About Shadow Tag Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011) When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden […]
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench, on tour January/February 2011
About Wench • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Amistad (January 25, 2011) An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresses wench \’wench\ n. from Middle English “wenchel,” 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Tawawa House […]
Ruth Pennebaker, author of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, on tour January/February 2011
About Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (January 4, 2011) Joanie’s ex-husband is having a baby with his new girlfriend. Joanie won’t be having more babies, since she’s decided never to have sex again. But she still has her teenaged daughter Caroline to […]
Heather Newton, author of Under the Mercy Trees, on tour January/February 2011
About Under the Mercy Trees • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (January 18, 2011) Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, […]
Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters, on tour January/February 2011
“What a joy to read… If wit and language could protect against growing old, these bewitching sisters might never have to grow up.” — Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand About The Weird Sisters Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) The Andreas sisters were raised on books – their family […]
Matthew Gallaway, author of THE METROPOLIS CASE, on tour January 2011
About The Metropolis Case Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (December 28, 2010) Readers of sweeping literary fiction such as The Hours, The Emperor’s Children, and The Historian will be immediately drawn into Matthew Gallaway’s debut novel: THE METROPOLIS CASE (Crown; On-Sale: January 2011). From the smoky music halls of 1860s Paris to the tumbling skyscrapers […]
Sadie Jones, author of Small Wars, on tour January/February 2011
About Small Wars • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 4, 2011) A major in the British Army, Hal Treherne is a dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. He is eager to lead his men into combat; his wife, Clara, however, is relieved when they are posted instead to seemingly […]
Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, on tour January/February 2011
About Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (November 30, 2010) In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson’s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life […]
Lorelle Marinello, author of Salting Roses, on tour December 2010
About Salting Roses • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Avon A; Original edition (November 30, 2010) A young woman abandoned as an infant on an Alabama porch is horrified to discover that she is the missing heiress to a vast Connecticut fortune—a birthright she is desperate to reject in favor of her Peachtree Lane roots. […]
Sandra Rodriguez Barron, author of Stay With Me, on tour December 2010
About Stay With Me • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (November 30, 2010) In 1979, five toddlers were found alone in a luxury boat tied to a dock in Puerto Rico after a devastating hurricane. No one knew who they were or where they came from. Raised by different families, they […]