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 […]
Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, on tour January/February 2011
About Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (November 30, 2010) In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson’s wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life […]