About Dead Beautiful Dead Beautiful is a contemporary retelling of the classic Greek myth of Persephone. This was the myth the Greeks used to explain how we came to have the change of seasons. In the traditional version of the myth, Persephone – the daughter of Demeter, Goddess of agriculture and fertility, and Zeus, the […]
Michel Stone, author of The Iguana Tree, on tour April 2012
About The Iguana Tree Hardcover: 220 pages Publisher: Hub City Press (March 1, 2012) Library Journal says The Iguana Tree “recalls the work of John Steinbeck.” Kirkus Reviews calls it “exceptional … a haunting tale of hope and heartbreak.” Michel Stone’s debut novel, set against the backdrop of illegal immigration, is one family’s story of fateful decisions, […]
Louise Doughty, author of Whatever You Love, on tour March/April 2012
About Whatever You Love Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 27, 2012) “I study the photo in the same way that a spy might study the face of a counterpart in a rival organization. I am calm as I make this promise: I am going to find out what you love, then whatever it […]
Lola Jaye, author of Being Lara, on tour March 2012
About Being Lara • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (March 13, 2012) What other explanation could there be? With her dark complexion and kinky hair, so unlike her fair-skinned parents, Lara knew she was different. At eight she finally learned the word “adopted.” Twenty-two years later, a stranger arrives as she blows […]
Ashley Ream, author of Losing Clementine, on tour March 2012
About Losing Clementine • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (March 6, 2012) In thirty days Clementine Pritchard will be finished with her last painting and her life. World-renowned artist and sharp-tongued wit Clementine Pritchard has decided that she’s done. After flushing away a medicine cabinet full of prescriptions, she gives herself thirty […]
Meg Donohue, author of How to Eat a Cupcake, on tour March 2012
About How to Eat a Cupcake • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (March 13, 2012) Free-spirited Annie Quintana and sophisticated Julia St. Clair come from two different worlds. Yet, as the daughter of the St. Clairs’ housekeeper, Annie grew up in Julia’s San Francisco mansion and they forged a bond […]
Rosamund Lupton, author of Afterwards: A Novel, on tour April/May 2012
About Afterwards: A Novel Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown (April 24, 2012) From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sister comes a compelling, thrilling story of a mother who will do anything to protect her child. The school is on fire. Her children are inside. Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach […]
Deborah Lawrenson, author of The Lantern, on tour March 2012
About The Lantern • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Deluxe edition (February 28, 2012) When Eve falls for the secretive, charming Dom, their whirlwind relationship leads them to Les Genévriers, an abandoned house set among the fragrant lavender fields of the south of France. Deeply in love and surrounded by music, books, and […]
David Foenkinos, author of Delicacy, on tour February 2012
About Delicacy • Paperback: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (February 14, 2012) Reminiscent of novels by Nick Hornby, Muriel Barbery, and Jonathan Tropper, internationally acclaimed novelist David Foenkinos delivers a heartfelt and deftly comedic tale of new love brightening the dark aftermath of loss—and of wounded hearts finding refuge in the strangest of places. After her […]
Mary Kay McComas, author of What Happened to Hannah, on tour February 2012
About What Happened to Hannah • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (February 7, 2012) As a teenager, Hannah Benson ran away from home in order to save herself. Now, twenty years later, the past comes calling and delivers life-changing news: her mother and sister have passed away, leaving Hannah the guardian of her fifteen-year-old […]