About The Blessings of the Animals From Katrina Kittle, critically acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers, comes a wry and moving story of forgiveness, flexibility, happiness, and the art of moving on. Veterinarian Cami Anderson has hit a rough patch. Stymied by her recent divorce, she wonders if there are secret ingredients to a […]
Ron Chernow, author of Washington: A Life, on tour October 2010
About Washington: A Life Hardcover: 869 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (October 5, 2010) From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no […]
Justin Kramon, author of Finny, on tour August/September 2010
About Finny • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (July 13, 2010) Before I started writing my novel, I fell in love with some great coming-of-age books: The World According to Garp, Great Expectations, Catcher in the Rye, and several others. For me, these books brought back the excitement of reading. I […]
William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, authors of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, on tour July/August 2010
About The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (July 27, 2010) William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. […]
Joyce Maynard, author of Labor Day, on tour July/August 2010
About Labor Day Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 3, 2010) The dog days of August . . . All summer long, thirteen-year-old Henry kept hoping that something different would happen, but it never did. Then, just as the Labor Day weekend gets under way, in the Pricemart where Henry?s mother, Adele, on one […]
Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz, authors of The Miracles of Prato, on tour August 2010
About The Miracles of Prato • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (February 2, 2010) Italy, 1456. The Renaissance is in glorious bloom. A Carmelite monk, the great artist Fra Filippo Lippi acts as chaplain to the nuns of the Convent Santa Margherita. It is here that he encounters the greatest temptation of his […]
Irene Ziegler, author of Ashes to Water, on tour August 2010
About Ashes to Water • Hardcover: 394 pages • Publisher: Five Star (June 16, 2010) Ashes to Water is a mystery/thriller, and Irene Ziegler’s first novel. Set in the 1980s, Ashes to Water is an atmospheric story of a small-town Florida murder and one young woman’s reluctant involvement in its resolution. When Annie Bartlett returns […]
Margot Berwin, author of Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire, on tour July – September 2010
About HotHouse Flower HotHouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire is one woman’s journey from the modeling and advertising world of New York City to the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula. From the hot and steamy plant dealers in the Union Square Green Market, to the curanderos, herbalists and shamans of Southern Mexico. […]
Randy Susan Meyers, author of The Murderer’s Daughters, on tour July 2010
About The Murderer’s Daughters Lulu and Merry’s childhood was never ideal, but on the day before Lulu’s tenth birthday their father drives them into a nightmare. He’s always hungered for the love of the girl’s self-obsessed mother. After she throws him out, their troubles turn deadly. Lulu’s mother warned her to never let him in, […]
Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus, on tour June/July 2010
About Cognitive Surplus • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 10, 2010) For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus, internet guru Clay Shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital […]