Nancy Pearl Presents Book Buzz Public Library Association 2012

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1 Nancy Pearl Presents Book Buzz Public Library Association 2012 Contact: Virginia Stanley, Director Library Marketing

2 is THRILLED to be part of this Book Buzz

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4 Into the Darkest Corner* by Elizabeth Haynes This intense, gripping account of domestic violence and its aftermath is utterly unputdownable. A stunning debut. S.J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep Check the locks on your doors and windows and surrender to this obsessive thriller. Karin Slaughter, author of everything gory ISBN 13: On sale: 7/10/2012 $ K * We this book! Galleys available in Booth #523 and on Edelweiss.

5 One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard Friday Night Lights meets Hoosiers meets Dead Poets Society. An unlikely coach leads a high-school baseball team and a small Illinois town to a season they'll never forget. ISBN 13: On sale: 5/22/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available in Booth #523.

6 Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter A funny, romantic story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in and is rekindled in contemporary Hollywood. A ridiculously talented writer. New York Times. Author of The Financial Lives of the Poets. ISBN 13: On sale: 6/12/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available in Booth #523 and on Edelweiss.

7 An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd Author of the award-winning Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries returns with World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford! For fans Elizabeth George, Anne Perry, Martha Grimes, and Jacqueline Winspear. Meet Caroline Todd at the AAP program: Mystery Authors Revealed! Friday, March 16 th 10:45-Noon Room 121 ABC Philadelphia Convention Center ISBN 13: On sale: 6/5/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available in Booth #523.

8 An Uncommon Education by Elizabeth Percer For fans of Prep, I Am Charlotte Simmons and Special Topics of Calamity Physics. A lyrical and insightful coming-of-age debut centering around a young woman coming to terms with love, loss, identity and acceptance. ISBN 13: On sale: 5/1/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available on Edelweiss.

9 A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash A mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town. For readers of Tom Franklin, John Hart and Ron Rash. Meet Wiley Cash at the AAP program: The Best in 2012 Debuts! Thursday, March 15 th 10:45-Noon Room 120 ABC Philadelphia Convention Center ISBN 13: On sale: 4/17/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available on Edelweiss.

10 The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon From the best selling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel s Game. The sequel to The Shadow of the Wind, written with exuberance and humor, strong on atmosphere and consistently suspenseful, brings us toward the enigma of the mystery hidden at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. ISBN 13: On sale: 6/19/2012 $ K E-Book:

11 The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin This debut novel unfolds with a powerful sense of place, in the tradition of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, and Ron Rash. A deft blending of tenderness and violence in a story that recalls the fiction of Michael Ondaatje, Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy. ISBN 13: On sale: 8/21/2012 $ K E-Book: Galleys available on Edelweiss.

12 Bullied by Carrie Goldman A guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance about how to stop bullying before it starts. Inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of online support: Twitter hashtag #MayTheForceBeWithKatie. 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of bullying. 1 in 5 teens has been bullied at school in the last year. ISBN 13: On sale: 8/7/2012 $ K

13 Visiting Tom by Michael Perry Tuesdays with Morrie meets Shop Class as Soulcraft (with a dose of Parenting thrown in) as a middle-aged father of daughters finds guidance and inspiration in visits with his octogenarian, cannon-shooting neighbor. Perry s last book, Coop, won the 2009 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for nonfiction ISBN 13: On sale: 8/21/2012 $ K E-Book:

14 Live by Night by Dennis Lehane Lehane s last five novels, Mystic River, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, The Given Day, and Moonlight Mile, were all New York Times bestsellers. A masterful epic of Prohibition-era America told through the story of a charismatic young gangster on his rise through the glitz and the violence of the Roaring 20s. ISBN 13: On sale: 10/2/2012 $ K E-Book:

15 Fall 2012 Sneak Peek Titles! Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon ISBN 13: On sale: 9/11/2012 $ K E-Book: Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver ISBN 13: On sale: 11/6/2012 $ K E-Book: The Round House Louise Erdrich ISBN 13: On sale: 10/2/ K E-Book:

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