About The Conference of the Birds • Hardcover: 160 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (October 27, 2011) A gorgeous and uplifting adaptation of the classic twelfth-century Sufi epic poem by the same name, The Conference of the Birds speaks to what is meaningful and hopeful in our passage through life. This deeply felt adaptation […]
Susan Schoenberger, author of A Watershed Year, on tour November 2011
About A Watershed Year • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: GuidepostsBooks (March 1, 2011) Months after the funeral of her best friend Harlan, Lucy McVie continues to be haunted by what was left unsaid between them when she receives the first of Harlan’s emails, arranged to be sent after his death. So begins Lucy’s watershed […]
Sam Sommers, author of Situations Matter, on tour October 2011
About Situations Matter • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (December 29, 2011) An “entertaining and engaging” exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do. The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don’t even realize it. Every […]
Mariah Stewart, author of Hometown Girl, on tour October/November 2011
About Hometown Girl Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (September 27, 2011) Life was always just about perfect for Brooke Madison Bowers. She was the prettiest, most popular girl in small-town St. Dennis, Maryland, a prom queen, local pageant star, and the pride and joy of her loving parents. She even married the man of her dreams. […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 29th – September 2nd
. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog Monday, August 29th: girlichef Tuesday, August 30th: Free Range Living Wednesday, August 31st: meandering eats Thursday, September 1st: Eco-Friendly and Frugal Friday, September 2nd: 4 The Love of Animals Will There Be Faith by Thomas H. Groome Monday, August 29th: A Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars Tuesday, […]
Ilene Beckerman, author of The Smartest Woman I Know, on tour October 2011
About The Smartest Woman I Know Hardcover: 112 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (September 5, 2011) Ilene Beckerman’s first book “illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women,” wrote the New York Times Book Review in a full page of praise for Love, Loss, and What I Wore. It became a bestseller and inspired the hit Off-Broadway play by the […]
Jane and Robert Rave, authors of Conversations and Cosmopolitans, on tour November 2011
About Conversations and Cosmopolitans: Awkward Moments, Mixed Drinks, and How a Mother and Son Finally Shared Who They Really Are: Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (November 8, 2011) After moving from the Midwest to New York City at the age of twenty-one, Robert Rave finally found the resolve to mail a letter to his parents informing […]
James Martin, author of Between Heaven and Mirth, on tour October 2011
About Between Heaven and Mirth • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (October 4, 2011) In Between Heaven and Mirth, James Martin, SJ, assures us that God wants us to experience joy, to cultivate a sense of holy humor, and to laugh at life’s absurdities—not to mention our own humanity. Father Martin invites believers to rediscover the importance of […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 22nd – 26th
Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto Monday, August 22nd: Books, Movies, and Chinese Food Thursday, August 25th: Savvy Verse and Wit – author guest post . . Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey Monday, August 22nd: The Broke and the Bookish Tuesday, August 23rd: Stephanie’s Written Word Wednesday, August 24th: 2 Kids and Tired Book […]
Donia Bijan, author of Maman’s Homesick Pie, on tour October/November 2011
About Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen: Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Algonquin Books (October 11, 2011) For Donia Bijan’s family, food has been the language they use to tell their stories and to communicate their love. In 1978, when the Islamic revolution in Iran threatened their safety, they fled to California’s Bay Area, […]