SAVING ARCADIA, Heather Shumaker
A David and Goliath conservation story set on Lake Michigan. Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes is a suspenseful and intimate land conservation adventure story set in the Great Lakes heartland. The story spans more than forty years, following the fate of a magnificent sand dune on Lake Michigan […]
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.
OTHERWISE ENGAGED, Lindsey J. Palmer
Former staffer at Self, Glamour and Redbook, Lindsey J. Palmer’s OTHERWISE ENGAGED, in which a young woman’s hold on love, life, and sanity is shaken when her fiance’s novel, a thinly veiled account of his relationship with his wild ex-girlfriend, becomes a national sensation. (Skyhorse/World Rights/Spring 2018)
Women on the Front Lines, Eileen Rivers
How three American female soldiers and an Afghan woman fought the Taliban and won. Eileen Rivers is a journalist who served in the US military in Iraq as an Arabic translator; she sits on the editorial board of USA Today. (Da Capo/Hachette, World Rights, May 2018)
SUPERBUG: Why India Will Produce the Next Epidemic, Geeta Anand
The next big global epidemic is likely to come from new strains of antibiotic-resistant “nightmare bacteria,” which are often fatal. A prize-winning journalist at The New York Times will trace these bacteria from their source in the hospitals and towns of India, as she follows their journey, including to the USA, and will explore the […]
LIFT AND SEPARATE, Marilyn Simon Rothstein
“Lift And Separate is a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming story that begs to be a blockbuster starring Nicholson and Keaton and shares the vulnerability, wisdom, and brilliance of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn.” —Jennifer Belle, bestselling author of High Maintenance Marcy Hammer’s life has been turned upside down. Her husband, the head of a global brassiere empire, didn’t think […]
SEARCHING FOR SAPPHO, Philip Freeman (Paperback)
An exploration of the fascinating poetry, life, and world of Sappho, including a complete translation of all her poems. Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet (W.W. Norton, paperback release March 21, 2017), is the exciting tale of the rediscovery of Sappho’s poetry and of the woman and world […]
BERING SEA STRONG: Finding Strength Among Fish and Men, Laura Hartema
Seaworthy meets Wild in the spirited memoir of a young woman on a journey to find her place between land and sea. Spending 90 challenging days as the sole woman and scientist on a commercial fishing boat on Alaska’s treacherous Bering Sea, Hartema unravels an unsettled past as she finds her strength to overcome adversity […]
CELTIC MYTHOLOGY: Tales of Gods, Goddesses and Heroes, Philip Freeman
Audio sale: An accessible and vivid collection of stories featuring the ancient tribal people of Ireland, Scotland and France, featuring magical Welsh queens and great Irish warriors, by a noted classicist. To be published in March 2017 by Oxford University Press. (Brilliance/Audible, World English2017)
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/