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 […]
Thad Carhart, author of Finding Fontainebleau, on tour July 2016
About Finding Fontainebleau Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Viking (May 17, 2016) Viking is proud to announce a new memoir from Thad Carhart, author of the beloved bestseller The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, now in its 21st printing, which the San Francisco Chronicle raved would “lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the […]
Alex Palmer, author of The Santa Claus Man, on tour December 2015
About The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Lyons Press (October 1, 2015) Miracle on 34th Street meets The Wolf of Wall Street in this true crime adventure, set in New York City in the Roaring Twenties. Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came […]
Reuven Fenton, author of Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongly Imprisoned, on tour November 2015
About Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongly Imprisoned Page Count: 224 pages Publisher: Tantor Media There is a horrible murder in your neighborhood. You stand outside with your neighbors and watch, or maybe you peek out of your curtains. Hours pass, then days, maybe even years. Until one day there is a knock at your […]
Katrell Christie and Shannon McCaffrey, authors of Tiger Heart, on tour October 2015
About Tiger Heart Paperback: 232 pages Publisher: HCI (October 6, 2015) Katrell Christie never intended to visit India. In fact, her ideal vacation was a tropical beach where she could relax with a margarita in her hand. But when this former art student turned roller-derby rebel met three teenage girls at a crowded Buddhist orphanage in Darjeeling, she […]
Madhulika Sikka, author of A Breast Cancer Alphabet, on tour October 2014
About A Breast Cancer Alphabet Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (February 25, 2014) From NPR News executive editor comes an indispensable and approachable guide to life during, and after, breast cancer. The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman. Madhulika Sikka’s A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with […]
Claire Prentice, author of The Lost Tribe of Coney Island, on tour October 2014
About The Lost Tribe of Coney Island Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: New Harvest (October 14, 2014) Readers of Erik Larson will love this tale of sex, greed, and the American dream: A huckster imports a tribe of Filipinos to Coney Island’s Luna Park, and two cultures collide. The Lost Tribe of Coney Island unearths the forgotten story of the […]
Jon Derek Croteau, author of My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within, on tour September/October 2014
About My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Hazelden (September 9, 2014) As a child, Jon tried desperately to be his father’s version of the all-American boy, denying his gayness in a futile attempt to earn the love and respect of an abusive man. With this he built a deep, internalized homophobia that […]
Darlene Lancer, author of Conquering Shame and Codependency, on tour July 2014
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 […]