About Devotion • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (January 26, 2010) Settling into the responsibilities and routines of adulthood, Dani Shapiro found herself with more questions than answers. Was this all life was—a hodgepodge of errands, dinner dates, e-mails, meetings, to-do lists? What did it all mean? Having grown up in a […]
Angela Balcita, author of Moonface, on tour February 2011
About Moonface Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (February 1, 2011) “Angela Balcita’s love story takes a couple of artsy wanderers off the road and into the bright, scary world of transplants, dialysis, and neonatal intensive care.” —Marion Winik, author of The Glen Rock Book of the Dead From the pages of the […]
Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book is Overdue!, on tour January/February 2011
About This Book is Overdue! • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 25, 2011) Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot to consider that, in the automated maze of contemporary life, none of us—expert and hopelessly baffled alike—can get along without human help. And not just any help: we need librarians, the […]
Iain Reid, author of ONE BIRD’S CHOICE, on tour March 2011
About One Bird’s Choice: A Year in the Life of an Overeducated, Underemployed Twenty-Something Who Moves Back Home Hardcover: 264 pages Publisher: House of Anansi Press (Mar 1, 2011) Meet Iain Reid: an overeducated, underemployed twenty-something, living in the big city in a bug-filled basement apartment and struggling to make ends meet. When Iain lands […]
Linda Gray Sexton, author of Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, on tour January/February 2011
About Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide Hardcover: 300 pages Publisher: Counterpoint Press (January 11, 2011) Despite experiencing the agony of witnessing her mother’s multiple suicide attempts, the last of which was successful, Linda Gray Sexton found herself gripped by the same strong tentacles of mental anguish. Falling into the familiar grooves of […]
Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, on tour January/February 2011
About Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (January 11, 2011) An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother’s exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards—and the costs—of raising her children the Chinese way. All decent parents want to do what’s best for […]
Emily White, author of Lonely: Learning to Live With Solitude, on tour January/February 2011
About Lonely: Learning to Live With Solitude • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 18, 2011) Despite having a demanding job, good friends, and a supportive family, Emily White spent many of her evenings and weekends alone at home, trying to understand why she felt so completely disconnected from everyone. In this insightful […]