Springing Forward 2007: Fiction/First Novels & Collections
Edited by Dick Donahue and Lauren Joyce -- Publishers Weekly, 1/22/2007
BETHANY HOUSE
The Heir (Mar., $18.99) by Paul Robertson. When Jason Boyer inherits his father's empire, he has to fight not to lose his soul or his life.
CANONGATE
The Raw Shark Texts (Apr., $24) by Steven Hall. This psychological thriller explores ideas about language, information and identity. 125,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Author tour.
COUNTERPOINT
Landsman (June, $26) by Peter Charles Melman offers a tale of redemption and romance in the midst of the Civil War. Author tour.
CROWN/SHAYE AREHEART
A Good and Happy Child (May, $24) by Justin Evans opens in a therapist's office, where George Davies seeks help because he can't stand to hold his newborn son.
Mary Modern (July, $24) by Camille DeAngelis. A genetic researcher clones her grandmother and brings her back to life as a 22-year-old.
DIAL
The Manny (June, $25) by Holly Peterson. Jamie Whitfield, small-town girl turned Park Avenue working mom, hires a male nanny to help with her chaotic life. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
DOWN EAST BOOKS
An Unexpected Forest (Apr., $22.95) by Eleanor Lincoln Morse. In present-day New England, four unusual people seek out the natural world and each other in unlikely ways.
FAITHWORDS
The Penny (June, $21.99) by Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford tells a tale of restoration and forgiveness.
FULCRUM
A Man You Could Love (May, $27.95) by John Callahan follows the lives of a political strategist and an idealistic candidate from the 1960s through the 2000 election.
HENRY HOLT
Volk's Game (June, $23) by Brent Ghelfi. A veteran of Russia's war in Chechnya functions as a major player in the black market and a covert agent for the Russian military.
KNOPF
The Ministry of Special Cases (May, $25) by Nathan Englander follows a family whose son disappears in Argentina's Dirty War. 150,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 12-city author tour.
LITTLE, BROWN
The Blood of Flowers (June, $23.99) by Anita Amirrezvani centers on a young woman who designs carpets in 17th-century Persia. Ad/promo. 4-city author tour.
PANTHEON
Soon I Will Be Invincible (June, $22.95) by Austin Grossman features a cast of superheroes and supervillains who inhabit a world similar to our own. Ad/promo. 6-city author tour.
PARACLETE PRESS
Saving Erasmus (Apr., $23.95) by Steven Cleaver describes a fresh seminary graduate's encounters with the angel of death in a tiny parish.
RIVERHEAD
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Mar., $22.95) by Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant in the U.S. who fled the revolution that killed his father.
SCRIBNER
The God of Animals (Mar., $25) by Aryn Kyle. Set on a horse ranch, this coming-of-age story opens with a dead girl in a canal and ends in more violence. 125,000 first printing.
SOHO PRESS
The Fighter (July, $24) by Craig Davidson depicts the world of illegal, bare-knuckle boxing. Author tour.
The Night Birds (Aug., $23) by Thomas Maltman. In the summer of 1876, a boy's life is changed by two visitors, each bearing secrets from the past.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS
Where Bones Dance: An English Girlhood, an African War (Apr., $26.95) by Nina Newington. A child living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war discovers a dark side to her British diplomatic family.
WARNER BOOKS
Free Food for Millionaires (May, $24.99) by Min Jin Lee. The daughter of Korean immigrants navigates the Manhattan world of haves and have-nots. Ad/promo.
