Spring 2005 Trade Paperbacks: Fiction/First & Collections
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 1/24/2005
ANCHOR
Clearcut (Aug., $13) by Nina Shengold is a comic yet sensual love story set in the Pacific Northwest. Advertising. Author tour.
BALLANTINE/ONE WORLD
The Middle Sister (June, $12.95) by Bonnie Glover. An African-American girl comes of age in the Brooklyn projects during the 1970s.
BANTAM
Alternate Beauty (Aug., $14) by Andrea Rains Waggener. Ronnie realizes her dream when she awakens in a world where fat is beautiful. 30,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
BANTAM SPECTRA
Hammerjack (June, $12) by Marc D. Giller is a thriller about synthetic intelligence and an antitechnology cult. 25,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
BERKLEY
Diana Lively Is Falling Down (May, $13) by Sheila Curran. A woman travels the world to find herself.
CARROLL & GRAF
The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers (June, $12.95) by Joe Babcock. Erick meets a 26-year-old self-proclaimed "grandiloquist" drag queen.
CITY LIGHTS
Atomik Aztex (July, $15.95) by Sesshu Foster takes place in an alternate universe where Aztecs rule the conquered European invaders. 15,000 first printing. Advertising. Author tour.
DELL/DELTA
Exclusive: Reporters in Love... and War (July, $12) by Barbara Fischkin is the romantic saga of two journalists, a Jewish girl from Brooklyn and an Irish lad from Queens. Advertising. Author publicity.
FAIR PRESS
Juan Caraveo (Mar., $16) by James Hinton. Searching for his father, a Mexican boy has mystic experiences.
FORGE
The Witch of Cologne (Aug., $14.95) by Tobsha Learner. An alluring Jewish midwife is persecuted during the Spanish Inquisition. Ad/promo.
FREE PRESS
Hidden (July, $12) by Paul Jaskunas uses a crime to explore the mystery of identity. Ad/promo.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
Record Palace (May, $15) by Susan Wheeler looks at jazz, race and politics in 1970s Chicago. Advertising.
GROVE/BLACK CAT
Tokyo Cancelled (June, $13) by Rana Dasgupta is a contemporary take on The Canterbury Tales with travelers stranded in an airport.
HARCOURT/HARVEST
Raymond and Hannah (May, $14) by Stephen Marche weaves a story about physical lust and spiritual longing. Advertising.
HARVEST HOUSE
Moonlight on the Millpond (Mar., $11.99) by Lori Wick. Jace finds hope when he moves to Token Creek and falls in love.
HAWORTH PRESS
The Boys in the Brownstone (May, $22.95) by Kevin Scott is set in Brownstone, a gay bar on Manhattan's Upper East Side, on the night before Christmas Eve.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN/MARINER
Brain Work: Stories (July, $12) by Michael Guista is a collection featuring psychiatrists, professors and people with brain disorders. Advertising. Author tour.
KENSINGTON
Rescue Me: An Erotic Novel (July, $14) by Megan Clark. Natasha introduces college student Danielle to new sexual adventures as they travel through Europe.
LOST COAST PRESS
Gypsy of the Sea (Apr., $14) by Helen Dean Brewer. A young American visits her ancestral homeland, Albania. Advertising.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
How to Be Famous (Apr., $12.95) by Alison Bond depicts life in Hollywood, where rules must be obeyed.
The Starter Marriage (July, $TBA) by Kate Harrison. After the breakup of her marriage, a woman seeks help in a divorce survival class.
NAL ACCENT
The Color of Light (June, $12.95) by Karen White. Told with a Southern voice, this novel matches a woman seeking a new beginning with a man haunted by the past.
PLUME
Jaded (Apr., $13) by Lucy Hawking. Did the London banker suffer a nervous breakdown or was he set up for a fall? 50,000 first printing.
RAINCOAST BOOKS
Tiger Dreams (May, $15.95) by Almeda Glenn Miller. A filmmaker journeys to India to learn about her grandmother, wife of Gandhi's jailer.
RIVERHEAD
Any Wednesday I'm Yours (July, $14) by Mayra Santos-Febres is a "Latin noir" mystery amid San Juan's underworld.
SERPENT'S TAIL
Chasing Jordan (Aug., $15) by Heidi W. Boehringer follows what happens to a mother after she accidentally kills her son.
SHOEMAKER & HOARD
The Method Actors (June, $16) by Carl Shuker is the New Zealander's take on sex and culture shock in Japan.
SOURCEBOOKS LANDMARK
When Harry Hit the Hamptons (May, $14) by Mara Goodman-Davies is the comic tale about Harry's ultimatum: shape up or kiss the family fortune good-bye.
VILLARD
Ditched by Dr. Right: And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society (July, $12.95) by Elizabeth Warner. Comedic stories describe being a single female in America. Author tour.
WALK WORTHY PRESS
Heaven Sent (Apr., $12.95) by Montré Bible introduces Andrew, the descendant of a fallen half-angel and a human on a journey of spiritual discovery. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
What a Sista Should Do (June, $12.95) by Tiffany L. Warren. Three women rely on faith and prayer to confront harsh realities. Ad/promo. 5-city author tour.
WATERBROOK PRESS
Worlds Collide (Mar., $12.99) by Alison Strobel. A celebrity biographer detects a spiritual chasm that threatens a Hollywood heartthrob's marriage.
WESTBOW PRESS
Dreaming in Black and White (Apr., $13.99) by Laura Jensen Walker is chick lit about love and the internet.
ZONDERVAN
Wounded Healer (July, $12.99) by Donna Fleisher focuses on two female former soldiers with opposing attitudes toward God four years after serving in Operation Desert Storm.
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