About This is the Story of a Happy Marriage • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper (November 5, 2013) Ann Patchett’s novels have been feats of imagination—from the tale of an opera singer held hostage inside a vice presidential mansion, to a forgotten tribe along the banks of the Amazon river—she has created entire worlds for the reader to […]
Michael Perry, author of Visiting Tom, on tour August/September 2013
About Visiting Tom • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 12, 2013) From the acclaimed author of Coop and Population: 485 comes a portrait of a unique individual and a dedicated way of life. What can we learn about life, love, and artillery from an eighty-two-year-old man whose favorite hobby is firing his homemade cannons? Visit by visit—often with his […]
Kristina Morgan, author of Mind Without a Home, on tour October 2013
About Mind Without a Home: A Memoir of Schizophrenia Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: Hazelden (August 27, 2013) Experience the inner world of a woman with schizophrenia in this brutally honest, lyrical memoir. Kristina Morgan takes us inside her head to experience the chaos of the schizophrenic mind. With the intimacy of private journal-like entries and the language […]
David Fitzpatrick, author of Sharp, on tour July 2013
About Sharp • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 2, 2013) “Endorphins sped through me. I spun around, growing dizzy, frantic, and silly. I wasn’t drunk, but I felt a nice stoned feeling, sans paranoia, and I thought, ‘I believe I’ve found my new pharmaceutical deep inside.’ I giggled fearlessly, manically at this and looked […]
Darlene Barnes, author of Hungry, on tour August 2013
About Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love & the Power of Good Food Publisher: Hyperion (August 6, 2013) Pages: 272 “Few sane cooks would take on the trials of cooking five days a week for a fraternity house…. Unique, funny, touching.” —Booklist Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad […]
Michael W. Clune, author of White Out, on tour July 2013
About White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin Softcover: 272 pp. Publisher: Hazelden Published Year: 2013 It is a desperate chase that lasts the rest of your addiction or your life, whichever ends first. After Michael Clune was introduced to drugs for the first time, his life became a series of ill-fated attempts to capture the ultimate high. […]
Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun, on tour August 2013
About Son of a Gun: A Memoir Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Random House (August 13, 2013) In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath Tombstone, Arizona, September 2001. Debbie St. Germain’s death in her […]
Casey Watson, author of Too Hurt to Stay, on tour May 2013
About Too Hurt to Stay • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper Element (April 23, 2013) Eight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands to be taken into care. It’s a desperate act, a cry for help, but his parent’s reaction – good riddance – speaks volumes. Casey’s hackles are immediately up for this […]
Jennifer Gilbert, author of I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag, on tour May 2013
About I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag • Paperback: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (April 30, 2013) When Jennifer Gilbert was twenty-two years old, someone tried to cut her life short in the most violent way. Not wanting this traumatic encounter to define her life, she buried it within and bravely launched a fabulous career in New […]
Kelle Hampton, author of Bloom, on tour April 2013
About Bloom • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 2, 2013) There is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky . . . From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. When […]