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 […]