About The Technologists Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Random House (February 21, 2012) The acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl’s spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word “technology” represents a bold and frightening new concept. The fight for the future will hinge on . . . THE […]
Jennifer duBois, author of A Partial History of Lost Causes, on tour March/April 2012
About A Partial History of Lost Causes Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: The Dial Press (March 20, 2012) In Jennifer duBois’s mesmerizing and exquisitely rendered debut novel, a long-lost letter links two disparate characters, each searching for meaning against seemingly insurmountable odds. In St. Petersburg, Russia, world chess champion Aleksandr Bezetov begins a quixotic quest. With his renowned […]
Cori Howard, author and editor of Between Interruptions, on tour January 2012
About Between Interruptions: 30 Women Tell the Truth About Motherhood Paperback: 328 pages Publisher: The Momoir Project; First Trade Paper Edition edition (May 5, 2009) Between Interruptions is a remarkable collection of original and heartfelt essays about the process of becoming a mother. Written by a wide range of mothers – from a Hollywood celebrity to an […]
Kathryn Harrison, author of Enchantments, on tour March 2012
About Enchantments Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Random House (March 6, 2012) From Kathryn Harrison, one of America’s most admired literary voices, comes a gorgeously written, enthralling novel set in the final days of Russia’s Romanov Empire. St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pulled from the icy waters of the Neva River, his eighteen-year-old daughter, Masha, is […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 24th – 28th
. Don’t Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani Monday, October 24th: Alison’s Book Marks Tuesday, October 25th: StephTheBookworm Wednesday, October 26th: The Road to Here Thursday, October 27th: Amusing Reviews Friday, October 28th: 2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews . Beyond All Measure by Dorothy Love Monday, October 24th: Reviews from the Heart Tuesday, October 25th: All Grown Up? […]
Doc Hendley, author of Wine to Water, on tour January 2012
About Wine to Water: A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Avery (January 5, 2012) The captivating story of an ordinary bartender who’s changing the world through clean water. Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of wine-tasting events […]
Sandra Newman, author of The Western Lit Survival Kit, on tour January 2012
About The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Gotham (January 3, 2012) A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists. To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we […]
Anna Lefler, author of The CHICKtionary, on tour November/December 2011
About The CHICKtionary: from A-line to Z-snap, the Words Every Woman Should Know: Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Adams Media (October 19, 2011) Your bestie, biffle, and GMF rolled into one! You’re all over the definitions of “low lights,” “ruching,” and a “tankini.” But can you spot a “Mrs. Potato Head” when you see one? […]
Christine W. Hartmann, author of So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love, on tour November/December 2011
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 […]
Ann Weisgarber, author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, on tour November 2011
About The Personal History of Rachel DuPree • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Penguin (July 26, 2011) Just optioned for film by Viola Davis, star of The Help; winner of the Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters’ Steven Turner Award for Best Work of First Fiction, longlisted for the Orange […]