About Maya’s Notebook • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 23, 2013) Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother Nidia, affectionately known as Nini, is a force of nature—willful and outspoken, unconventionally wise with a mystical streak, and fiercely […]
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 […]
Molly McAdams, author of Taking Chances and From Ashes, on tour May 2013
About Taking Chances • Paperback: 464 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (April 16, 2013) Her first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for April 2013
Book Clubs will be spellbound by A Constellation of Vital Phenomena A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life, she flees with their neighbor […]
Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni, on tour April/May 2013
About The Golem and the Jinni • Hardcover: 496 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 23, 2013) Helene Wecker’s dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for April 1st – 6th
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear Monday, April 1st: Oh! Paper Pages – Leaving Everything Most Loved . . . . The Tale of Lucia Grandi by Susan Speranza Monday, April 1st: It’s All About Books . . . . The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin Monday, April 1st: Lit and Life Tuesday, April 2nd: Paperback Princess . . . […]
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 […]
Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Frozen in Time, on tour April/May 2013
About Frozen in Time • Hardcover: 416 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 23, 2013) Two harrowing crashes . . . A vanished rescue plane . . . A desperate fight for life in a frozen, hostile land . . . The quest to solve a seventy-year-old mystery The author of the smash New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La delivers a gripping […]
Kimberly McCreight, author of Reconstructing Amelia, on tour April 2013
About Reconstructing Amelia • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper (April 2, 2013) When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an urgent phone call summoning her to her daughter’s exclusive private school, she’s shocked. Amelia has been suspended for cheating, something that would be completely out of character for her over-achieving, well-behaved daughter. Kate rushes to […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for March 25th-30th
Month of Maisie Blog Tour – Jacqueline Winspear Monday, March 25th: A Bookworm’s World – Leaving Everything Most Loved Monday, March 25th: cakes, tea and dreams – Leaving Everything Most Loved Tuesday, March 26th: Oh! Paper Pages – Leaving Everything Most Loved Tuesday, March 26th: Nonsuch Book – A Lesson in Secrets Wednesday, March 27th: A Bookish Way of Life – The Mapping of Love […]