Ben Bradlee and his son, Quinn, spent plenty of time together working outdoors, sharing family stories. One day, they decided that they ought to be writing this all down while explaining the virtues that made them not just father and son, but best friends.
What made you decide to write together?
Ben Bradlee: A chance like this comes along once in a lifetime and I grabbed it!
On to Part 4 of our series on Hot Fall Book Club Picks from the BEA panel a couple of weeks ago. Hard to believe all this great information came out of just one talk. Imagine how much total book knowledge was in that place!! I'm still kind of overwhelmed trying to get my head around all the new authors, titles and technologies I heard about! But back to this series. Next up at the panel was Talia Sherer (rhymes with terror), the Director of Library Marketing, Adult Trade for MacMillan. She presented some great titles:
Christina Olds’ childhood was atypical, raised on Air Force bases around the world, but it helped create an inseparable bond with her father Robin. As she got older, Christina learned of her father’s storied career as a fighter pilot during World War II and the Vietnam War. Soon, Christina was helping her father pen his memoirs and recounting their lives around the world.
In this excerpt from his bestseller, MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Father, Husband and Son, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon talks about the often overlooked tasks of a mother, and the pride he takes in them as a Dad.
In today's post, regular contributor Heather Johnson (Storie delle Sorelle Book Club Blog) shares her book club's experience with a great book. I read this one a couple years back and really enjoyed it though never thought of it for a book club pick. Nice to see that Heather was thinking outside the box!
I hope you've been enjoying reading about all the upcoming titles for fall in this fab insider's look at the hot book club picks for fall. Next up is Patrick Nolan, VP of Trade Paperback Sales for Penguin Group USA. He was the third to speak at the BEA panel on hot book club picks and had this to share:
Welcome to Part 2 of the Hot Fall Book Club Titles series. The second editor to speak at the BEA panel on Hot Book Club Titles for fall was Jennifer Hart, VP/Associate Publisher for Harper Perennial, Harper Paperbacks and Avon. She presented the following titles:
Editorial content for The Actor and the Housewife
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From New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale comes an utterly satisfying new novel that asks the question: Can a seemingly normal, happily married Mormon mother-of-four be best friends with Hollywood’s hottest (happily married) heartthrob?
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From New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale comes an utterly satisfying new novel that asks the question: Can a seemingly normal, happily married Mormon mother-of-four be best friends with Hollywood’s hottest (happily married) heartthrob?
Shannon Hale has created a magical and often hilarious story that explores what might happen when your not-so secret celebrity crush walks right into real life, and changes everything.
I promised more content from my experience a couple of weeks ago at BookExpo America. Well here it comes. One of the sessions I attended (moderated by our very own Carol Fitzgerald) was called Hot Book Club Titles: Fall 2010. Sounds right up our alley, no? It was 6 industry big wigs talking about their companies upcoming great reads for book groups. So, welcome to Part 1 of a 6 part series! The first speaker at the session was Michael Croy, Field Sales Director at Simon & Schuster, and these are the books he presented:
In today's post Cindy Hudson, guest blogger and author of BOOK BY BOOK: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO CREATING MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUBS, talks about reading NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL and the all of the rich discussion the book brought out. What a great way to get young girls (and not so young ones) to talk openly about important issues.
