About The Frangipani Hotel Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (April 1, 2014) A self-assured and stunning collection by an astonishingly gifted new writer, these stories—based on traditional Vietnamese tales—are sure to appeal to fans of Karen Russell, Jennifer Egan, Colson Whitehead, George Saunders, and Téa Obrecht. The Frangipani Hotel blends the old world and the […]
Therese Walsh, author of The Moon Sisters, on tour March 2014
About The Moon Sisters Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Crown (March 4, 2014) This mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories. After their mother’s probable suicide, sisters Olivia and Jazz take steps to move on with their lives. Jazz, logical and forward-thinking, decides to get […]
Kodi Scheer, author of Incendiary Girls: Stories, on tour April 2014
About Incendiary Girls: Stories Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Little A/New Harvest (April 8, 2014) Kodi Scheer’s debut story collection INCENDIARY GIRLS explores our baser instincts with vivid imagination and dark humor. With sharp and tender language, Scheer interrogates our expectations of reality, melding the surreal – visions of humans transforming into animals – with the emotions of everyday. In […]
J. D. Horn, author of The Line, on tour February 2014
About The Line: Witching Savannah, Book 1 Series: Witching Savannah (Book 1) Paperback: 296 pages Publisher: 47North (February 1, 2014) Savannah is considered a Southern treasure, a city of beauty with a rich, colorful past. Some might even call it magical . . .To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. Those who know […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for December 16th – 20th
With My Body by Nikki Gemmel Monday, December 16th: Cupcake on Books Tuesday, December 17th: Mom in Love With Fiction Wednesday, December 18th: The Ludic Reader Wednesday, December 18th: Lovely Reads Thursday, December 19th: Cruising Susan Reviews Friday, December 20th: Sara’s Organized Chaos Country Loving and The Sweetest Thing by Cathy Woodman Monday, December 16th: No More Grumpy Bookseller – The Sweetest Thing Tuesday, December 17th: […]
Gayathri Ramprasad, author of Shadows in the Sun, on tour March 2014
About Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within Softcover, 240 pp. Publisher: Hazelden Published Year: 2014 Americans have become immune to the terms, drugs, and behaviors associated with depression even as its reputation has grown as a debilitating and sometimes fatal mental illness. But in India and elsewhere the stigma associated with […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for December 2nd – 7th
The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom Monday, December 2nd: Reflections of a Bookaholic Monday, December 2nd: The Best Books Ever Tuesday, December 3rd: Book-alicious Mama Wednesday, December 4th: BoundbyWords Thursday, December 5th: Walking With Nora Friday, December 6th: The Book Wheel Jet by Jay Crownover Monday, December 2nd: From the TBR Pile Monday, December 2nd: Acting Balanced Wednesday, December 4th: Sara’s Organized Chaos […]
April Smith, author of A Star for Mrs. Blake, on tour January/February 2014
About A Star for Mrs. Blake Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Knopf (January 14, 2014) The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally […]
Harry Hunsicker, author of The Contractors, on tour February 2014
About The Contractors Paperback: 514 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 4, 2014) In THE CONTRACTORS (Thomas & Mercer; February 4, 2014), acclaimed thriller writer Hunsicker turns his attention to the shadowy world of private military contractors and the hypocrisies of the War on Drugs, delivering a heart-pounding, complex standalone thriller in the vein of […]
Michael Landweber, author of We, on tour February 2014
About We Paperback: 194 pages Publisher: Coffeetown Press (September 1, 2013) After an accident, forty-year-old Ben Arnold regains consciousness in the kitchen of the house he grew up in. Only he feels different, lighter somehow. Something is horribly wrong. Ben is swept into the arms of his mother, who he hasn’t seen in twenty years. She calls […]