About Girls on Fire • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 17, 2016) Three girls went into the woods; two came out. It sounds like a joke, or a riddle. But it was only, would ever after be, the rest of our life. Shortly after Halloween, 1991, the local high-school basketball star is found […]
Yvvette Edwards, author of The Mother, on tour May 2016
About The Mother • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Amistad (May 10, 2016) From the critically acclaimed author of A Cupboard Full of Coats comes a provocative novel of a mother enduring the loss of her child, illuminating some of the most important and troubling issues of our time. Marcia’s husband, Lloydie, expresses his tender […]
Dorothea Benton Frank, author of All the Single Ladies, on tour May 2016
About All the Single Ladies • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (May 10, 2016) In this fast-paced and evocative novel, beloved New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank again takes us deep into the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where three unsuspecting women are brought together by tragedy and mystery […]
Nadia Hashimi, author of When the Moon is Low, on tour April/May 2016
About When the Moon is Low • Paperback: 416 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 26, 2016) “Expertly depicting the anxiety and excitement that accompanies a new life, Hashimi’s gripping page-turner is perfect for book clubs.”—Library Journal (starred review) Mahmoud’s passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she’s ever […]
Simon Van Booy, author of Father’s Day, on tour April/May 2016
About Father’s Day • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 26, 2016) “A strong voice full of poetic, timeless grace.”—San Francisco Examiner When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has […]
Angela Benson, author of The Summer of Me, on tour April 2016
About The Summer of Me • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 19, 2016) The national bestselling author of Delilah’s Daughters and The Amen Sisters returns with a moving story about a single mother who, in one unforgettable summer, discovers the woman she can become. As a single mother, Destiny makes sacrifices […]
Kathleen Tessaro, author of Rare Objects, on tour April 2016
About Rare Objects • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 12, 2016) In Depression-era Boston, a city divided by privilege and poverty, two unlikely friends are bound by a dangerous secret. . . . Maeve Fanning, a first generation Irish immigrant, was born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston’s North […]
Kemper Donovan, author of The Decent Proposal, on tour April 2016
About The Decent Proposal • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 5, 2016) A humorous, heartfelt love story built on a tantalizing premise: would you agree to spend two hours a week with a stranger—just talking—to collect half a million dollars at the end of a year? Struggling Hollywood producer Richard is twenty-nine, hungover, and […]
Lynne Hugo, author of REMEMBER MY BEAUTIES, on tour June/July 2016
About Remember My Beauties Paperback: 194 pages Publisher: Switchgrass Books; 1 edition (April 18, 2016) Imagine a hawk’s view of the magnificent bluegrass pastures of Kentucky horse country. Circle around the remnants of a breeding farm, four beautiful horses grazing just beyond the paddock. Inside the ramshackle house, a family is falling apart. Hack, the patriarch breeder and […]
Allison Winn Scotch, author of IN TWENTY YEARS, on tour July 2016
About In Twenty Years Paperback Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (July 1, 2016) Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, mostly estranged from one another, the remaining five reluctantly gather at that same […]