About A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice: A Memoir in Four Meditations Paperback: 274 pages Publisher: Apprentice House (July 1, 2016) Christine Hale grew up amid abuse, depression, dysfunction, alienation and isolation—her mother’s, but also, because her view was the lens that controlled the family—her own, her father’s and her two sisters’. She became a […]
Nora McInerny Purmort, author of It’s Okay to Laugh, on tour May/June 2016
About It’s Okay to Laugh • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: Dey Street Books (May 24, 2016) comedy = tragedy + time/rosé Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey “boyfriend” until she met Aaron—a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron […]
Betsy Lerner, author of The Bridge Ladies, on tour May 2016
About The Bridge Ladies • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (May 3, 2016) A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about […]
Mary Elizabeth Williams, author of A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles, on tour April/May 2016
About A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: National Geographic; 1 edition (April 26, 2016) A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death—and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma—a “rapidly fatal” form of cancer—journalist and mother of two […]
Thad Carhart, author of Finding Fontainebleau, on tour July 2016
About Finding Fontainebleau Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Viking (May 17, 2016) Viking is proud to announce a new memoir from Thad Carhart, author of the beloved bestseller The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, now in its 21st printing, which the San Francisco Chronicle raved would “lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the […]
Alison Pick, author of Between Gods, on tour October/November 2015
About Between Gods • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 20, 2015) Profound, honest, and masterfully written—Between Gods forces us to reexamine our beliefs and the extent to which they define us. Growing up in a tight-knit Christian family, Alison Pick went to church regularly. But as a teenager, she discovered a remarkable family secret: her […]
Aspen Matis, author of Girl In The Woods, on tour September 2015
About Girl in the Woods • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (September 8, 2015) In 2008, Aspen Matis left behind her quaint Massachusetts town for a school two thousand miles away. Eager to escape her childhood as the sheltered baby girl of her family, Aspen wanted to reinvent herself at college. She hoped that far […]
Joseph Luzzi, author of In A Dark Wood, on tour May/June 2015
About In A Dark Wood • Hardcover: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 26, 2015) In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante’s Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and […]
Taya Kyle, author of American Wife, on tour May 2015
About American Wife • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (May 4, 2015) The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle shares her private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss–and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legend. […]
Brad Gooch, author of Smash Cut, on tour April 2015
About Smash Cut • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 14, 2015) Brad Gooch, the author of the acclaimed City Poet, returns with a searing memoir of life in 1980s New York City. Brad Gooch arrived in New York in the 1970s, eager for artistic and personal freedom. Smash Cut is his bold and […]