About The Bequest of Big Daddy Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: Koehler Books (April 1, 2013) From a Reconstruction-era turpentine and logging industry to the decaying ruins of a doomed plantation with its dying social system, THE BEQUEST OF BIG DADDY (Koehler Books; April 2013) is evocative of all that was wrong in the post-Civil War […]
Jack Wolf, author of The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones, on tour April 2013
About The Tale of Raw Head and Bloody Bones Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Penguin Books (March 26, 2013) Explosive, transgressive and wildly inventive, Jack Wolf’s novel THE TALE OF RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES (Penguin Original; March 26, 2013; 978-0-14-312382-8; $16.00; also available as an ebook) is arrestingly authentic. UK based author Jack Wolf, who wrote […]
Deb Caletti, author of He’s Gone, on tour May/June 2013
About He’s Gone Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Bantam (May 14, 2013) From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an intensely gripping story about love, loss, marriage, and secrets—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult, Kristin Hannah, and Anna Quindlen. “What do you think happened to your husband, Mrs. Keller?” The Sunday morning starts like any […]
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 […]
Susan Tekulve, author of In the Garden of Stone, on tour May/June 2013
About In the Garden of Stone Paperback 260 pages Publication Date: May-2013 Hub City Press Shortly before daybreak in War, West Virginia, a passing train derails and spills an avalanche of coal over sixteen-year-old Emma Palmisano’s house, trapping her sleeping family inside. In Susan Tekulve’s new novel, the year is 1924, and the remote mines of […]
Henriette Lazaridis Power, author of The Clover House, on tour April 2013
About The Clover House Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Ballantine Books (April 2, 2013) Perfect for fans of Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key, this stunning debut novel brings to life World War II-era and modern-day Greece—and tells the story of a vibrant family and the tragic secret kept hidden for generations. Boston, 2000: Calliope Notaris Brown receives a […]
Liesel Schwarz, author of A Conspiracy of Alchemists, on tour March/April 2013
About A Conspiracy of Alchemists Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Del Rey (March 5, 2013) LEAVE IT TO CHANCE. Eleanor “Elle” Chance, that is—the intrepid heroine of this edgy new series that transforms elements of urban fantasy, historical adventure, and paranormal romance into pure storytelling gold. In a Golden Age where spark reactors power the airways, and creatures […]
Betsy Prioleau, author of Swoon, on tour March/April 2013
About Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (February 4, 2013) Casanovas: where are those great romancers of women? In Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them (W. W. Norton), Betsy Prioleau gives us a smart, entertaining study of the ladies’ man, demystifying his character, seductive […]
Kathryn Harrison, author of Enchantments, on tour February/March 2013
About Enchantments: A novel of Rasputin’s daughter and the Romanovs Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (February 26, 2013) St. Petersburg, 1917. After Rasputin’s body is pulled from the icy waters of the Neva River, his eighteen-year-old daughter, Masha, is sent to live at the imperial palace with Tsar Nikolay and his family. Desperately hoping that […]
Lee Edelstein, author of Chin Music, on tour March 2013
About Chin Music Paperback: 324 pages March 2013 In baseball, “chin music” is a 95 mile-per-hour fastball thrown at a hitter’s chin. It presents two possibilities—disrupting a batter’s concentration or hitting him in the head. As a metaphor in life, chin music is that split second—a phone call in the middle of the night or a visit […]