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March Virtual Tour for THE DEVIL AND MRS. DAVENPORT by Paulette Kennedy

The bestselling author of The Witch of Tin Mountain and Parting the Veil mines the subtle horrors of 1950s America in a gripping novel about a woman under pressure―from the living and the dead.

“With a mystery that steadily builds, this gothic novel masterfully captures the horrors and sexism of 1950s suburbia. A bewitching page-turner with author Kennedy’s signature: a strong heroine who cleverly navigates twist after twist.” —Booklist

“Shirley Jackson fans will appreciate this novel with a distinct vintage vibe; readers of gothic and supernatural titles will be drawn in by the book’s feminist empowerment narrative.” —Library Journal

“This story of a 1950s housewife who can suddenly see and receive messages from the dead is so fascinating and compelling that it will be hard to put down. Loretta’s growing abilities and the cracking facade of her life are so well described. The author expertly begins to pull the curtain from Loretta’s marriage and show the truth—her husband is not perfect, and is, in fact, abusive. The combination of a bad marriage and explosive new psychic abilities makes this book shine… This is a satisfying mix of historical mystery and paranormal fiction that fans of those genres will enjoy. Highly recommended.” —Historical Novels Review

Paulette Kennedy‘s latest domestic gothic novel THE DEVIL AND MRS. DAVENPORT focuses on Loretta Davenport, a housewife who develops psychic abilities after recovering from a virus (Lake Union; March 5, 2024). With the creation of an intriguing twist on the traditional 50’s homemaker and a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat, Kennedy skillfully weaves the theme of self discovery with the important message that we must honor who we are so we can better love those around us. If you’re a fan of Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier and historical fiction, this novel is a must read.

The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices.

Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquility until a local girl is murdered and Loretta begins receiving messages from beyond. Pete dismisses them as delusions of a fevered female imagination. Loretta knows they’re real―and frightening.

Defying Pete’s demands, Loretta finds an encouraging supporter in parapsychologist Dr. Curtis Hansen. He sees a woman with a rare gift, more blessing than curse. With Dr. Hansen’s help, Loretta’s life opens up to an empowering new purpose. But for Pete, the God-fearing image he’s worked so hard to cultivate is under threat. No longer in control of his dutiful wife, he sees the Devil at work.

As Loretta’s powers grow stronger and the pleading spirits beckon, Pete is determined to deliver his wife from evil. To solve the mysteries of the dead, Loretta must first save herself.

THE DEVIL AND MRS. DAVENPORT is a compulsive read full of unforgettable characters, classic gothic components, and page-turning suspense.

Here’s the stellar schedule of bloggers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along:

Friday, March 1 – Purrfect Pages

Saturday, March 2 – Stacy 40 Pages

Sunday, March 3 – Kera’s Always Reading

Monday, March 4 – Steph on a Shelf

Tuesday, March 5 – Gwendalyn Books

Wednesday, March 6 – Hooked By Books

Thursday, March 7 – Amy’s Book Nook

Friday, March 8 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

Saturday, March 9 – Reading with Mel Ann Rosenthal

Saturday, March 9 – What Is That Book About

Sunday, March 10 – Mabel Journals

Monday, March 11 – Dive Into A Good Book

Monday, March 11 – Linda’s Book Obsession

Tuesday, March 12 – Love My Books 2020

Wednesday, March 13 – Lilacs and Literature

Thursday, March 14 – Nurse Bookie

Friday, March 15 – Reading with Nicole

Saturday, March 16 – Books Arevida

Sunday, March 17 – Dreams of Manderley

Monday, March 18 – It’s Bibliotherapy

Tuesday, March 19 – Bookapotamus

Wednesday, March 20 – Secret Reading Life

Thursday, March 21 – Bookalong

Friday, March 22 – Library of Bookish

Sunday, March 24 – Read Review Coffee

Monday, March 25 – Danish Mustard Reads

Tuesday, March 26 – Sarah and Her Bookshelves

Wednesday, March 27 – Lexijava

Thursday, March 28 – Gloriana Wong

Thursday, March 28 – Well Read Traveler

Friday, March 29 – We Break For Books

Sunday, March 31 – Subakka Bookstuff

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February Virtual Book Tour for AFTERSHOCK by Zhang Ling

A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother’s heartbreaking choice and a daughter’s reconciliation with the past in AFTERSHOCK, the engrossing novel by Zhang Ling, author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet. Perfect for fans of Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Min Jin Lee.

“Translated from Chinese, award-winning author Zhang’s latest book traces the fractures of Xiaodeng’s past and present, weaving in vignettes from her mother, brother, and husband to craft a multigenerational saga. This beautiful, quietly profound story examines the resilience and fragility of humans in the face of disaster. But at its heart, AFTERSHOCK is about family and how we protect the ones we love.” – Booklist

In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan, China. Among the hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for survival is a mother who makes an agonizing decision that irrevocably changes her life and the lives of her children. In that devastating split second, her seven-year-old daughter, Xiaodeng, is separated from her brother and the mother she loves and trusts. All Xiaodeng remembers of the fateful morning is betrayal.

Thirty years later, Xiaodeng is an acclaimed writer living in Canada with a caring husband and daughter. However, her newfound fame and success do little to cover the deep wounds that disrupt her life, time and again, and edge her toward a breaking point. Xiaodeng realizes the only path toward healing is to return to Tangshan, find her mother, and get closure.

Spanning three decades of the emotional and cultural aftershocks of disaster, Zhang Ling’s intimate epic explores the damage of guilt, the healing pull of family, and the hope of one woman who, after so many years, still longs to be saved.

Here’s the impressive lineup of bloggers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along:

2/5 – Kera’s Always Reading

2/6 – Nurse Bookie

2/7 – We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

2/8 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

2/9 – Reading with Nicole

2/12 – Lilacs and Literature

2/13 – Aimee Dars Reads

2/14 – Purrfect Pages

2/15 – Totahly Booked

2/16 – Secret Reading Life

2/19 – Love My Books 2020

2/20 – Books and Coffee MX

2/21 – Michelle Loves Books

2/22 – Sue the Bookie

2/22 – Meg’s Book Club

2/23 – Danish Mustard Reads

2/25 – Subakka Bookstuff

2/26 – Dai 2 Dai Reader

2/26 – The Maddie Hatter

2/27 – Reading with Melann Rosenthal

2/28 – Lexijava

2/29 – Gloriana Wong

3/1 – Books n Bikram

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November Virtual Tour for MOTHERLAND: A Memoir by Paula Ramón translated by Julia Sanches and Jennifer Shyue

From Venezuelan journalist Paula Ramón comes a powerful memoir about one woman’s complicated relationship with her family as her beloved homeland collapses into ruin.

In the span of a generation, oil-rich Venezuela spiraled into a dire state of economic collapse. Journalist Paula Ramón experienced the crisis firsthand as her middle-class family saw their quality of life deteriorate. In her deeply personal new book MOTHERLAND: A Memoir, Ramón poignantly and eloquently recounts what it was like growing up in Venezuela when Hugo Chávez won his first election through his death and beyond. Translated by the talented Julia Sanches and Jennifer Shyue, MOTHERLAND will be published in English for the first time by Amazon Crossing on October 31, 2023.

“This book is a very personal story, but also very relatable to people who are trying to come to terms with who they are, their relationships to their families and their loyalties to their countries,” Ramón said. “I’m thrilled about this new English version because it allows me to share this story – mine and my country’s – with more people.”

MOTHERLAND is not a political book, but rather a poignant and sentimental search for one’s roots and for the answers to the often-asked questions: What defines us? Who are you in a new country? What truly matters?

By the time Ramón started high school in the 1990s, Venezuela was already experiencing turbulent times. The crisis got progressively worse. In the decades that followed, public services no longer functioned. Money lost its value. Eventually, her mother couldn’t afford to buy food, which was increasingly scarce. The once-prosperous country fell into ruin. Like many others, Ramón’s family struggled to survive each day in their beloved city, Maracaibo—until, one by one, they each made the unbearable choice to leave the home they loved.

In the end, it was Ramón’s mother, a widow, who stayed behind, loyal to the only home she’d ever known. In this heartbreaking mix of lived experience, family chronicle, and journalistic essay, Paula Ramón explores the anguish of her own relationships set against the staggering collapse of a country.

MOTHERLAND is a uniquely human account about the ties that bind—and the fragile concept of home.

Here’s the fantastic lineup of bloggers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along:

10/31 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie

11/1 – Book Dragon 217

11/2 – Nurse Bookie

11/3 – Low Key Bookish

11/5 – We Break For Books

11/6 – Books and Coffee MX

11/7 – Bookish Spren

11/8 – My Bursting Book Bag

11/9 – Danish Mustard Reads

11/10 – Bookphile Belle

11/12 – Dog Mom Bookworm

11/13 – The Book Club Mom

11/14 – Momma Leighellen’s Book Nook

11/15 – Sue the Bookie

11/16 – Bookapotamus

11/17 – Angels Mom Reads

11/20 – Diaries of a Bibliophile

11/21 – Reading with Melann Rosenthal

11/22 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

11/26 – Lexijava

11/27 – Gloriana Wong

11/27 – Literary Quicksand

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October Virtual Tour for DWELL TIME: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair by Rosa Lowinger

An illuminating debut memoir by a renowned conservator of art and architecture, DWELL TIME is an epic account of family, art, and the deterioration and restoration of both.

“A masterful revelation about life and art imitating each other in maintenance and repair.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“DWELL TIME is as intellectually engaging as it is profoundly moving.” —Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward, a New York Times Critics’ Top Book of the Year

“DWELL TIME is the story of a family, a mother-daughter relationship, but forged of what seems like new building materials entirely. An artist has many duties, among them to conserve the traditions and innovations of the past but also to ‘make it new.’ This memoir does just that, and delivers on its final promise, that of repair.” —Gary Shteyngart, the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Little Failure and novels that include Super Sad True Love Story, Absurdistan, and Our Country Friends

“It’s no exaggeration to call this book a work of genius. Weaving together her vast knowledge as an art conservator with the haunting intergenerational trauma of her Cuban Jewish family, Rosa Lowinger reveals how even when our world feels broken, repair is still possible. A stunning achievement!” —Ruth Behar, author of Letters from Cuba

In her moving and compulsively readable new memoir, DWELL TIME: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair (Row House Publishing; October 10, 2023), Rosa Lowinger – a leading sculpture and architectural conservator, one of the few prominent Latinas in her field, as well as author of the award-winning Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub – interweaves the materials and science of her work with the story of her Jewish Cuban family and their state of double exile: from Eastern Europe in the 1920s and then Cuba in early 1961. Inspired by and structured similarly to Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table, DWELL TIME is organized by chapters based on the materials Rosa handles in her private practice– Marble, Limestone, Bronze, Ceramics, Concrete, Silver, Wood, Mosaic, Paint, Aluminum, Terrazzo, Steel, Glass and Plastics. Lowinger offers insider accounts of conservation that form the backbone of a personal story about love and sacrifice that often centers on her efforts to deal with a charismatic and mercurial mother.

In this first memoir by a working art conservator, Lowinger not only offers insights into her unique line of work, but also beautifully juxtaposes repair of the material with repair of the personal. Her stories include memories of her trips back to her native Cuba, the country where she was born and which shaped her world view.

“How, I wondered, was it possible that no one in my family had ever told me that Havana, the place where we were from, was so closely aligned to my work?” Lowinger asks. “More importantly, how had I managed to reencounter this ornately decorated, sagging city at the precise moment when I was beginning to see a link between restoration of the material world and personal healing? The answer to these questions forms the basis for my memoir.”

Dwell Time is a term that measures the amount of time something takes to happen—immigrants waiting at a border, human eyes on a website, the minutes people wait in an airport, and, in art conservation, the time it takes for a chemical to react with a material. The term is at the nexus between Lowinger’s art-and-science based vocation and her personal journey as an immigrant, employer, wife, mother, and the daughter of parents whose difficult personalities were shaped by the abrupt loss of their country and way of life.

Rosa Lowinger has written a captivating memoir that vividly demonstrates the power of family, art and repair.

We have a fantastic group of bloggers who will post reviews, features, excerpts and giveaways. We hope you will join us!:

Sunday, October 1 – Angels Mom Reads

Monday, October 2 – My Bursting Book Bag

Tuesday, October 3 – Reading with Mel Ann Rosenthal

Wednesday, October 4 – Lilacs and Literature

Thursday, October 5 – Sue the Bookie

Friday, October 6 – Book Review Crew

Friday, October 6 – Storeybook Reviews

Sunday, October 8 – We Love Big Books and We Cannot Lie

Monday, October 9 – Green Eyed Girl

Tuesday, October 10 – Nurse Bookie

Wednesday, October 11 – Karla Mendez

Thursday, October 12 – A Needle in my Bookstack

Friday, October 13 – Suzy Approved Book Reviews

Saturday, October 14 – Lexijava

Monday, October 16 – Gloriana Wong

Tuesday, October 17 – What Is That Book About

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Pub Week Virtual Book Tour for RAVAGE & SON by Jerome Charyn Aug 21 – 25

“Rollicking. . . . Ravage & Son brings New York City’s criminal underground to vibrant life.”

—Foreword Reviews

“Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights has nothing on Charyn’s Lower East Side. . . . A bold effort.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Charyn continues to deliver boisterous and flavorful prose.”

—Publishers Weekly

A master storyteller’s novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early 20th-century Manhattan, available on August 22, 2023 from Bellevue Literary Press

Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan’s Lower East Side—the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of the twentieth century—in a dark mirror.

Abraham Cahan, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals. Charged with rooting out the Jewish “Mr. Hyde,” a half-mad villain who attacks the prostitutes of Allen Street, Ben discovers that his fate is irrevocably tied to that of this violent, sinister man.

A lurid tale of revenge, this wildly evocative, suspenseful noir is vintage Jerome Charyn.

Below is our stellar group of bloggers who will share reviews and features and offer giveaways during publication week of August 21st:

Monday, August 21 – We Love Big Books And We Cannot Lie AND The Book Connection

Tuesday, August 22 – Bookphile Belle

Wednesday, August 23 – Nurse Bookie AND What Is That Book About

Thursday, August 24 – Sue the Bookie AND Andrea C. Lowry Reads

Friday, August 25 – Lit by Lilli AND The Book Decoder

March Virtual Tour for THE DEVIL AND MRS. DAVENPORT by Paulette Kennedy

February Virtual Book Tour for AFTERSHOCK by Zhang Ling

November Virtual Tour for MOTHERLAND: A Memoir by Paula Ramón translated by Julia Sanches and Jennifer Shyue

From Venezuelan journalist Paula Ramón comes a powerful memoir about one woman’s complicated relationship with her family as her beloved homeland collapses into ruin.

Here’s the fantastic lineup of bloggers who will post reviews, features, and giveaways. We hope you will follow along:

October Virtual Tour for DWELL TIME: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair by Rosa Lowinger

An illuminating debut memoir by a renowned conservator of art and architecture, DWELL TIME is an epic account of family, art, and the deterioration and restoration of both.

We have a fantastic group of bloggers who will post reviews, features, excerpts and giveaways. We hope you will join us!:

Pub Week Virtual Book Tour for RAVAGE & SON by Jerome Charyn Aug 21 – 25

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