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HarperCollins Publishers at ALA Midwinter 2017

December 12, 2016

Frankly, my dears, we DO give a damn what you read!

Visit us at booth #2017 this January 20-23 at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta, GA to catch a sneak peek at our Summer/Fall 2017 titles and meet some literary stars! See below for more information about our adult title presentation, and make sure to take a look at our schedule of events so you don't miss an opportunity to meet some stellar authors.

HarperCollins Adult Book Buzz

Saturday, January 21, 2017
8:30-10:00 am
Georgia World Congress Center, Room A302

Refreshments will be served and seating is limited, so RSVP to librarylovefest@harpercollins.com today!

See you there!
Virginia, Amanda, and Chris

Meet our Authors at ALA Midwinter!

Saturday, January 21
11:00am-12:00pm booth signing
Susan Crawford / The Other Widow

11:30am-12:15pm
BONUS BOOK BUZZ!
HCP/Macmillan/Sterling at Book Buzz Theater
Exhibit Hall: 2100 Aisle

12:00-1:00pm booth signing
Zoe Fishman / Inheriting Edith

1:00-2:00pm booth signing
Stephanie Powell Watts / No One Is Coming to Save Us

2:00-3:00pm booth signing
Christina Kelly / Good Karma

3:00-4:00pm
AAP LibraryReads "Best in Debut Authors 2017"
Featuring Stephanie Powell Watts / No One Is Coming to Save Us
Georgia World Congress Center, Room A312

Sunday, January 22
11:00am-12:00pm booth signing
Joshilyn Jackson / The Almost Sisters

1:30-2:30pm booth signing
Karin Slaughter / The Kept Woman

3:00-4:00pm
AAP Library Family Feud™
Featuring Karin Slaughter / The Kept Woman
Georgia World Congress Center, Room A302

Monday, January 23
10:00-11:00am booth signing
Matthew Quick / The Reason You're Alive

10:30-11:15am
BONUS BOOK BUZZ!
HCP/Harlequin at Book Buzz Theater
Exhibit Hall: 2100 Aisle

2:00-4:00pm
United for Libraries Author Gala Tea*
Featuring Matthew Quick / The Reason You're Alive
Georgia World Congress Center, Room B211/B212

*HarperCollins is a proud sponsor of United for Libraries (UFL).
Call 1-800-545-2433 ext 2161 for tickets

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Someone Else’s Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson

April 18, 2013

Usually when Kayleigh tells me to read something, I immediately put it in the TBR pile. In this instance, she and Kirkus are in agreement so after I finish We Are Water, I am getting on that train. Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson is "a surprising novel, both graceful and tender. You won’t be able to put it down" – Kirkus.

It
seems like an ordinary hot summer day. Single mom Shandi Pierce, her
three-year-old son Natty, and her best friend Walcott stop for gas at a
Circle K. While Walcott fills the tank, Shandi and Natty go inside the
store for a cold drink. Shandi is in line when
the door opens and a stumpy man with a baseball cap pulled low over his
forehead walks in. In his hand is a rusty, old silver pistol.

Minutes
later there’s been a shooting, and everyone in the store is on the
floor, taken hostage. All of these strangers are carrying secrets that
will cause their lives to intersect in a most surprising way.

“Jackson’s novel perfectly captures the flavor and rhythm of Southern life as a young woman preparing for college finds herself caught up in a real-life drama. . . . Jackson draws on her own Southern roots to paint this pitch-perfect portrait of a girl from a small town in Georgia. . . . Wrapped in thoughtful, often funny and insightful narrative . . . Jackson presents the reader with a story that is never predictable and is awash in bittersweet love, regret and the promise of what could be." – Kirkus

You can get an egalley over on Edelweiss, and then please let us know what you think!

– Annie