About Northwest Corner Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Random House (July 26, 2011) The New York Times Book Review called Reservation Road “a triumph,” and the novel was universally acclaimed. Now, in a brilliant literary performance by one of our most compelling and compassionate writers, John Burnham Schwartz reintroduces us to Reservation Road’s unforgettable characters in a superb new […]
Leah Stewart, author of Husband and Wife, on tour April/May 2011
About Husband and Wife • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 19, 2011) Sarah Price has never regretted trading her MFA for a steady job so that her husband, Nathan, could write fiction. But at age thirty-five, her world is turned upside-down by a shocking revelation: Nathan’s upcoming novel, Infidelity, is […]
Ann Joslin Williams, author of Down From Cascom Mountain, on tour June/July 2011
About Down From Cascom Mountain Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (June 7, 2011) Set in rugged New Hampshire in the aftermath of a fatal accident, this assured debut novel wrestles with grief and desire as a young woman finds her way over the course of one summer. In Down From Cascom Mountain, newlywed Mary Hall […]
Mariah Stewart, author of Almost Home, on tour May/June 2011
About Almost Home Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 22, 2011) When she was young, Steffie Wyler always knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life: 1. Make ice cream. 2. Marry the coolest boy in town. 3. Live happily ever after. These days, Steffie is the proud owner of […]
Alison Pick, author of Far to Go, on tour April/May 2011
About Far to Go • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 19, 2011) When Czechoslovakia relinquishes the Sudetenland to Hitler, the powerful influence of Nazi propaganda sweeps through towns and villages like a sinister vanguard of the Reich’s advancing army. A fiercely patriotic secular Jew, Pavel Bauer is helpless to prevent his world […]
Amy Stolls, author of The Ninth Wife, on tour May 2011
About The Ninth Wife • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (May 10, 2011) Bess Gray is a thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist living in Washington, D.C. Just as she’s about to give up all hope of marriage, she meets Rory, a charming Irish musician, and they fall in love. But Rory is […]
Lynda Simmons, author of Island Girl, on tour May/June 2011
About Island Girl: Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (December 7, 2010) Do you have to forgive someone a lifetime of sins, just because they have Alzheimer’s? Island Girl by Lynda Simmons is the emotionally riveting story of a 55 year old mother, Ruby Donaldson, fighting to reunite her family as she struggles […]
Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter, on tour April 2011
About Russian Winter Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 5, 2011) “An exceptional debut novel…of secrets, intrigue, and wonderfully described priceless gems.” –USA Today “This novel, about an oppressive Soviet Russia, a mysterious amber pendant, and the lives of ballerinas, composers, and poets, is fantastic.” —The Rumpus When Nina Revskaya puts her remarkable jewelry […]
Wendy Wax, author of Ten Beach Road, on tour May 2011
Ab0ut Ten Beach Road Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade (May 3, 2011) In Ten Beach Road, Madeline Singer, Avery Lawford and Nikki Grant each arrive to Pass-a-Grille, FL desperate for a second chance. Their trusted financial manager has vanished–along with all of their life savings–and left them with nothing but co-ownership of the rundown […]
Jennifer Haigh, author of Faith, on tour May/June 2011
About Faith • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 10, 2011) When Sheila McGann sets out to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburban Boston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about her fractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself. Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows her critically […]