About Sea Escape Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (July 6, 2010) Acclaimed novelist and nationally recognized family life expert Lynne Griffin returns with Sea Escape–an emotional, beautifully imagined story inspired by the author’s personal family letters about the ties that bind mothers and daughters. Laura Martinez is wedged in the middle place, grappling […]
David Vann, author of Legend of a Suicide, on tour May 2010
About Legend of a Suicide • Paperback: 272 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (March 16, 2010) In Legend of a Suicide, his heartbreaking semi-autobiographical debut story-collection, David Vann relates the story of a young man trying to come to terms with the guilt and pain of his father’s suicide. The wild outback of the author’s […]
A. Manette Mansay, author of Good Things I Wish You, on tour June/July 2010
About Good Things I Wish You Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (June 22, 2010) The acclaimed author of Vinegar Hill returns with a story of two unlikely romances—one historical, the other modern-day—separated by thousands of miles and well over a century. Battling feelings of loss and apathy in the wake of a painful divorce, […]
Heather Barbieri, author of The Lace Makers of Glenmara, on tour June/July 2010
About The Lace Makers of Glenmara • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (June 22, 2010) “You can always start again,” Kate Robinson’s mother once told her, “all it takes is a new thread.” Overwhelmed by heartbreak and loss, the struggling twenty-six-year-old fashion designer follows her mother’s advice and flees to her ancestral homeland […]
Mary Kay Andrews, author of The Fixer Upper, on tour June 2010
About The Fixer Upper • Paperback: 448 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (June 15, 2010) After her boss in a high-powered Washington public relations firm is caught in a political scandal, fledgling lobbyist Dempsey Jo Killebrew is left almost broke, unemployed, and homeless. Out of options, she reluctantly accepts her father’s offer to help refurbish […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for April 5th – 9th
Seeing Stars by Diane Hammond Sunday, April 4th: BookNAround Wednesday, April 7th: Write Meg Thursday, April 8th: A Sea of Books . The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes Monday, April 5th: Raging Bibliomania Tuesday, April 6th: Wordsmithonia Wednesday, April 7th: BookNAround Thursday, April 8th: Laughing Stars . Chow Hounds by […]
Jean Davies Okimoto, author of The Love Ceiling, on tour June 2010
About The Love Ceiling Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Endicott and Hugh Books (2009) Steller Press/Canada (May 2010) Women, aging and creativity…a book club favorite! After the death of her Japanese American mother, sixty-four year old Anne Kuroda Duppstaad finds the courage to confront the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist. […]
M. L. Malcolm, author of Heart of Lies, on tour June 2010
About Heart of Lies Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (June 8, 2010) Inspired by the author’s family history, Heart of Lies is an epic tale of intrigue, passion, and adventure, and heralds the debut of a remarkable writer. Meet Leo Hoffman, a dashing young Hungarian born with a gift for languages. After his dreams […]
Alix Strauss, author of Based Upon Availability, on tour June 2010
About Based Upon Availability • Paperback: 352 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (June 8, 2010) Based Upon Availability is the story of eight women, each exploring the basic need for human connection while seeking to understand themselves better. They are lonely, strong and driven women who, when pushed to the edge, must fight for their […]
TLC’s Book Club of the Month Contest!
We are so excited to announce our new feature- TLC’s Book Club of the Month contest! We will choose a Book Club of the Month at the end of April! Register your book club with TLC and you could win up to 10 copies of The Girls from Ames for your book club! The #1 […]