About In the Sanctuary of Outcasts Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the best for those he loved—nice cars, beautiful homes, luxurious clothes. He loaned money to family and friends, gave generously to his church, and invested in his community—but his bank account couldn’t keep up. Soon White began moving money from one […]
Tim Daniel, author of The Pursuit of Nobility, on tour May 2010
About The Pursuit of Nobility: Living a Life That Matters Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: HCI (May 3, 2010) For centuries, “nobles” were defined by a mistake of birth; the privileged situations they came from. The nobility of today, however, usually come from ordinary backgrounds but have never been ordinary themselves, even as children. Instead members of […]
Eat, Nap, Play by Robin Spizman and Evelyn Sacks on tour April 2010
About Eat, Nap, Play: How to Get Even More Out of Your Child’s Day for Less Rock Your Routine and Be the Happiest Mommy on the Block Moms will concur—routines and creative ideas help your day and save your sanity. And once you’ve established a routine that works, the inclination is to stick with it […]
Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising, on tour May 2010
About Black Water Rising Jay Porter has long since made peace with not living the American Dream. He runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy Houston strip mall—where his most promising client is a low-rent call girl—and he’s determined to leave the sins of his past buried: the guns, the FBI file, the […]
Jennifer McMahon, author of Dismantled, on tour May/June 2010
About Dismantled Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz banded together in college to form a group they called the Compassionate Dismantlers. Following the first rule of their manifesto—”To understand the nature of a thing, it must be taken apart”—these daring misfits spend the summer after graduation in a remote cabin in the Vermont woods committing acts […]
Michael Perry, author of Coop, on tour May 2010
About Coop Last seen sleeping off his wedding night in the back of a 1951 International Harvester pickup, Michael Perry is now living in a rickety Wisconsin farmhouse. Faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their baby at home, Perry plumbs […]
Aidan Donnelley Rowley, author of Life After Yes, on tour May/June 2010
About Life After Yes This is the story of Quinn—born Prudence Quinn O’Malley—a confused young Manhattan attorney who loses her father on that tragic September morning that changed everything. Now, at an existential crossroads in her life, Quinn must confront impossible questions about commitment and career, love and loss. Her idealistic beau desperately wants a […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for March 22nd – 26th
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli Monday, March 22nd: Feminist Review Tuesday, March 23rd: Reading, Writing, and Retirement Wednesday, March 24th: Caribousmom – review Wednesday, March 24th: Caribousmom – author guest post Thursday, March 25th: Word Lily Friday, March 26th: Bookfoolery and Babble . The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen Monday, March 22nd: A […]
Jessica Stern, author of Denial: A Memoir of Terror, on tour June/July 2010
About Denial: A Memoir of Terror Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Ecco (June 22, 2010) “DENIAL is one of the most important books I have read in a decade…[a] cogent meditation on the links between sexual sadism, humiliation and political terrorism. This is a groundbreaking book, in terms of how it shows that personal experience–especially the […]
Minrose Gwin, author of The Queen of Palmyra, on tour May 2010
About The Queen of Palmyra In the turbulent southern summer of 1963, Millwood’s white population steers clear of “Shake Rag,” the black section of town. Young Florence Forrest is one of the few who crosses the line. The daughter of a burial insurance salesman with dark secrets and the town’s “cake lady,” whose backcountry bootleg […]