About A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice: A Memoir in Four Meditations Paperback: 274 pages Publisher: Apprentice House (July 1, 2016) Christine Hale grew up amid abuse, depression, dysfunction, alienation and isolation—her mother’s, but also, because her view was the lens that controlled the family—her own, her father’s and her two sisters’. She became a […]
Corran Harrington, author of FOLLOW THE RIVER HOME, on tour June 2016
About Follow the River Home Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: Arbor Farm Press (April 14, 2016) Daniel Arroyo has suffered a lifetime of guilt over the sudden death of his infant sister, who died when he was eight years old. He now lives his middle years between that guilt and worsening episodes of PTSD from a Vietnam he […]
Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of LEAVING BLYTHE RIVER, on tour May/June 2016
About Leaving Blythe River Paperback Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (May 24, 2016) New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde returns with an unforgettable story of courage. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Underwood is totally unprepared to search for his father in the Blythe River National Wilderness. Not only is he small, scrawny, and skittish but he’s barely speaking to […]
Lynne Hugo, author of REMEMBER MY BEAUTIES, on tour May/June 2016
About Remember My Beauties Paperback: 194 pages Publisher: Switchgrass Books; 1 edition (April 18, 2016) Imagine a hawk’s view of the magnificent bluegrass pastures of Kentucky horse country. Circle around the remnants of a breeding farm, four beautiful horses grazing just beyond the paddock. Inside the ramshackle house, a family is falling apart. Hack, the patriarch breeder […]
Amulya Malladi, author of A House for Happy Mothers, on tour May/June 2016
About A House for Happy Mothers Paperback Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (June 1, 2016) A stunning new novel—full of wit and warmth—from the bestselling author of The Mango Season. In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs—a loving husband, a career, and a home—but the one thing she wants most is the child she’s unable to […]
Ellen Stimson, author of An Old-Fashioned Christmas, on tour November 2015
About An Old-Fashioned Christmas: Sweet Traditions for Hearth and Home Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Countryman Press; 1 edition (November 2, 2015) With its snowy streets, pine forests, sleigh rides and woodsmoke curling from the chimneys, Vermont was practically invented for the Christmas postcard. And no one celebrates the season better than Ellen Stimson, author of the best-selling […]
Kelly Kittel, author of Breathe, on tour June 2014
About Breathe: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: She Writes Press (May 14, 2014) Kelly Kittel never questioned her Mayflower Society mantra—Family is the most important thing—until the day when her fifteen-month-old son is run over by her sixteen-year-old niece. Nine months later, Kittel’s doctor makes a terrible mistake during her […]
Katharine Britton, author of Little Island, on tour May/June 2014
About Little Island Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Berkley Trade (September 3, 2013) Grace Flowers By the water Have fun! These are Grace’s mother’s last words – left behind on a note. A note that Grace interprets as instructions for her memorial service. And so her far-flung clan will gather at their inn on Little Island, Maine, to […]
Adriana Páramo, author of My Mother’s Funeral, on tour January 2014
About My Mother’s Funeral Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Cavankerry (October 1, 2013) Every woman has stories to tell about her mother. The mother that she remembers, the mother she wishes she’d had, the mother she doesn’t want to become, and then eventually, the mother she buries. Every immigrant woman has stories to tell about her homeland. My […]
Austin Ratner, author of In the Land of the Living, on tour August/September 2013
About In the Land of the Living Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books (March 12, 2013) “A spiky tale of family…The characters are compelling, and the bonds between these brothers and fathers and sons are convincing and raw.” — Publishers Weekly The Auberons are a lovably neurotic, infernally intelligent family who love and hate each other […]