We add three new novels to our Midwest Connections Picks starting in February. All of these books deal in their own ways with matters of the HEART, which makes them perfect choices for this month!
MBA booksellers — here’s a banner to add to your store’s website to promote these three books.
A novel for women of a certain age who are hot and bothered by society’s double standards. Champagne happy hours mandatory. Cubs get in free.
THE COUGAR CLUB
A Novel
Susan McBride
Avon A / HarperCollins Publishers
$13.99 Trade Paperback Original
ISBN: 978-0-06-1777126-2
On sale January 26, 2010
Women’s contemporary fiction set in St. Louis
“Susan McBride knows women and she knows cougars. This is more than evident in her newest book, THE COUGAR CLUB. McBride brings her humor and skill to women’s fiction in this book that reunites three 40-something friends in their hometown and shines a spotlight on their love lives — with younger men. The relationships between the women are a highlight, and as a bonus, McBride takes the reader on a wild ride through St Louis and some of its quirky customs. When I finished, I wanted to know when the sequel would be ready!”
– Vicki Erwin, Main Street Books, St. Charles, MO
For more details about this book, plus Midwest Connections marketing materials for our booksellers, click here.
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“I’d bet big money that this novel is about to become one of your favorite books…”
– Karen Russell, author of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
WEEPING UNDERWATER LOOKS
A LOT LIKE LAUGHTER
Michael J. White
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Penguin Book Group (USA)
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-339-15590-1
On sale February 4, 2010
This debut novel set in Des Moines is a smart, darkly funny coming-of-age tale of growing up and going under.
Read author Michael J. White’s comments on the creation of WEEPING UNDERWATER and sample this chapter from the book!
“I’d bet big money that this novel is about to become one of your favorite books. It’s a blood-red first-love story, a raw dealing of tragedy and its aftermath, and a wild spin throughthe lust- and grief-addled mind of one of the most honest and deliriously inventive narrators I’ve ever read…. WEEPING UNDERWATER will leave you hoarse from laughing, weak in the knees, possibly craving Iowa State Fair pickles, and helplessly in love.”
– Karen Russell, author of St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
For more details about this book, plus Midwest Connections marketing materials for our booksellers, click here.
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I recommend this book to everyone who has a heart.”
– Rachel Hettrick, Book Mouse, Ottawa, IL
IN A HEARTBEAT
Loretta Ellsworth
Walker & Company / Macmillan
$16.99 Hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-8027-2068-9
On sale February 2010
Young Adult Fiction set in Milwaukee and Minneapolis
“IN A HEARTBEAT by Loretta Ellsworth was an amazing book. It was given to me as a new unknown book that I could read and review, and I read it all in one sitting. The story is told by Eagan and Amelia, two teenage girls connected by life and death. The two different narratives make this story impossible to put down. I recommend this book to everyone who has a heart.”
– Rachel Hettrick, Book Mouse, Ottawa, IL
For more details about this book, plus Midwest Connections marketing materials for our booksellers, click here.
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Midwest Connections Picks Now in Paperback!
A RELIABLE WIFE
A Novel
Robert Goolrick
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9781565129771
$14.95 Trade Paperback
THE ROSE VARIATIONS
Marisha Chamberlain
Soho Press
distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
ISBN: 978-1-56947-618-5
$14.00 Trade Paperback
IRREPLACEABLE
Stephen Lovely
Voice / Hyperion
distributed by HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-4013-4121-3
$14.99 Trade Paperback
Buy all of these books from your favorite locally owned and operated Midwest independent bookseller!
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