About So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (November 15, 2011) Christine Hartmann’s mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the […]
Mark Macdonald, author of Body Confidence, on tour April 2011
About Body Confidence • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (April 5, 2011) At last, there’s a nutrition and fitness program that doesn’t require you to develop superhuman willpower, shun entire food groups, or devote your every waking moment to the treadmill. Body Confidence is a revolutionary approach based on three key nutrition factors that […]
Boys Lie: How Not to Get Played on tour July 2010
About Boys Lie: How Not to Get Played Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: HCI Teens (July 1, 2010) Everyone else is doing it. It’s lies like this one that often get young women, particularly ages 10 to 20, to put aside their own nagging thoughts about what is right—and wrong—and make choices […]
Dr. Jennifer Ashton, author of The Body Scoop for Girls, on tour January 2010
About The Body Scoop for Girls Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Avery Trade (January 4, 2010) As an ob-gyn specialing in adolescent care, Dr. Jennifer Ashton understands better than anyone that being a teenage girl these days is fraught with a special kind of angst. But in her practice she talks openly […]
Beth Maloney, author of Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD, on tour November 2009
About Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Crown; 1 edition (September 22, 2009) The summer before entering sixth grade, Sammy, a bright and charming boy who lived on the coast of Maine, suddenly began to exhibit disturbing behavior. He walked and ate with his eyes shut, refused to bathe, […]