About Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You Hazelden Publishing Publication Date: July 2014 180 pages . Codependency Expert Uncovers Fundamental Causes and Effects of Shame and a Simple Path to a Healthier Life Shame is an emotion that can be buried in a person’s psyche so deep that one does […]
Jolie Kerr, author of My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag, on tour March/April 2014
About My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag… And Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Plume (February 25, 2014) Got a cleaning disaster on your hands? From the Deadspin and Jezebel author of the popular “Ask a Clean Person” column comes a hilarious and practical guide to cleaning all of life’s little, and sometimes […]
Gayathri Ramprasad, author of Shadows in the Sun, on tour March 2014
About Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within Softcover, 240 pp. Publisher: Hazelden Published Year: 2014 Americans have become immune to the terms, drugs, and behaviors associated with depression even as its reputation has grown as a debilitating and sometimes fatal mental illness. But in India and elsewhere the stigma associated with […]
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 […]
Janice Gary, author of Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance, on tour December 2013/January 2014
About Short Leash: A Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance Paperback: 246 pages Publisher: Michigan State University Press; 1 edition (August 1, 2013) It’s hard to believe that a walk in the park can change a life – let alone two – but for Janice Gary and her dog Barney, that’s exactly what happened. Gary always walked […]
Darlene Barnes, author of Hungry, on tour August 2013
About Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love & the Power of Good Food Publisher: Hyperion (August 6, 2013) Pages: 272 “Few sane cooks would take on the trials of cooking five days a week for a fraternity house…. Unique, funny, touching.” —Booklist Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad […]
Justin St. Germain, author of Son of a Gun, on tour August 2013
About Son of a Gun: A Memoir Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Random House (August 13, 2013) In the tradition of Tobias Wolff, James Ellroy, and Mary Karr, a stunning memoir of a mother-son relationship that is also the searing, unflinching account of a murder and its aftermath Tombstone, Arizona, September 2001. Debbie St. Germain’s death in her […]
Doron Weber, author of Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir, on tour May 2013
About Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 5, 2013) Damon Weber is a brilliant kid – a top student, skilled actor and a natural leader at school. Born with a congenital heart defect corrected by surgery when he was an infant, Damon lives a big life with spirit […]
Megan Marshall, author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, on tour April/May 2013
About Margaret Fuller: A New American Life Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (March 12, 2013) From an early age, Margaret Fuller dazzled New England’s intelligent elite. Her famous Conversations changed women’s sense of how they could think and live; her editorship of the Dial shaped American Romanticism. Now, Megan Marshall, whose acclaimed The […]
Glennon Doyle Melton, author of Carry On, Warrior, on tour April 2013
About Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Scribner (April 2, 2013) An inspirational, sidesplittingly funny exploration of the power of living with love, forgiveness, and honesty. In Carry On, Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton shares new stories and the best-loved material from Momastery.com. She recounts her mistakes and triumphs with candor and humor, and gives […]