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September Virtual Tour for BIG RED: A Novel Starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles by Jerome Charyn

“Cinematic and bittersweet…[Charyn] subtly evokes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ in telling his saga of star-crossed charismatics through the eyes of an all-seeing peripheral figure, an outsider-insider named Rusty Redburn…His novel, with its multiple layers of fiction and fact, resurrects the vanished world it celebrates and explicates it in all its grand illusion.” – Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

“If you love stories about Hollywood’s golden age, you’ll be swept up by this dazzling fictionalized account of a doomed Tinseltown marriage…Charyn’s obvious affection for his subjects lends humanity and depth to the depictions of personal drama…BIG RED is an unforgettable portrait of American film royalty” ―Apple Book Review, Best Books of August

“Charyn (The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King) plausibly recreates another chapter in American history in this affecting and searing portrait of Silver Screen superstars Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles…Charyn offers rapid-fire dialogue and slapstick action…along with affecting character development. It’s a rewarding paean to some of cinema’s greats.” ―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Thanks to Charyn’s lifelong obsession with Welles’ Citizen Kane and fascination with Hayworth’s fragility, readers benefit from a probing analysis of their seminal films while being treated to an intimate, fly-on-the-wall look at a legendary, tumultuous romance.” ―Booklist

“The veteran author’s charm and easy sense of irony further lift this surprisingly affecting book. A novel that transcends concept with its human touches.”  ―Kirkus Review

“Jerome Charyn is an American original.  His prose is scintillant, seemingly without effort or strain, yet unfailingly brilliant & audacious.  In BIG RED the characteristic virtuosity is present – but beneath, a tender, bruised heart.” ―Joyce Carol Oates, author of Blonde: A Novel

“BIG RED is the most entertaining book I’ve read all year. It’s as if Herman Wouk and James Ellroy had a love child, and that love child was given a typewriter at birth. This is a wise, hilarious and very deep look into Hollywood’s ambitions, dreams, and indulgences. I hope Jerome Charyn is already at work on its sequel” ―Brian Koppelman, co-creator and showrunner of Billions

“Jerome Charyn’s movie-love dances like a flame over every page of BIG RED. Like its gloriously outspoken narrator—who never existed but should have—the book is bewitched by cinema and also hard-headed about the crass, exploitative reality of the dream factory. It’s a dazzling romp through old Hollywood, and a fiercely loving effort to set the record straight.” —Sara Imogen Smith, film critic and author of In Lonely Places

It’s 1943. The Germans rule Europe, and the moguls rule Hollywood. Attendance is better than ever. Not even radio can compete with the Saturday matinee. The heart of America has become Hollywood Boulevard. And Rusty Redburn, a feisty lesbian visionary who works as a lowly servant to Harry Cohn at Columbia’s publicity department, lives right on the boulevard at the Hollywood Hotel.

Harry is worried about his biggest star, Rita Hayworth, who has moved in with the “Boy Genius” Orson Welles. He’s never had a star before Rita arrived. He schemes to have Rusty pretend to work as Rita’s private secretary while spying on her. Rusty is far more clever than Harry Cohn. She worships Orson and Citizen Kane. And thus the story begins.

Nothing will last, neither the war, nor Harry Cohn, nor the marriage of Rita and Orson. And it’s Rusty who tells their tale.

BIG RED: A Novel Starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles (Liveright/W.W. Norton; 8/23/22) is Jerome Charyn at his very best and promises to consume both Hollywood cinephiles and neophytes alike.

We have a fantastic schedule of bloggers who will share features, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month September. Follow along to learn more about the book and perhaps to win a free copy!

September 2 – Reading with Nicole, AND The Book Decoder

September 4 – The Caffeinated Reader

September 6 – Hot Cocoa Reads

September 7 – Rozie Reads and Wine AND Secret Reading Life

September 8 – Sara’s Book Stack

September 9 – The Bookish World of Yrralh

September 10 – The Real Momma Leighellen

September 12 – We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

September 13 – Momfluenster AND Bookalong

September 14 – Tina May Reads AND Celtic Lady’s Reviews

September 15 – Nurse Bookie

September 16 – What’s Better Than Books AND Well Read Traveler

September 17 – We Break for Books

September 18 – Books and Coffee Please

September 19 – It’s Bibliotherapy

September 20 – Sue the Bookie

September 21 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews AND The Book Review Crew

September 22 – Lilacs and Literature AND Beth’s Book-Nook

September 23 – Bookphile Belle AND The Book Connection

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Golden Age of Hollywood, Liveright, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations

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September Virtual Book Tour for BROKEN SUMMER: A Novel by J.M. Lee, translated by An Seon Jae

“What is the statute of limitations on betrayal? How long can a secret be buried before it turns into an earthquake? And will revealing the truth—that slippery concept—provide resolution or peace? Skillfully rendered into English by translator An, the novel contemplates these issues in a murder mystery notable for its nuanced storytelling… A subtle psychological thriller.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Lee excels at psychological realism, and Hanjo’s quest to learn the truth feels naturally driven by deep, painful emotions…This exquisite portrait of minds torn apart by mourning will appeal not just to mystery readers.” – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“This is an engrossing and beautifully written mystery, with complex characters that Lee delicately strips bare.” – Library Journal, Starred Review

J.M. Lee is one of Korea’s most renowned authors and a master storyteller.  Since his literary debut over two decades ago, he has written eleven novels, many of them becoming bestsellers.  His latest, BROKEN SUMMER, was an instant bestseller in Korea and will be published for the first time in English on September 1, 2022 by Amazon Crossing.

Lee Hanjo is an artist at the peak of his fame, envied and celebrated. Then, on his forty-third birthday, he awakens to find that his devoted wife has disappeared, leaving behind a soon-to-be-published novel she’d secretly written about the sordid past and questionable morality of an artist with a trajectory similar to Hanjo’s. It’s clear to him that his life is about to shatter and the demons from his past will come out. But why did his wife do it? Why now?

The book forces Hanjo to reflect on a summer from his youth when a deadly lie irreversibly and tragically determined the fates of two families.

Each of these wonderful bloggers will share spotlights, post reviews and offer giveaways throughout the month September. Follow along to learn more about the book and perhaps to win a free copy!

Thursday, September 1 – Bone Chilling Books

Friday, September 2 – The Real Momma Leighellen

Saturday, September 3 – Always with a Book

Monday, September 5 – Booxoul

Tuesday, September 6 – The Reading Owlvina + Bookphile Belle

Wednesday, September 7 – Andi Reads 2022

Thursday, September 8 – The Caffeinated Reader

Friday, September 9 – Danish Mustard Reads

Saturday, September 10 – Oh The Books She Will Read

Monday, September 12 – Rebecca Reviewed It + The Book Review Crew

Tuesday, September 13 – Nurse Bookie

Wednesday, September 14 – Where The Reader Grows

Thursday, September 15 – Momfluenster

Friday, September 16 – Katie Needs a Bigger Bookshelf

Monday, September 19 – Aimee Dars Reads + Books The Thing

Tuesday, September 20 – Reading with Nicole

Wednesday, September 21 – Tina May Reads

Thursday, September 22 – Books N Yoga Pants

Friday, September 23 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Saturday, September 24 – We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

Monday, September 26 – Bathtub Book Worm

Tuesday, September 27 – The Bookish Alix + Angels Mom Reads

Wednesday, September 28 – The Page Ladies + Gloriana Wong

Thursday, September 29 – Bookoholic Cafe

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: An Seon Jae, blog tour, Broken Summer, fiction, J.M. Lee, OTRPR, Over the River Public Relations, thriller, translated fiction

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Virtual Blog Tour: May 17 – June 4, 2022 OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN by Alvin Eng

AAPI Heritage Month Featured Title

From behind the counter of his parents’ laundry and a household rooted in a different century and culture to the turbulent, exciting streets of 1970s New York City, playwright Alvin Eng shares his riveting, tender story of finding voice, identity and community through the transformative power of Asian American arts, activism, punk rock and theater.

Join us May 17th – June 4th for the virtual book tour on behalf of OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond (Fordham University Press, Empire State Editions) as we share features, book giveaways, spotlights and reviews:

Tuesday, May 17 — Nurse Bookie

Wednesday, May 18 — It’s Bibliotherapy

Thursday, May 19 — Michelle Loves Books

Friday, May 20 — Gloriana Wong

Monday, May 23 — Hasty Book List

Tuesday, May 24 — Reading with Nicole

Wednesday, May 25 — Tina May Reads

Thursday, May 26 — Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb

Friday, May 27 — The Maddie Hatter

Tuesday, May 31 — Amy’s Book Nook

Wednesday, June 1 — Lady Bookette

Thursday, June 2 — Wonderous Reads

Saturday, June 4 — We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Memoir, Uncategorized Tagged With: AAPI Heritage Month, Alvin Eng, Chinese American memoir, Downtown stage, Flushing NY, Memoir, New York City memoir, NYC music scene, OTRPR, Our Laundry Our Town, Over the River Public Relations, Queens memoir

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Coming May 17, 2022

From the Award-Winning Author of Rashi’s Daughters and 50 Shades of Talmud

Comes a Powerful Romance with a Purpose

The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and the Talmud
by Maggie Anton, author of Rashi’s Daughters, Banot Press, ISBN: 978-0-9763050-3-3, $16.99

It’s Brooklyn, New York, and the year is 1955. Dr. Robert Salk discovers a vaccine for polio. The Dodgers play the Yankees in the World Series. The McCarthy hearings deport communists while the new state of Israel takes shape in the Middle East. Young Rabbi Nathan Mandel hears a knock at the door.

Expecting journalist H. M. Covey, he is shocked to find attractive Hannah Eisin on the other side. Hannah reveals that Covey was her birth name before her father died and her mother married Samuel Eisin. She uses an ambiguous byline because she’s writing for a Yiddish newspaper where female columnists are rare.

After the interview, Hannah convinces Rabbi Mandel to teach her Talmud, something forbidden by Jewish law that could cost him his job if discovered. Things start innocently enough, but soon the gloves come off as “Annie” and “Nate” discover they are passionate about much more than Talmud.

Maggie Anton has written a powerful love story with a purpose: to expose the many ways the Torah and Talmud have been interpreted unfavorably toward women. Anton is fearless in the subjects her characters tackle during their weekly sessions:

  • Niddah & Mikveh. Rules regarding sex and menstruation.
  • The Minyan & The Drash. Why Jewish women are excluded from services.
  • The Shanda of Mesirah. A rabbi refuses to turn a pedophile over to police.

Anyone interested in the role of women in Judaism will find Maggie Anton’s The Choice an unforgettable story that sets the record straight!

ABOUT MAGGIE ANTON:

Maggie Anton is an award-winning author of both fiction and nonfiction and a Talmud scholar with a deep understanding of Jewish women’s history. Her research into the great Jewish scholar Rashi, who had no sons, led to the award-winning trilogy Rashi’s Daughters, followed by a two-book series, Rav Hisda’s Daughter, a National Jewish Book Award finalist and a Library Journal pick for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

ADAVANCE PRAISE FOR THE CHOICE:

“Maggie Anton gives evocative voice to the generation of our mothers, whose questions and bold solutions, especially about the most intimate of subjects, laid the foundation for the contemporary transformation of women’s status in Jewish learning and law.” —Rabbi Susan Grossman, DHL, Senior Rabbi, Beth Shalom Congregation, Columbia, Maryland, and coeditor of Daughters of the King

“The Choice takes us into the Jewish world of love and learning and the love of learning. One can only be grateful for such an intriguing and engaging work. Maggie Anton’s combination of history, imagination, and feminist reading of classical Jewish texts is impressive.” —Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, and coauthor of Getting Good at Getting Older

“Maggie Anton utilizes her characters’ authentic voices to address social justice while still entertaining the reader with an engaging romance.” —Jackie Ben-Efraim, Special Collections Librarian, American Jewish University

“Maggie Anton’s new novel embeds issues concerning the intersection of modernity, belief, and ritual practices within a lively, intellectually engaging romance. . . . Best of all, the romantic relationship of Hannah and Nathan evolves in sync with their scintillating discussions of various Talmudic passages, from both traditional and critical perspectives, leaving us wondering just how much more enriched Jewish life would be today had women been participants in the Talmudic dialectic all along.” —Stuart S. Miller, Professor of Hebrew History and Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut at Storrs, and author of At the Intersection of Texts and Material Finds

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT MAGGIE ANTON’S NOVELS:

“True to her mission as a historical novelist, Maggie Anton offers a woman’s take on what has been a mostly male enterprise.” —Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Jewish Journal

“Maggie Anton demonstrates just how sex-positive Judaism is.” —Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American Jewish University

“Anton delivers a tour de force . . . [Readers] will fly through the pages and come away wishing for more.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“A compelling combination of drama, suspense, and romance.”—Lilith magazine

For further information, review copy requests, or to schedule an interview with Maggie Anton, please contact Rachel Tarlow Gul at Over the River Public Relations: rachel@otrpr.com.


Filed Under: Fiction, News & Announcements, Uncategorized Tagged With: Banot Press, fiction, historical fiction, Jewish author, Jewish fiction, Maggie Anton, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations

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MS. Magazine calls SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE “a full, vibrant portrait of [Louise] Fitzhugh.”

Sometimes You Have to Lie by Leslie Brody

Leslie Brody’s insightful biography of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the Spy, has received rave reviews from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and many other stellar publications. And now MS. Magazine is praising Leslie Brody and her book, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE. “Louise Fitzhugh’s restoration as a radical, unapologetic artist is Brody’s great act of love.”

You can see the full roster of wonderful interviews, excerpts, book roundups and reviews, including this Ms. Magazine review, on Leslie Brody’s website.

Filed Under: Biography, Books, Reviews & Features Tagged With: biography, Harriet the Spy, Leslie Brody, LGBTQ biography, Louise Fitzhugh, Sometimes You Have to Lie, women's biography

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