Library Love Fest

Husband and Wife

One of the titles we've been buzzing about nonstop has been Leah Stewart's Husband and Wife, the follow-up to her acclaimed novel The Myth of You and Me, which was named one of People Magazine's 10 Best Reads.  Husband and Wife is the story of Sarah Price, a 35 year old mother who traded her MFA for a steady job that would enable her husband to pursue fiction writing full-time.  When Sarah discovers that his novel, Infidelity, is based on real-life adultery, Sarah’s world is turned upside down. Adding to her confusion, her husband abdicates responsibility for the fate of their relationship and his novel’s publication—a financial lifesaver they have been depending upon—leaving both in Sarah’s hands. Reeling from the betrayal, she is plagued by dark questions. How well does she really know Nathan? And more importantly, how well does she know herself? For answers, Sarah looks back to her artistic 20-something self, embarking on a surprising journey in the process.

Virginia's ALA Midwinter presentation of the book can be found here.

Happy reading!

-Kayleigh

AAP Spring 2010 Book Buzz

It was great seeing old friends and making new ones at last week’s AAP Book Buzz here in NYC.  The AAP Library Committee is comprised of library marketers from various publishing houses. We get together several times a year to brainstorm about different ways we can connect our authors and books to libraries.  We decided to invite librarians from the tri-state area and barrage them with book talks and sandwiches!  It worked – we all had a lot of fun and it was a great opportunity to talk about some upcoming books that have us jazzed  (there’s just never enough time to talk about them all!)

Marilyn Johnson, author of the upcoming This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All kicked off the event with a brief talk about the increasing demands on librarians to keep up with the onslaught of new technology.  This book is an homage to librarians everywhere – and it is long overdue!

If anyone is interested in a galley of This Book Is Overdue, I have a few to spare.  Send an email to me at librarylovefest at harpercollins dot com and I’ll be happy to send one to you. 

Here is a list of the books I had presented.  Clicking on each title will bring you to its page in our online catalog.  Note: a few of these titles won't hit our catalogs until the beginning of November, so we've put them at the end of the list.  Happy reading!

-Virginia

Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt

Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich

The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd

31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani