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JUNE 2025 Virtual Book Tour for FAMILY & OTHER CALAMITIES by Leslie Gray Streeter!

A successful journalist returns to her hometown just as her biggest mistake becomes headline news in this vibrant, funny, and heartfelt novel about facing the past, and its secrets, head-on.

“Family & Other Calamities delivers exactly what I want when I sit down to read a novel. It has genuinely memorable characters, a fresh voice that kept me reading, lines that made me laugh out loud, and scenes that brought me to tears.” ―James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“a romp that plumbs emotional depths of family ties and what we sacrifice to follow our dreams. Streeter’s debut novel (succeeding the memoir, Black Widow, 2020) is a winner.” ―Booklist

“Family & Other Calamities is about love in many forms―family, friendship, and standing up for what is yours. Dawn Roberts is a funny and charming character you will want to root for. Streeter’s signature humor and charisma shine bright in this bighearted debut.” ―Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author

“A compelling story of truth, justice, and the American way. Leslie Streeter understands both the news business and the heartbreak business.” ―Josh Mankiewicz, correspondent for Dateline NBC

“Leslie Streeter’s dialogue is delightful. Even when the good times slam into bad times, her heroine holds on to her sense of humor and you won’t want to leave her side. As a bonus, this novel offers deep wisdom about being a journalist, so not only will you laugh―and be moved―but you will also learn how to be a better writer.” ―Nell Scovell, author of Just the Funny Parts

“Family & Other Calamities is vintage Leslie Gray Streeter: hilariously funny, and with a powerful emotional punch. It’s a deep study in the gifts we get from the people we love the most, even when we don’t always like them.” ―Jen Lancaster, New York Times bestselling author of Housemoms

An award-winning journalist and columnist for the Baltimore Banner, Leslie Gray Streeter knows a thing or two about chasing down a good story and scoring in-depth interviews with celebrities. In FAMILY & OTHER CALAMITIES (Lake Union Publishing; June 1, 2025), she has tapped into her years of experience in the biz to create a riotous, emotionally relatable novel about a Black woman journalist who is going through it all – grief, betrayal, family drama, long buried secrets, and so many carbs.

Fans of Jasmine Guillory, Candice Carty-Williams, and Dolly Alderton will delight in Gray Streeter’s fiction debut with a tell-it-like-it-is protagonist, an eclectic cast of endearing characters, and a wildly entertaining story you won’t soon forget.

To celebrate the publication of FAMILY & OTHER CALAMITIES, we are hosting a virtual book tour throughout June featuring this fabulous roster of book influencers. Follow along for plenty of laughs, reviews, excerpts, and GIVEAWAYS!

Monday, June 2 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

Monday, June 2 – MY BURSTING BOOK BAG

Tuesday, June 3 – CASSIE’S BOOK REVIEWS

Tuesday, June 3 – STOREYBOOK REVIEWS

Wednesday, June 4 – DIVE INTO A GOOD BOOK

Thursday, June 5 – BOOKS N BIKRAM

Friday, June 6 – KIM READS AND READS

Saturday, June 7 – BOOKPHILE BELLE

Sunday, June 8 – PURRFECT PAGES

Sunday, June 8 – LOVE MY DANE DOLLY

Monday, June 9 – BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Tuesday, June 10 – KATIE NEEDS A BIGGER BOOKSHELF

Tuesday, June 10 – BOOKIN IT WITH AHTIYA

Wednesday, June 11 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Wednesday, June 11 – THE BOOK CLUB MOM

Thursday, June 12 –  LOVE MY BOOKS 2020 

Thursday, June 12 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Friday, June 13 – ELLIOTT READS

Friday, June 13 – SUNFLOWER BOOK LOVER

Saturday, June 14 – WUTHERING VINES

Monday, June 16 – SUE THE BOOKIE

Tuesday, June 17 – BOOKS AND BIEWERS

Tuesday, June 17 –  BOOKALONG

Wednesday, June 18 – MEG’S BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, June 18 – BEE IS FOR BOOKS

Thursday, June 19 – DANISH MUSTARD READS

Friday, June 20 – 2 MANY BOOKS 2 LITTLE TIME

Friday, June 20 – WE BREAK FOR BOOKS

Monday, June 23 – ARMED WITH A BOOK

Monday, June 23 – GLORIANA WONG

Tuesday, June 24 – JOURNAL OF JAIDA

Tuesday, June 24 – BLACK BIRACIAL AND BOOKISH

Wednesday, June 25 – JEN’S TOWERING TBR

Thursday, June 26 –  BOOKAPOTAMUS

Friday, June 27  – NISSA THE BOOKWORM

Friday, June 27 – BOOKS AND THEMES

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Uncategorized Tagged With: Baltimore, Black womens fiction, book club fiction, Funny fiction, Lake Union, Leslie Gray Streeter, Midlife fiction, OTRPR, Over the River PR, Over the River Public Relations, Womens Fiction

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Join bestselling author Ann Garvin for the August Virtual Book Tour on behalf of her wonderful novel, THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS

“The show must go on” takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work, a Good Morning America May ‘21 recommended book!

“Ann Garvin’s genius lies in creating endearing, authentic women in the throes of midlife, and
THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS is another gem. Just when Poppy Lively thinks her life has bottomed out, life throws her one more plot twist, and this fifty-year-old single mom digs deep in her own Midwest Nice way to finally become the hero of her own life. Readers will cheer for Poppy, and her little dog Kevin, too!” –Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of THE HOMEWRECKERS and co-host of Friends & Fiction

Fans of Nora Ephron, Amy Poeppel, Maria Semple, Dolly Alderton, and Laura Zigman will relish Ann Garvin’s eagerly anticipated new novel, THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS (Lake Union Publishing; August 1, 2023). Bankrupt, Midwestern, Poppy Lively is a stowaway on a Los Angeles movie set, where she must stay hidden & prove her worth—or risk her beloved daughter’s future.

It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone but the IRS.

After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. It’s a bold move to pack her bags, keep secrets from her daughter, and head to Los Angeles, but Poppy’s a capable person―how hard can a job in wardrobe be? It’s not like she has a choice; her life couldn’t get any worse. Even so, this Midwesterner has a lot to learn about the fast and loose world of movie stars, iconic costumes, and back-lot intrigue.

As a single mom, she’s rarely had time for watching movies, she doesn’t sew, and she doesn’t know a thing about dressing the biggest names in the business. Floundering and overlooked, Poppy has one ally: Allen Carol, an ill-tempered movie star taken with Poppy’s unfiltered candor and general indifference to stardom.

When Poppy stumbles upon corruption, she relies on everyone underestimating her to discover who’s at the center of it, a revelation that shakes her belief in humanity. What she thought was a way to secure a future for her daughter becomes a spotlight illuminating the facts: Poppy is out of her league among the divas of Tinseltown.

Poppy must decide whether to keep her mouth shut, as she’s always done, or with the help of a scruffy dog, show the moviemakers that they need her unglamorous ways, whether the superstars like it or not.

We have an enthusiastic group of bloggers who will be posting reviews, features, Q&As, excerpts and giveaways throughout August. We hope you will join us!

Tuesday, August 1 – BOOKAPOTAMUS

Wednesday, August 2 – SUE THE BOOKIE

Thursday, August 3 – BRIANA’S BEST READS

Friday, August 4 – NURSE BOOKIE

Monday, August 7 –  BOOKS N YOGA PANTS

Tuesday, August 8 – BOOKS LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

Wednesday, August 9 – NIKKI H ROSE

Thursday. August 10 – THE BOOK CLUB MOM

Friday, August 11 – SECRET READING LIFE

Friday, August 11 – LITERARY QUICKSAND 

Saturday, August 12 – PURRFECT PAGES

Sunday, August 13 – WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE 

Monday, August 14 – A BOOKWORM WITH WINE

Tuesday, August 15 – DANISH MUSTARD  READS

Wednesday, August 16 – TINA MAY READS 

Thursday, August 17 – MRS BOOM READS

Friday, August 18 – THE BOOK LOVER BOOK CLUB

Friday, August 18 – WE BREAK FOR BOOKS

Monday, August 21 – MEG’S BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, August 22 – SUZY APPROVED BOOK REVIEWS

Wednesday, August 23 – MOMMA LEIGHELLEN’S BOOK NOOK 

Thursday, August 24 – SUBAKKA BOOKSTUFF

Friday, August 25 – READING WITH MELANN ROSENTHAL 

Monday, August 28 – BOOKS AND COFFEE MX

Tuesday, August 29 – ANDREA C. LOWRY READS

Wednesday, August 30 – TEE’S BOOK JOURNEY

Wednesday, August 30 – ANGELA READS BOOKS

Thursday, August 31 – BOOKS WITH BETHANY

Thursday, August 31 – BOOK OBSESSIONS LINDA

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ann Garvin, Best August 2023 reads, book club fiction, Funny Sad novel, Lake Union Publishing, OTRPR, Over the River Public Relations, Summer reads 2023, Theres No Coming Back From This, Virtual book tour, Womens Fiction

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