Editorial content for The Breaking of Eggs
Teaser
Sixty-one-year-old Feliks is a naturalized Frenchman, a displaced Pole and former Communist --- and a curmudgeon --- who has made his living writing a yearly travel guide to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In 1991, with the Curtain now fallen, Feliks finds his beliefs beginning to crumble around him.
About the Book
A debut novel unwinds the tangle of 20th-century history with wit, humor, and humanity.
Sixty-one-year-old Feliks is a naturalized Frenchman, a displaced Pole and former Communist --- and a curmudgeon --- who has made his living writing a yearly travel guide to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In 1991, with the Curtain now fallen, Feliks finds his beliefs beginning to crumble around him. When a rapacious American publisher offers to buy out his life's work, Feliks must travel to the country he has long despised, and so begins the wry and moving tale of a man who awakens from self-imposed isolation into a changed world he must get to know all over again. So unfolds a story of family, war, politics, a second chance at love, and one man's quest for himself.
An excellent interview with one of our favorites, Lisa Gardner! Check out her latest LIVE TO TELL in stores now!
A beautiful show of support in the book community, libraries and bookstores helping each other in times of need!
In today's post, regular contributor Jamie Layton tells us what books are jumping off the shelves at Duck's Cottage on the Outer Banks. From national and international favorites to works by local authors, Jamie gives us the booksellers view for Summer 2010. Any local favorites in your area?
It looks like this week that our eight regions are taking care of their own! Authors who write and reside in geographic territories saw readers reciprocate in those very regions.
Today’s book clubs in the news post features lives being changed by books, books being changed by technology and Karl Rove. What more could you ask for?
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In today's guest post, Marjorie Hart author of SUMMER AT TIFFANY, tells the amazing story of her second chapter. I'm inspired. Enough said.
The Second Chapter
Hey...we've all missed a book club meeting here or there. We're busy, or out of town or maybe we just don't feel like going. It happens. But I'm here to encourage you to go if there is any way you can. Your book club needs you. If everyone just willy-nilly didn't show up there might only be one or two there and that's not exactly how it was meant to be. So to that end, I have compiled a list of acceptable excuses for missing book club:
