About Shadow Tag Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011) When Irene America discovers that her artist husband, Gil, has been reading her diary, she begins a secret Blue Notebook, stashed securely in a safe-deposit box. There she records the truth about her life and marriage, while turning her Red Diary—hidden […]
Daniel Akst, author of We Have Met the Enemy, on tour January/February 2011
About We Have Met the Enemy • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (January 6, 2011) An intelligent and irreverent investigation into the age-old problem of self-control finds that, in the modern world, solving it is the most important thing we can do. More calories, sex, and intoxicants are more readily and […]
Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench, on tour January/February 2011
About Wench • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Amistad (January 25, 2011) An ambitious and startling debut novel that follows the lives of four women at a resort popular among slaveholders who bring their enslaved mistresses wench \’wench\ n. from Middle English “wenchel,” 1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Tawawa House […]
Ruth Pennebaker, author of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, on tour January/February 2011
About Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (January 4, 2011) Joanie’s ex-husband is having a baby with his new girlfriend. Joanie won’t be having more babies, since she’s decided never to have sex again. But she still has her teenaged daughter Caroline to […]
Heather Newton, author of Under the Mercy Trees, on tour January/February 2011
About Under the Mercy Trees • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (January 18, 2011) Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, […]
Eleanor Brown, author of The Weird Sisters, on tour January/February 2011
“What a joy to read… If wit and language could protect against growing old, these bewitching sisters might never have to grow up.” — Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand About The Weird Sisters Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (January 20, 2011) The Andreas sisters were raised on books – their family […]
Matthew Gallaway, author of THE METROPOLIS CASE, on tour January 2011
About The Metropolis Case Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (December 28, 2010) Readers of sweeping literary fiction such as The Hours, The Emperor’s Children, and The Historian will be immediately drawn into Matthew Gallaway’s debut novel: THE METROPOLIS CASE (Crown; On-Sale: January 2011). From the smoky music halls of 1860s Paris to the tumbling skyscrapers […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for November 8th – 12th
Heidegger’s Glasses by Thaisa Frank Monday, November 8th: That’s What She Read Tuesday, November 9th: Girls Gone Reading Wednesday, November 10th: Books and Movies Thursday, November 11th: Unabridged Chick Friday, November 12th: Luxury Reading Friday, November 12th: Diary of an Eccentric – guest post Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb Monday, November 8th: Colloquium Wednesday, […]
Jed Rubenfeld, author of The Death Instinct, on tour January/February 2011
About The Death Instinct • Hardcover: 480 pages • Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (January 20, 2011) “Jed Rubenfeld delivers a soul-searching narrative with complex and memorable characters.” – Matthew Pearl, author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow A spellbinding story of war and love, revenge and terror, and the darkest secrets of the human […]
Sadie Jones, author of Small Wars, on tour January/February 2011
About Small Wars • Paperback: 400 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (January 4, 2011) A major in the British Army, Hal Treherne is a dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. He is eager to lead his men into combat; his wife, Clara, however, is relieved when they are posted instead to seemingly […]