About What the Zhang Boys Know Paperback: 218 pages Publisher: Press 53 (October 1, 2012) Set in a condominium building on the edge of Chinatown in Washington, D.C., these stories present the practical and emotional struggles of Zhang Feng-qi, originally from Shanghai, to find a new mother for his sons following the death of his American wife. Along […]
Mingmei Yip, author of Skeleton Women, on tour September 2012
About Skeleton Women Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Kensington (May 29, 2012) Skeleton Women is a Chinese phrase for femmes fatales. This story is about three of them — Camilla, a nightclub singer who has been forced to become a spy, Shadow a magician who jumps naked off a tall building, and a gender-ambiguous gossip columnist. All must scheme […]
Bridget Hoida, author of So L.A., on tour August/September 2012
About So L.A. Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Lettered Press; First edition (June 20, 2012) Magdalena de la Cruz breezed through Berkeley and built an empire selling designer water. She’d never felt awkward or unattractive… until she moved to Los Angeles. In L.A., where “everything smells like acetone and Errol Flynn,” Magdalena attempts to reinvent herself as a […]
Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master’s Son, on tour August 2012
About The Orphan Master’s Son Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (August 7, 2012) Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the state soon recognize the boy’s loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself “a humble […]
Hannah Tunnicliffe, author of The Color of Tea, on tour July/August 2012
About The Color of Tea Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Scribner; Original edition (June 5, 2012) Macau: the bulbous nose of China, a peninsula and two islands strung together like a three-bead necklace. It was time to find a life for myself. To make something out of nothing. The end of hope and the beginning of it too. […]
Elizabeth Flock, author of What Happened to my Sister, on tour August 2012
About What Happened to my Sister Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (August 7, 2012) From the author of Me & Emma comes a dazzling novel of two unforgettable families bound together by their deepest secrets and haunted pasts—perfect for fans of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and The Book of Bright Ideas. Nine-year-old Carrie Parker […]
Jenny Wingfield, author of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, on tour July/August 2012 on tour
About The Homecoming of Samuel Lake Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (July 10, 2012) Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and […]
Linda Fairstein, author of Night Watch, on tour in July 2012
About Night Watch Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (July 10, 2012) Fine dining and murder go hand in hand in New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein’s breathtaking new suspense novel inspired by recent real-life events Forty-eight hours after Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her boyfriend and famed restaurateur, […]
Emily Jeanne Miller, author of Brand New Human Being, on tour June/July 2012
About Brand New Human Being Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (June 12, 2012) Meet Logan Pyle, a lapsed grad student and stay-at-home dad who’s holding it together by a thread. His father, Gus, has died; his wife, Julie, has grown distant; his four-year-old son has gone back to drinking from a bottle. When […]
Jacqueline E. Luckett, author of Passing Love, on tour June/July 2012
About Passing Love Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Original edition (January 25, 2012) Nicole-Marie Handy has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut, she goes to Paris, leaving behind a marriage proposal. While there, Nicole chances upon an old […]