The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
My visit to Northshire Bookstore: Cakes designed to look like books and a mysterious comment left unexplained
A couple weeks ago I visited Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont, as a part of my recent book tour for The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. Northshire is one of my favorite bookstores in the world. My wife and I take an annual pilgrimage to Northshire in the spring and always love our weekend…
Read MoreThe most difficult (and possibly inappropriate) question asked on book tour thus far
If you’ve ever attended one of my author talks, you’ll know that I encourage strange, difficult, inappropriate, and challenging questions during the Q&A portion of the evening. I even award a prize for the most challenging of questions: foreign editions of my books, books I have read and will never read again, and once $2…
Read MoreA character from The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs comes alive. Seriously.
If you’ve read my latest novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, you’ll know that the book opens on a memorable scene in a PTO meeting. What you might not know is that there is a nonfictional character living within that scene. Eric Feeney, identified in the book as a father of twins daughters and…
Read MoreMy book launch party was filled with many surprise guests and references to Dungeons & Dragons
My most recent novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, published ten days ago on September 8. Originally my book launch party was slated for September 10, but that was the date of the Patriots home opener at Gillette Stadium, and I have my priorities. My publicist understood completely, so the launch was moved to…
Read MorePublicity for The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
A couple good bits of publicity from my novel’s first day on bookstore shelves: The Hartford Courant ran a large piece about me and the book, which you can read online here. The NY Post named The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs one their “must reads books” of the week.
Read MoreAudio excerpt of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
As an avid audiobook listener, it was thrilled to receive the audio excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. I had no say in the choice of narrator, but once again, the producers have done a fantastic job. I actually think the book sounds better in Cynthia Hopkins’ voice than it…
Read MoreMy book launch party: Who’s coming?
The sign says “Reading/Signing” but it really should read: Storytelling/Hilarious Student Readers/Giveaways/Question-and-Answers/Laughs/Signing/Pretty Wife. You should come.
Read MoreFirst review of The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs arrives!
The Kirkus review has posted online, and I’m thrilled to report that it’s a great one. Kirkus Reviews is a magazine of book reviews published on the first and 15th of each month. It offers a preview of books prior to their publication, as well as a short but critical review of each book. It’s an important…
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The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs: An expletive-laced mention in Library Journal
Library Journal – the journal for librarians everywhere – mention my upcoming novel with some surprisingly explicit language. But in a good way. I’m thrilled, of course. After my wife and children and the New England Patriots and the person who makes my Egg McMuffin every day, librarians are my favorite people.
Read MoreToday I feel like a real author – which doesn’t happen often – and not for any reason that you might imagine.
I’m not sure if other authors feel this way, but most days, I don’t feel like a real author. Its ridiculous but true. I’ve published three novels – two with Doubleday and one with St. Martin’s Press – and I have a fourth publishing in September. My last book was translated into more than 25…
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