of On Folly Beach and the award-winning author of thirteen previous books, weaves together themes of Southern culture, the powerful bond of family, to courage to rebuild in the face of […]
Jael McHenry, author of The Kitchen Daughter, on tour April/May 2011
About The Kitchen Daughter: Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gallery; Original edition (April 12, 2011) After the unexpected death of her parents, painfully shy and sheltered 26-year-old Ginny Selvaggio seeks comfort in cooking from family recipes. But the rich, peppery scent of her Nonna’s soup draws an unexpected visitor into the kitchen: the ghost of Nonna […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for February 14th-18th
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas Monday, February 14th: Living Read Girl Monday, February 14th: Life is Short. Read Fast. Tuesday, February 15th: Melody Likes Books Tuesday, February 15th: Rayment’s Readings, Rants and Ramblings Wednesday, February 16th: Jenny’s Books Thursday, February 17th: Book Sake Friday, February 18th: Jen’s Book Thoughts Friday, February 18th: Luxury Reading . . Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez […]
Lauren Belfer, author of A Fierce Radiance, on tour April 2011
About A Fierce Radiance • Paperback: 560 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 29, 2011) From the New York Times bestselling author of City of Light comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous early days of World War II. Claire Shipley is a single […]
Lisa Miller, author of Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife, on tour April 2011
About Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 29, 2011) A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven—from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings to the convictions and perceptions of everyday people. The desire for a celestial afterlife is universal. It […]
Valerie Laken, author of Separate Kingdoms, on tour April 2011
About Separate Kingdoms • Paperback: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (March 29, 2011) From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia […]