About The Beauty of Humanity Movement • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (March 17, 2011) This deeply observed novel of contemporary Vietnam interweaves stories of a venerable soup seller, a young Vietnamese American curator, and an enterprising tour guide in ways that will mark all of their lives forever. Maggie, an art […]
Susan Juby, author of Home to Woefield, on tour March 2011
About Home to Woefield • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (March 8, 2011) Prudence Burns, a well-intentioned New Yorker full of back-to-the-land ideals, just inherited Woefield Farm—thirty acres of scrubland, dilapidated buildings, and one half-sheared sheep. But the bank is about to foreclose, so Prudence must turn things around fast! Fortunately […]
Lionel Shriver, author of So Much For That, on tour March 2010
About So Much For That • Paperback: 480 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (March 8, 2011) Shep Knacker has long saved for “the Afterlife,” an idyllic retreat in the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Exasperated that his wife, Glynis, has concocted endless excuses why it’s never the right time […]
Anna Quindlen, author of EVERY LAST ONE, on tour March/April 2011
About Every Last One Format: Random House Trade Paperback 400 pages On Sale: March 22, 2011 In this breathtaking and beautiful novel, the #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen creates an unforgettable portrait of a mother, a father, a family, and the explosive, violent consequences of what seem like inconsequential actions. Mary Beth Latham […]
About The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Bantam (March 29, 2011) “Every good love story has another love hiding within it.” Brokenhearted and still mourning the loss of her husband, Heidi travels with Abbott, her obsessive-compulsive seven-year-old son, and Charlotte, her jaded sixteen-year-old niece, to the small village of Puyloubier in […]
Kelly Simmons, author of The Bird House, on tour February/March 2011
About The Bird House Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (February 1, 2011) An intergenerational school project unlocks a Pandora’s box of unsettling truths. Evocative and detailed.” – Kirkus Reviews Such crisp, tight prose I was hooked from the very first page.” — Chevy Stevens, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of STILL […]
Tim Dorsey, author of Electric Barracuda, on tour February/March 2011
About Electric Barracuda Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (January 25, 2011) Serge Storms, that loveable thermonuclear vigilante and one-stop-Florida-trivia-shop, has been leaving corpses strewn across the Sunshine State for more than a decade. The authorities—especially one tenacious state agent—have begun to notice the exponential body count, and send a police task force to track […]
Cara Lynn James, author of Love on Assignment, on tour January/February 2011
About Love on Assignment Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (January 11, 2011) While Charlotte is focusing on uncovering sordid information on columnist Daniel Wilmot, her heart leads her into uncharted territory. During the summer of 1900 Charlotte Hale, a native Newporter and secretary for the Rhode Island Reporter, accepts an undercover assignment as a temporary […]
Yann Martel, author of Beatrice and Virgil, on tour February/March 2011
About Beatrice and Virgil Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau; Reprint edition (February 22, 2011) Fate takes many forms. . . . When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry […]
Jessica Anya Blau, author of Drinking Closer to Home, on tour January/February 2011
About Drinking Closer to Home • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (January 18, 2011) “Riveting and startling….So raw and funny I wanted to read parts aloud to strangers.” —Dylan Landis, author of Normal People Don’t Live Like This “Jessica Anya Blau…creates characters that have a lot more depth and more of […]