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Happy Thanksgiving – It’s Time for Loved Ones, Turkey, and Book Club!

November 25, 2015

A warm welcome goes out to Chris Connolly, the new addition to the Library Love Fest team, as we talk about great book club picks for November. Now let’s get to the books!

Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash: “Combining suspense with acute observations and flashing insights, Rash tells a seductive and disquieting tale about our intrinsic attachment to and disastrous abuse of the land and our betrayal of our best selves.” —Booklist starred review

The Uninvited by Cat Winters: “The Uninvited is an affecting novel, dark in fiction and in fact. Set in 1918 against the parallel epidemics of the Spanish influenza and an equally terrifying strain of “superpatriotism,” Cat Winters’ latest offers resonant characters, a stunning twist, and an emotional, satisfying conclusion.” —Michelle Gable, international bestselling author of A Paris Apartment

If you’ve read these titles and love them as much as we do, let us know! If you haven’t yet read them but would like to find out more…let us know again! Give us a shout at librarylovefest@harpercollins.com.

–The LLF Team

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Library Love Fest is in LOVE with THE COVE!

March 21, 2012

By now you’ve probably seen all of the rave STARRED reviews The Cove by Ron Rash, the New York Times bestselling author of Serena. In The Cove, Rash returns to Appalachia following WWI to tell the story of a German prisoner who escapes an internment camp in North Carolina and the woman who saves his life.

Check out the reviews and then check out the book!

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“Lonely young woman meets mysterious stranger. What might have been trite and formulaic is anything but in Rash’s fifth novel, a dark tale of Appalachian superstition and jingoism so good it gives you chills… Even better than the bestselling Serena (2008), for here Rash has elevated melodrama to tragedy.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“The gripping plot, gothic atmosphere, and striking descriptions, in particular of the dismal cove, make this a top-notch story of an unusual place and its fated and fearful denizens.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Rash effortlessly summons the rugged Appalachian landscape as well as the small-mindedness and xenophobia of a country in the grip of patriotic fervor, drawing striking parallels to the heated political rhetoric of today. A powerful novel that skillfully overlays its tragic love story with pointed social commentary.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Rash develops his story masterfully; the large cast of characters is superbly realized, as is the xenophobia that accompanies the war, and Rash brings the various narrative threads together at the conclusion of the novel with formidable strength and pathos.” — Library Journal (starred review)

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-Virginia

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Ron Rash’s Serena to Become Movie!

February 1, 2012

Ron Rash was at ALA Midwinter signing copies of his latest novel, The Cove, which is coming out in April. As if this wasn't cool enough, we now have confirmed big news that Serena, his 2008 beauty and PEN/Faulknere Finalist, is being made into a movie, starring (another beauty) Bradley Cooper and hot up and comer (and Hunger Games star – who's excited for that movie?!?!) Jennifer Lawrence. I am definitely going to be lined up to see this one…who wants to go with me? Check out more details at NY Mag.

– Annie

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

July 8, 2010

During our title presentation at ALA 2010, Virginia buzzed about Tom Franklin's forthcoming Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: a striking and atmospheric drama that masterfully blends elements of crime and literary fiction. Given these quotes, it's not hard to see why we're psyched for on-sale. Check 'em out!

"Lately I've been wondering why, in an age when every new novel is hyped as a revolution of one sort or another, the classic trifecta of talent, heart, and a bone-deep sense of storytelling so rarely appears. But here it is: Tom Franklin's CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER. One of the many pleasures of this book comes from watching Franklin walk several writerly tightropes at once without spilling a drop of his warm Mississippi beer. It's a masterful performance, deftly rendered and deeply satisfying. For days on end, I woke with this story on my mind." -David Wroblewski, Author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

“Larry Ott and Silas Jones are two of the most fully realized characters in recent fiction, and their story of a friendship lost and reclaimed is at the heart of this profound and profoundly moving novel. Lyrical, morally complex, superbly crafted, Crooked Letter, Crooked, Letter further validates Tom Franklin’s status as one of America’s best writers.” -Ron Rash, Author of Saints at the River and Serena

“Do you know that kind of novel that you can’t stop reading? Just one more page, you tell yourself, just one more page. The kind that you can’t stop thinking about all day, that you rush through all your other tasks to get back to? That is the kind of novel Tom Franklin has written. CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER is about love and guilt and death and redemption. It’s about ordinary people like you and me, traveling through that extraordinary journey called life. I just love this book! -Ann Hood

“Beautiful writing, a spot-on sense of place, wickedly funny dialogue, and an emotionally potent story charge this highly original, literary crime offering from master stylist Tom Franklin.” -George Pelecanos

For Virginia's full presentation of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, click here.