About House of Shadows Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Orbit (July 10, 2012) When tragically orphaned, two sisters are left to find their own fortunes. Sweet and proper, Karah’s future seems secure at a glamorous Flower House. She could be pampered for the rest of her life… if she agrees to play their game. Nemienne, neither sweet nor […]
Erin Cashman, author of The Exceptionals, on tour May 2012
About The Exceptionals • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: Holiday House (April 1, 2012) In a famous family of exceptionally talented people, fifteen-year-old Claire Walker is ordinary . . . or so she leads everyone to believe. Yet the minute she steps out of line, her parents transfer her to Cambial Academy: the prestigious boarding school that her […]
Sarah McCoy, author of The Baker’s Daughter, on tour August 2012
About The Baker’s Daughter • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: Broadway (August 14, 2012) In 1945, Elsie Schmidt was a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she was for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country […]
Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl, on tour June 2012
About Gone Girl Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Crown (June 5, 2012) Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, New York Times bestseller Gillian Flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. As The Washington […]
Carolina De Robertis, author of Perla, on tour May 2012
About Perla • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Knopf (March 27, 2012) Perla Correa grew up a privileged only child in Buenos Aires with a polished yet aloof mother and a straight-laced Naval officer father, whose profession she learned early not to disclose in a country still reeling from the abuses perpetrated by the deposed military dictatorship. […]
Devon Pearse, author of A Lighter Shade of Gray, on tour June 2012
About A Lighter Shade of Gray • Paperback: 470 pages • Publisher: Neverland Publishing Company (May 1, 2010) What does it feel like to stare into the face of madness? Or to anticipate your own? Would you drive away your only love? Could you pretend it didn’t matter? How far would you go to protect […]
Katherine Webb, author of The Unseen, on tour May/June 2012
About The Unseen • Paperback: 464 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 22, 2012) From Katherine Webb, the author of the acclaimed international bestseller The Legacy, comes a compelling tale of love, deception, and illusion A vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, […]
Ann Patchett, author of State of Wonder, on tour May 2012
About State of Wonder • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 8, 2012) In a narrative replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, scientific miracles, and spiritual transformations, State of Wonder presents a world of stunning surprise and danger, rich in emotional resonance and moral complexity. As Dr. Marina Singh embarks upon an uncertain […]
Francine Prose, author of My New American Life, on tour May 2012
About My New American Life • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 8, 2012) Lula, a twenty-six-year-old Albanian woman living surreptitiously in New York City on an expiring tourist visa, hopes to make a better life for herself in America. When she lands a job caring for a rebellious high schooler in wealthy, […]
Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, on tour July and August, 2012
About The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Random House Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning […]