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Not My Daughter
by Barbara Delinsky
Fiction / 352 pages / Paperback / Random House / May, 2011
Dear
Reader,
Seventeen
and pregnant? How does that
happen? Rebellion? Peer pressure? Bad parenting? I started wondering about this in
2008 after reading about teen pregnancy in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Not My Daughter is the result.
The girls
in my book are from good homes, get good grades, are headed for college, and
they've never done anything remotely rebellious. Why now? Why
this? Two interesting questions,
but I added another slant.
The Good
Mother. It's a timeless issue that
takes on new twists in the modern world but asks the age-old question: What
does it take to be a good mother - at 17, 40, or 65? Not My Daughter invites you to think about this.
For more
information, plus a trailer on the book, please visit www.barbaradelinsky.com. You'll also find me on Facebook and
Twitter. Please write; I'll
answer.
Truly,
Barbara
Delinsky
BARBARA DELINSKY IS GIVING AWAY 5 COPIES OF NOT MY DAUGHTER. ENTER TO WIN A COPY.
About Not My Daughter:
When
Susan Tate's 17-year-old daughter, Lily, announces she is pregnant, Susan is
stunned. A single mother, she has struggled to do everything right.
She sees the pregnancy as an unimaginable tragedy both for Lily and herself.
Then comes word of two more pregnancies among high school seniors who happen to
be Lily's best friends - and the town turns to talk of a pact. But
criticism of the girls quickly becomes criticism of their mothers, especially
of Susan.
Set in a small Maine town that cherishes responsibility, Not My Daughter
raises many issues, not the least of which is the age-old
question: What does it take to be a good mother?
Book Reviews for Not My Daughter:
"Delinsky
proves once again why she's a perennial bestseller with this thought-provoking
tale of three teenage girls who make a pact to become pregnant and raise their
babies together. Timely, fresh,
and true-to-life, this novel explores the multiple layers of motherhood."
-Publishers Weekly
"This
novel features three Maine teens who blithely orchestrate getting pregnant
together. As the town erupts in
outrage, the girls' moms grapple with anger, sorry, and the nagging
question: Where did I fail my
daughter? It's a topical tale that
resonates with timeless emotion."
-People Magazine
Barbara Delinsky is available to speak with your book club. Please contact her through her website.
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Day After Night by Anita Diamant
Historical Fiction / 304 pages
Paperback / Scribners / August, 2010
Dear Reader:
I'm often asked where I get my ideas for novels. It's different every time, but
I distinctly remember the moment Day After Night came to me.
In the spring
of 2001, my husband and I went to visit our daughter in Israel, where
she was spending a semester of high school. We spent a good part of the week --
our first trip to Israel -- on history field trips. One of our stops was at the
Atlit detention camp, which has been turned into a living history museum.
There, we learned how Holocaust survivors were imprisoned by the British
authorities, and about the breathtaking story of the October 1945 break-out,
when all of the prisoners were taken to safety in the nearby mountains. I felt
the proverbial light bulb go off: "Now here's a novel."
Although Day
After Night is based on historical events, the characters are my invention.
I hope you will love them as much as I do. (And no, I don't have a favorite.)
Thanks for reading,
Anita
ANITA DIAMANT IS GIVING
AWAY 5 COPIES OF DAY AFTER NIGHT. ENTER TO WIN A COPY.
About Day
After Night:
Set in 1945, in
the summer immediately following the end of World War II in Europe, Day After Night tells the stories of
four young Jewish women -- survivors of four
different kinds of hell. They make their way to the land of Israel where
they
confront an uncertain future haunted by the past.
The
protagonists -- Leonie, Tedi, Shayndel and Zorah -- are interned when
they
arrive, locked up behind barbed wire fences in a place called Atlit, a
prison
camp run by the British, who ruled Palestine at the time. In Atlit, the
women
meet and befriend one another as they grapple with a new life in a new
land.
Book Reviews for Day After Night:
"Compulsively
readable... [An] astutely imagined story... Diamant opens a window into a time of
sadness, confusion and optimism that has resonance for so much that's both
triumphant and troubling in modern Jewish history."
-Publisher's Weekly
"Like The Red Tent, Day
After Night is a woman's-eye view of Jewish history, this time, though,
thousands of years after biblical times. Nearly all the action is set in 1945
at a British internment camp outside Haifa ... and zooms in on four women.
...In
bringing us into their stories, Diamant gives us vulnerability and heroism in
equal parts. Day After Night makes an unforgettable read and is her best
book yet."
-Deborah Finebloom Raub, Hadassah Magazine
For more information about Anita, see her website and blog.
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 Bitter in the Mouth: A Novel
by Monique Truong / Fiction
304 pages / Random House /
August, 2010
Dear
Reader,
Over seven years ago, I heard about a neurological
condition that causes people to taste words. As someone who is obsessed with
food, I thought, "Great!" I imagined tasting the faint spiciness of a tree-ripened
McIntosh every time I said the word "apple" or the milk-enriched molasses of
the word "caramel."
Unfortunately, with more research, I learned that
this condition was not all apples and caramels. The flavor of a word rarely
corresponds to the meaning of the word ("apple" could taste like black pepper),
and the flavors that are experi not always pleasantphoto: Marion Ettlinger  |
Linda Hammerick, the main character in Bitter in
the Mouth, has this condition. To me, she
is a vivid example of the differences that set us apart from one another.
Linda's stoy is also an invitation to question what it means to be a family
and a friend, to be foreign and to be familiar, and to be connected and
disconnected from our bodies, our pasts, and our histories.
Over seven years later, as I share Linda's story with
you, I hope that you too will agree that Bitter in the Mouth is ultimately about the ties that bind us to one
another, no matter how idiosyncratic or insular our worlds may be.
Take care,
Monique Truong
MONIQUE TRUONG IS GIVING AWAY 5 COPIES OF BITTER IN THE MOUTH. ENTER TO WIN A COPY.
About Bitter in the Mouth:
Growing
up in the small town of Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the 1970s
and
'80s, Linda Hammerick believes that she is profoundly unlike anyone
around her,
including the members of her own family. Linda can "taste" words. In
this and
in other ways, her body is a mystery to her. She finds her path through
life
with the help of her great-uncle Harper, who loves her and who loves to
dance,
and her best friend Kelly, with whom Linda exchanges almost daily
letters. Even
as Linda travels north to Yale and then to New York City, she still does
not
know the truth about herself and her past. But when a family tragedy
causes her
to return to Boiling Springs, Linda uncovers the story of an unexpected
life
and of an uncommon family.
Monique Truong is available to speak with your book club in person, on the phone or through Skype. Please email Monique to submit your request.
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