The Gospel of Mary, Philip Freeman
A young Irish nun finds herself the guardian of a mysterious manuscript claiming to be the lost gospel of Mary, when she realizes that church authorities are willing to kill to get their hands on it . . . An old and dying nun has turned up at Deirdre’s monastery in Ireland with an ancient […]
How to Think about God(s)
The Roman politician Cicero lived in a world of incredible religious diversity and conflict. In this short but powerful work, he dares to ask fundamental questions about the existence and nature of God that are as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. Translated, with an introduction by Philip Freeman, Fletcher Jones Chair […]
How an actress came to write a sequel to FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Listen…
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/01/534904413/how-fiddler-on-the-roof-and-writing-its-sequel-helped-an-actress-find-closure
Every Loss is a Love Story: The Father Daughter Reunion, Lisa Romeo
The story of the unlikely, continuing and eventually richly satisfying relationship between a midlife daughter and her father after his death. Death rituals, new family dynamics, grief and memory allow her to get to know her father once she has lost him in a way that she never did in when he was alive. (University […]
Cover Reveal–SEARCH AND RESCUE!
I was thrilled to receive this cover wrap for wilderness doctor Christopher Van Tilburg’s riveting SEARCH AND RESCUE, which releases in September from Globe Pequot. It’s available now for pre-order!
Author Heather Shumaker’s Saving Arcadia launch!
Happy author, yummy looking cake! Apparently 60 copies of the book were sold at the book launch. Well done, Heather!
Cover Reveal–AFTER ANATEVKA, Alexandra Silber
We love this poster-like cover from Pegasus for Alexandra Silber’s “sequel” to Fiddler on the Roof, her first novel, After Anatevka (Pegasus, July 2017). Silber has starred in Fiddler on both sides of the Atlantic, on the London Stage and on Broadway.
What we’re reading now: Susan Gilbert-Collins
Novelist Susan Gilbert-Collins, author of the delightful novel, Starting from Scratch, shared with us what she’s reading now. http://www.susangilbertcollins.com/blog/first/
LOVE AND…Assholes, The One & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship, Jen Kim
From the popular thirty-something Psychology Today blogger–Valley Girl with a Brain–comes a self-help book that doesn’t want you to change. Kim draws on personal experience as well as the latest scientific findings to shed light on why we do the things we do when it comes to relationships. (Skyhorse Publishing, World Rights, 2018)
WITNESS: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, Ariel Burger
Tuesdays with Morrie meets The Last Lecture when a devoted student, friend and protege of Elie Wiesel–one of the world’s greatest thinkers, author of more than 40 books, and teacher for four decades–takes us into the sacred space of the classroom, and shares the remarkable interactions and lessons he witnesses there about what it means to […]