About I Am Forbidden Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Hogarth (May 8, 2012) I AM FORBIDDEN is a family saga set in the most insular and fundamentalist sect of Hasidic Jews, the Satmar. Spanning generations, cultures, and continents, from pre–World War II Transylvania to 1960s Paris to contemporary New York, I AM FORBIDDEN traces the collisions between unwavering love, unyielding law, and centuries of […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for April 9th thru April 13th
. The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone Monday, April 9th: Unabridged Chick Tuesday, April 10th: The Feminist Texican [Reads] Wednesday, April 11th: The Picky Girl Thursday, April 12th: Indie Reader Houston Friday, April 13th: Raging Bibliomania Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty Monday, April 9th: The House of the Seven Tails Tuesday, April 10th: Melody & […]
Charles Todd, author of An Unmarked Grave, on tour June 2012
About An Unmarked Grave • Hardcover: 352 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (June 5, 2012) World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford matches wits with a devious killer in this exciting and suspenseful adventure from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd In the spring of 1918, the Spanish flu epidemic spreads, killing […]
Anita Amirrezvani, author of Equal of the Sun, on tour June 2012
About Equal of the Sun Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Scribner (June 5, 2012) Legendary women–from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth to Mary Queen of Scotts—changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth century England, they are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world […]
Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, Patricia Ryan Lampl, and Tish Rabe, authors of Love for Grown-Ups, on tour May 2012
About Love for Grown-Ups • Paperback: 240 pages • Publisher: Harlequin (July 19, 2011) Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, Patricia Ryan Lampl and Tish Rabe are “The Garter Brides.” Why do they call themselves The Garter Brides? Because they all got married after the age of thirty-five, and each bride wore the same lucky garter at her […]
Congratulations, Finalists!
The time has come to announce the finalists in our March Contest for Authors. We asked authors to tell us why they needed a free TLC Book Tour, and tell us they did, with limericks and riddles and offers of chocolate chip cookies, among other things! We’ve been reading through the entries as they came […]
Book Club of the Month Contest for April 2012
We have 2 terrific titles to choose from this month! ______________________________ A strong woman balanced between two diverse cultures Book clubs will be inspired by In My Father’s Country: An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate In My Father’s Country: An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate by Saima Wahab In Afghanistan, there is a Pashtun saying […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for April 1st thru April 6th
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by RJ Smith Sunday, April 1st: Black Grooves (monthly e-zine) Monday, April 2nd: A Bookish Affair . . . The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Monday, April 2nd: Book Snob Tuesday, April 3rd: Brandi Reads Wednesday, April 4th: A Bookish Affair Thursday, April 5th: Man of La Book . […]
Devon Pearse, author of A Lighter Shade of Gray, on tour June 2012
About A Lighter Shade of Gray • Paperback: 470 pages • Publisher: Neverland Publishing Company (May 1, 2010) What does it feel like to stare into the face of madness? Or to anticipate your own? Would you drive away your only love? Could you pretend it didn’t matter? How far would you go to protect […]
Pamela Haag, author of Marriage Confidential, on tour June 2012
About Marriage Confidential • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (June 5, 2012) With bracing candor, Marriage Confidential take us inside a world where romantic ideas have given way to a “post-romantic” mood and a fair number of marriages end up “semi-happy.” It’s a world where the husbands of “workhorse wives” pursue the Having […]