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THE TENDEREST OF STRINGS

by Steven Schwartz

“Schwartz (Madagascar, 2016), whose long career includes both novels and story collections, delivers the rare plot-driven domestic drama. The mystery of who killed Tom bubbles under the surface as the characters deal with heavy emotions and difficult decisions. The smooth writing and quick pace will appeal to readers of Jessica Strawser and Jodi Picoult.” – Booklist

“Steven Schwartz’s tightly written story tells of a family in crisis…Schwartz brings an understanding of ordinary people to this engrossing story of a fractured family that strives to heal itself through love and understanding.” – The Denver Post

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Filed Under: News & Announcements, Uncategorized Tagged With: Family drama, January release, Literary fiction, Regal House Publishing, Steven Schwartz, The Tenderest of Strings

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The Easy Life in Kamusari by Shion Miura Translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rachel Tarlow Gul, Rachel@otrpr.com

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan’s mountain way of life.

“Fans of all ages should enjoy the author’s blend of the traditional and the contemporary.” Kirkus Reviews

“Shion Miura, award-winning and world renown Japanese author of The Great Passage (2011), delivers yet another fascinating introspection into how the ancient and traditional worlds meet the modern and contemporary way of life in The Easy Life in Kamusari (2021) – the first book in Miura’s new Forest series. Translated into English by superb veteran translator, Juliet Winters Carpenter, this upcoming novel…unravels into a beautiful coming-of-age tale that makes the reader long for a greener life – one without phones, the internet, and where sentences end in ‘naa-naa.’” Asia Media International

Just in time for the holiday season comes, THE EASY LIFE IN KAMUSARI, an uplifting and absorbing story that is both simply told and full of beauty and depth.  Written by the award-winning Japanese author, Shion Miura and translated into English for the first time by Juliet Winters Carpenter, one of the foremost translators of Japanese literature, the novel will be out November 2nd from Amazon Crossing.

The narrator of the novel, Yuki Hirano, is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari.  No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.”

At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.

Yuki learns to fell trees and plant saplings. He begins to embrace local festivals, he’s mesmerized by legends of the mountain, and he might be falling in love. In learning to respect the forest on Mt. Kamusari for its majestic qualities and its inexplicable secrets, Yuki starts to appreciate Kamusari’s harmony with nature and its ancient traditions.

In this warm and lively coming-of-age story, Miura transports us from the trappings of city life to the trials, mysteries, and delights of a mythical mountain forest.

For further information and review copy requests, please contact Rachel Tarlow Gul at Over the River Public Relations: rachel@otrpr.com.

THE EASY LIFE IN KAMUSARI

By Shion Miura

Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter

Amazon Crossing; November 2, 2021

Literary Fiction | 208 pp. | Paperback: $14.95, ISBN#: 978-1542027168;

Kindle: $4.99, ISBN#: 978-1542027144

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon Crossing, Amazon Publishing, fiction, Fiction in translation, japanese literature, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Literary fiction, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations, Shion Miura

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September 2021 Virtual Tour for Bestselling Author Trisha Thomas’ New Historical Fiction, WHAT PASSES AS LOVE

We’re excited to announce this terrific lineup of bloggers who will join us in celebrating the release of Trisha Thomas’ new historical novel, WHAT PASSES AS LOVE! This heartrending and breathtaking novel is about a young woman who pays a devastating price for freedom. We hope you will follow along as we share reviews, features, Q&A, excerpts, and book giveaways.

“Thomas’ well-researched and compelling novel charts Dahlia’s complex journey of escape, reinvention and self-acceptance. Fans of Alena Dillon and Lucinda Riley will be moved by this historical glimpse into a brutal time period. Not shying away from the cruelties of slavery, Thomas gives a voice to the enslaved by exploring the power of shared humanity and newfound courage.” – Booklist

“The author really gets inside Dahlia’s head, creating a protagonist who knows how to make the best of a bad situation and who constantly puzzles over the enigma of being neither Black nor white, a girl caught in the middle. She’s resourceful, a chance-taker who dreams and schemes until opportunities present themselves. It’s impossible not to root for her, however risky her actions.” – Historical Novel Society

Wednesday, September 1: OYNIDA LOVES BOOKS, IT’S A BOOKISH WORLD, HEY THAT’S JAZ

Thursday, September 2: BOOK GIRL MAGIC 

Friday, September 3: NURSE BOOKIE  

Tuesday, September 7: BLACK, BIRACIAL AND BOOKISH, ALWAYS WITH A BOOK/K2 READER 

Wednesday, September 8: DAI 2 DAI READER, THIS BROWN GIRL READS

Thursday, September 9: ARMED WITH A BOOK, READING WITH GLAMOUR

Friday, September 10: TRAVEL WITH A BOOK

Sunday, September 12: COCO CHASING ADVENTURES

Monday, September 13: MOMMA LEIGH ELLEN’S BOOK NOOK

Tuesday, September 14: LITERARY QUICKSAND, SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Wednesday, September 15: BLISS AND BOOKS

Thursday, September 16: BOOKS, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

Friday, September 17: WHAT’S BETTER THAN BOOKS

Monday, September 20: READER THEN BLOGGER. KIM READS AND READS

Tuesday, September 21: TARHEEL READER

Wednesday, September 22: JYPSY LYNN, SECRET READING LIFE

Thursday, September 23: BOOKAPOTAMUS

Friday, September 24: SOME KIND OF A LIBRARY

Monday, September 27: SHE JUST LOVES BOOKS 

Tuesday, September 28: WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Wednesday, September 29: READING MAMA REVIEWS

Thursday, September 30: TORI LOVING WORDS

Friday, October 1: BOOKS EN VOGUE

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: African American history, Black History, blog tour, fiction, historical fiction, Lake Union Publishing, Literary fiction, September blog tour, September book, Trisha Thomas, women's fiction

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May 2021 Virtual Book Tour for ALL SORROWS CAN BE BORNE by Loren Stephens

Announcing the fantastic lineup for the virtual book tour for All Sorrows Can Be Borne by Loren Stephens, a beautifully written new novel that explores how families are shaped by political and economic circumstances, tremendous loss and ultimately forgiveness. We are thrilled to have all of these bloggers on board and can’t wait for the reviews, spotlights, guest posts and giveaways! The novel will be out 5/11 from Rare Bird Lit.

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by true events, All Sorrows Can Be Born is the story of Noriko Ito, a Japanese woman faced with unimaginable circumstances that force her to give up her son to save her husband. Set in Hiroshima, Osaka, and the badlands of eastern Montana and spanning the start of World War II to 1982, this breathtaking novel is told primarily in the voice of Noriko, a feisty aspiring actress who fails her audition to enter the Takarazuka Theater Academy. Instead, she takes the “part” of a waitress at a European-style tearoom in Osaka where she meets the mysterious and handsome manager, Ichiro Uchida. They fall in love over music and marry. Soon after Noriko becomes pregnant during their seaside honeymoon, Ichiro is diagnosed with tuberculosis destroying their dreams.

Noriko gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but to give the child a better life, Ichiro convinces her to give the toddler to his older sister and her Japanese-American husband, who live in Montana. Noriko holds on to the belief that this inconceivable sacrifice will lead to her husband’s recovery. What happens next is unexpected and shocking and will affect Noriko for the rest of her life.

ADVANCE PRAISE:

“So many of us have suffered this past year or so.  Many of us have had to dig deep within ourselves to learn how to bear sorrows and loss.  Many of us have looked to the past for inspiration to get through difficult times. For all these reasons, Loren Stephens’ All Sorrows Can Be Borne has come at the exact right time. Inspired by true events and real people, the story looks at pain and suffering but also the ultimate triumph of love, forgiveness, and compassion. I loved the book.” —Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“Starting with the heart-wrenching opening chapter of All Sorrows Can be Borne, Loren Stephens weaves a tale of love, family and loss with a page-turning plot. Both harrowing and tender, this generous and emotional novel pulls you into a story of character and place that’s hard to put down. This is a beautiful book.” —Barbara Abercrombie, author of The Language of Loss

“All Sorrows Can Be Borne is a harrowing story of love and betrayal, all the more heartbreaking because it is based on family history. Post-war Japan comes alive in these pages, and even the most unforgivable acts make a tragic kind of sense when viewed through the prism of violence that marked every one of the war’s survivors. As this tale makes clear, in the wake of such trauma, humans can do the unthinkable, both to and for the ones they love.” —Aimee Liu, author of Glorious Boy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Loren Stephens is a widely published essayist and fiction and nonfiction storyteller. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, MacGuffin, the Jewish Women’s Literary Annual, The Forge Literary Magazine, Crack the Spine, Lunch Ticket’s Amuse Bouche series, The Write Launch, The Summerset Review, The Montreal Review, and Tablet travel magazine, to name a few. She is a two-time nominee of the Pushcart Prize and the book Paris Nights: My Year at the Moulin Review, by Cliff Simon with Loren Stephens was named one of the best titles from an independent press by Kirkus Book Reviews. She is president and founder of the ghostwriting companies, Write Wisdom and Bright Star Memoirs. Prior to establishing her company, Loren was a documentary filmmaker. Among her credits are Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist with on camera narration by Burt Lancaster, produced for PBS and nominated for an Emmy Award; Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I A Woman? produced for Coronet Films and recipient of a Golden Apple from the National Education Association; and Los Pastores: The Shepherd’s Play produced for the Latino Consortium of PBS and recipient of a Cine Gold Eagle and nominated for an Imagen Award. She is a member of the Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League; a member of its Deborah Awards Committee for Outstanding Women; and a member of Greenlight Women, an organization of women in the entertainment industry who serve as mentors. For more information visit https://writewisdom.com/.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: blog tour, Debut novel, historical fiction, Literary fiction, Loren Stephens, May release, May virtual tour, Rare Bird Lit, Virtual book tour

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February Blog Tour for GERTA by Kateřina Tučková translated by Véronique Firkusny

Release Date: February 1, 2021 from Amazon Crossing

We’re excited to introduce you to the gifted Czech author, Kateřina Tučková and her award-winning novel, GERTA, her first to be translated into English by the talented Véronique Firkusny (Amazon Crossing; February 1, 2021; $24.95). Set in Brno, a city in the South Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the author’s hometown, GERTA is a breathtaking story of a woman’s courage and empowerment in postwar Czechoslovakia and explores themes of guilt and responsibility, forgiveness and repentance. It won the Magnesia Litera Readers’ award and was short-listed for the Jiří Orten Award, the Josef Škvorecký Award and the Magnesia Litera in the prose category.

SYNOPSIS: It’s late spring 1945. Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it’s not deliverance; it’s a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family—and her innocence—Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czechoslovakia. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an infant daughter, she’s herded among thousands toward Vienna, later to be termed The Brno Death March, where many die from typhoid and dysentery. Gerta and a handful of other German women manage to save themselves by doing forced labor in southern Moravia, where they remain for several years.  After reclaiming her Czechoslovakian citizenship, Gerta returns to Brno, where she lives through the turbulent events of the second half of the twentieth century. But the discrimination only makes Gerta stronger and more empowered to seek justice. Her journey is a relentless quest for a seemingly impossible forgiveness.

Here is the full blog tour schedule that will include reviews, interviews, exclusive excerpts, and book giveaways:

Monday, February 1 – Hasty Book List

Tuesday, February 2 – Women Writers Women’s Books

Wednesday, February 3 – The Constant Reader

Thursday, February 4 – Crystals Library

Saturday, February 6 – Tina May Reads

Sunday, February 7 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Tuesday, February 9 – Grace J Reviewerlady

Wednesday, February 10 – Jessica Belmont

Thursday, February 11 – Storeybook Reviews

Friday, February 12 – Monika’s Book Blog

Saturday, February 13 – Life of a Bookworm

Monday, February 15 – Booxoul

Tuesday, February 16 – Long and Short Reviews

Wednesday, February 17 – Girl Who Reads

Thursday, February 18 – Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb

Friday, February 19 – The Bookish Brunette

Sunday, February 21 – Book Nerd Kat

Monday, February 22 – Bookstasam

Tuesday, February 23 – One Chapter At A Time

Wednesday, February 24 – Sue The Bookie

Thursday, February 25 – The Best of Both Pages

Friday, February 26 – Stranded in Chaos

Sunday, February 28 – Bargain and Books

Monday, March 1 – Read with Joshie

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon Books, Amazon Crossing, Amazon Publishing, blog tour, Book in Translation, February Blog Tour, February Release, historical fiction, Katerina Tuckova, Literary fiction, Veronique Firkusny, World War II

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