About Walter’s Muse Publisher: Endicott & Hugh Books Publication date: 2/1/2012 Pages: 285 It’s the first summer of her retirement and librarian Maggie Lewis is relishing the unfolding of sweet summer days on Vashon Island: walking on the beach, reading the classics, and kayaking. But in June when a sudden storm hits the island, Maggie’s summer becomes about […]
Gary Marcus, author of Guitar Zero, on tour January/February 2012
About Guitar Zero • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (January 19, 2012) On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a professor of no discernible musical talent learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone of any age might master a new skill. Just about every human being knows how to listen […]
Dave Isay, author of All There Is, on tour February 2012
About All There Is • Hardcover: 176 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (February 2, 2012) A celebration of love from StoryCorps. In All There Is, founder Dave Isay shares stories of love and marriage from the revolutionary oral history project, revealing the many and remarkable paths that relationships can take. From the excitement and […]
Catherine McKenzie, author of Spin, on tour February 2012
About Spin • Paperback: 448 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (February 7, 2012) Kate’s To-Do List: 1. Go to rehab 2. Befriend/spy on “It Girl” 3. Write killer expose 4. Land dream job Piece of cake! When Kate Sandford lands an interview at her favorite music magazine, The Line, it’s the chance of a lifetime. So […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for January 1st – 6th
. Situations Matter by Sam Sommers Sunday, January 1st: Evolving Beings Monday, January 2nd: A Bookish Way of Life Tuesday, January 3rd: Patricia’s Wisdom Wednesday, January 4th: Work Happy Now Thursday, January 5th: The Possibility of Today The Western Lit Survival Kit by Sandra Newman Monday, January 2nd: Sophisticated Dorkiness Tuesday, January 3rd: Chaotic Compendiums Wednesday, January 4th: DBC […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for January 2012
Book club members will want to share their own wedding memories and their hopes and dreams for their daughters while discussing The Magic Room The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters by Jeffrey Zaslow The New York Times bestselling journalist and author of The Girls from Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow, […]
Jane McCafferty, author of First You Try Everything, on tour February 2012
About First You Try Everything • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper (January 17, 2012) An engrossing tale of a marriage that’s falling apart and a wife who will stop at nothing to keep it together. From their early days in college, Evvie and Ben were drawn to each other by feelings of isolation stemming […]
Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, on tour February 2012
About Cinderella Ate My Daughter • Paperback: 272 pages • Publisher:Harper Paperbacks (January 31, 2012) The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent. Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from […]
Tamara Chalabi, author of Late for Tea at the Deer Palace, on tour February 2012
About Late for Tea at the Deer Palace Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 31, 2012) Just ten days after Baghdad’s fall in 2003, Tamara Chalabi arrived in the city after a lifetime in exile—finally entering the homeland she’d known only through stories and her own imagination. Investigating four generations of her family’s history […]
Jane Harris, author of Gillespie and I, on tour February 2012
About Gillespie and I • Paperback: 528 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 31, 2012) From the award-winning author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland. As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two pet birds for company, elderly Harriet Baxter recounts the story of her […]