Weekend Look Ahead
No book recommendations this weekend, but I thought I'd share with you some titles set for release over the next few months.
Cameron Judd, author of Crockett of Tennessee, brings us Boone: A Novel of an American Legend. No less a literary light than Sharyn McCrumb (St. Dale) calls Judd "the voice of the Appalachian frontier."
From the jacket copy comes this description of Rick Moody's The Diviners, due in September: Rick Moody's first novel in seven years gives us a generous, hilarious, and brilliant look at contemporary America, from coast to coast. It's the back story of a "rollicking and intricately woven story" of the studio battles to control the mini-series saga of all time, "the sure-to-please-everyone multigenerational mini-series about diviners, those miracle workers who bring water to perpetually thirsty (and hungry and love-starved) humankind." From the Huns to the Mormon desert, this looks like F-U-N.
In November, watch out for Don't Know Much About Mythology, by popular historian Kenneth C. Davis. The irreverent but factual surveys he has given us over the years in the Don't Know Much About... series comes to the classic world of myth.
After Labor Day, you'll be able to take a look at The Truth Book: Secrets of a Jehovah's Witness Family, a memoir from Joy Castro. She's now a professor at Wabash College, but grew up in an abusive and hypocritical environment. With this telling, she reveals little-known facts about the secretive assembly.
Using the novel to illuminate historical personages has a long tradition, and Mrs. Freud seems to be carrying the mantle well. Nicolle Rosen creates a correspondence between the wife of th seminal psychiatrist (nothing Freudian intended) and a fictional friend. It will be released in October.
BONUS: I've just been looking over a manuscript, which is rare, raw copy pre-editing. It's called War & Peace & War: The Life Cycle of Imperial Nations. Peter Turchin is the author and if it's any good, I'll let you know. It comes out in September.
On the weekends, I'll be sharing with you some of the advance reading I've done trying to predict what you'll want in the coming months. Any feedback will be appreciated.
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e-mail ops@destinationsbooksellers.com
Cameron Judd, author of Crockett of Tennessee, brings us Boone: A Novel of an American Legend. No less a literary light than Sharyn McCrumb (St. Dale) calls Judd "the voice of the Appalachian frontier."
From the jacket copy comes this description of Rick Moody's The Diviners, due in September: Rick Moody's first novel in seven years gives us a generous, hilarious, and brilliant look at contemporary America, from coast to coast. It's the back story of a "rollicking and intricately woven story" of the studio battles to control the mini-series saga of all time, "the sure-to-please-everyone multigenerational mini-series about diviners, those miracle workers who bring water to perpetually thirsty (and hungry and love-starved) humankind." From the Huns to the Mormon desert, this looks like F-U-N.
In November, watch out for Don't Know Much About Mythology, by popular historian Kenneth C. Davis. The irreverent but factual surveys he has given us over the years in the Don't Know Much About... series comes to the classic world of myth.
After Labor Day, you'll be able to take a look at The Truth Book: Secrets of a Jehovah's Witness Family, a memoir from Joy Castro. She's now a professor at Wabash College, but grew up in an abusive and hypocritical environment. With this telling, she reveals little-known facts about the secretive assembly.
Using the novel to illuminate historical personages has a long tradition, and Mrs. Freud seems to be carrying the mantle well. Nicolle Rosen creates a correspondence between the wife of th seminal psychiatrist (nothing Freudian intended) and a fictional friend. It will be released in October.
BONUS: I've just been looking over a manuscript, which is rare, raw copy pre-editing. It's called War & Peace & War: The Life Cycle of Imperial Nations. Peter Turchin is the author and if it's any good, I'll let you know. It comes out in September.
On the weekends, I'll be sharing with you some of the advance reading I've done trying to predict what you'll want in the coming months. Any feedback will be appreciated.
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e-mail ops@destinationsbooksellers.com
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