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 […]
Jacqueline Sheehan, author of Picture This, on tour May/June 2012
About Picture This • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (May 22, 2012) Jacqueline Sheehan made serious waves with her much beloved runaway bestseller, Lost and Found (“The best book I’ve read in a long time” —Susan Elizabeth Phillips). Now she treats readers to a sequel, Picture This—a story of rebirth and personal […]
Jane Rogers, author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb, on tour May 2012
About The Testament of Jessie Lamb • Paperback: 256 page • Publisher: Harper Perennial (May 15, 2012) A rogue virus that kills pregnant women has been let loose in the world, and nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake. Some blame the scientists, others see the hand of God, and […]
Heather Barbieri, author of The Cottage at Glass Beach, on tour May 2012
About The Cottage at Glass Beach • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 15, 2012) Married to the youngest attorney general in Massachusetts state history, forty-year-old Nora Keane is a picture perfect political wife and doting mother. But her carefully constructed life falls to pieces when she – along with the rest of the […]
Liza Palmer, author of More Like Her, on tour April/May 2012
About More Like Her • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 17, 2012) What really goes on behind those perfect white picket fences? In Frances’s mind, beautiful, successful, ecstatically married Emma Dunham is the height of female perfection. Frances, recently dumped with spectacular drama by her boyfriend, aspires to be just like Emma. So […]