PENGUIN NEW RELEASES - WINTER / SPRING 2014 The Invention ... · The Invention of Wings: A Novel Sue Monk Kidd $27.95 Hardback 1/7/2014 On Sale Imprint: Viking Adult ISBN: 9780670024780

PENGUIN NEW RELEASES - WINTER / SPRING 2014

The Invention of Wings: A NovelSue Monk Kidd

$27.95Hardback1/7/2014 On Sale

Imprint: Viking AdultISBN: 9780670024780

Key Selling Points:• The Secret Life of Bees spent more than 220 weeks on the New York Timestrade paperback bestseller list, has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States, was turned into an award-winning major motion picture, and has been translated into 36 languages• The Mermaid Chair spent 24 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, reaching the #1 position, and spent 22 weeks on the New York Times trade paperback list• For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Kathryn Stockett, and Toni Morrison• Visit suemonkkidd.com

BISAC Category: Fiction

From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world—and it is now the newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection.

Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her with...

Penguin Rep: Jon Mooney [email protected]


Mrs. Lincoln's Rival Jennifer Chiaverini


Imprint: Dutton AdultISBN: 9780525954286

BISAC Category: Fiction / Historical

The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady’s very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as “one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society.” (Providence Journal)

Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase, rose to prominence in the antebellum years and wa...



The Secret of Magic Deborah Johnson


Imprint: Amy Einhorn Books/PutnamISBN: 9780399157721


In 1946, a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible: attaining justice for a black man in the Deep South.

Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the country. As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun’s The Secret of Magic, a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest....



North of Boston: A NovelElisabeth Elo


Imprint: Pamela Dorman BooksISBN: 9780670015658

BISAC Category: Fiction / Thrillers

Dennis Lehane meets Smilla’s Sense of Snow: a big discovery in the world of female suspense, about an edgy young woman with the rare ability to withstand extreme conditions

Elisabeth Elo’s debut novel introduces Pirio Kasparov, a Boston-bred tough-talkinggirl with an acerbic wit and a moral compass that points due north.

When the fishing boat Pirio is on is rammed by a freighter, she finds herself abandoned in the North Atlantic. Somehow, she survives nearly four hours in the water before being r...



Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln?s ImageJoshua Zeitz



Key Selling Points:• Published in time for President’s Day and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday

BISAC Category: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State

A timely and intimate look into Abraham Lincoln’s White House through the lives of his two closest aides and confidants

Lincoln’s official secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay enjoyed more access, witnessed more history, and knew Lincoln better than anyone outside of the president’s immediate family. Hay and Nicolay were the gatekeepers of the Lincoln legacy. They read poetry and attendeded the theater with the president, commiserated with him over Union army setbacks, and plotted electoral stra...



Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma: A NovelKerry Hudson

$15.00Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US)1/28/2014 On Sale

Imprint: Penguin BooksISBN: 9780143124641

Key Selling Points:

l A Penguin Originall Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Green Carnation Prize, and

the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Yearl For readers of The Death of Bees and Salvage the Bones, with potential for

YA crossoverl Visit kerryhudson.co.uk and follow @kerryswindow on Twitter

BISAC Category: Fiction / Humorous

“A witty and lively novel set somewhere between the worlds of Roddy Doyle and Irvine Welsh.” —William Dalyrymple, The Guardian

Reminiscent of early Roddy Doyle, Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-Cream Float Before He Stole My Ma begins with our singular heroine’s less than idyllic birth and quickly moves to a spectacular fight that lands Janie and her mother in a local women’s shelter. From there it’s on to a dodgy council flat and a succession of unsuitable men, including the hard-drinking, drug-deali...



Why Are You So Sad?: A NovelJason Porter


Imprint: PlumeISBN: 9780142180587

Key Selling Points:• Why Are You So Sad? was shortlisted for the 2011 Paris Literary Prize• Jason Porter is a 2007 Hertog Fellow and a 2011 UCross Artist in Residency

BISAC Category: Fiction / Literary

"Jason Porter could find a place on the shelf beside Richard Brautigan, George Saunders, and David Sedaris. This is a quick, odd, wonderful book, one that pinned me back on my heels and made me laugh."–Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin

Have we all sunken into a species-wide bout of clinical depression? Porter’s uproarious, intelligent debut centers on Raymond Champs, an illustrator of assembly manuals for a home furnishings corporation, who is charged with a huge task: To determine...



The Swan Gondola: A NovelTimothy Schaffert


Imprint: Riverhead HardcoverISBN: 9781594486098


A lush and thrilling romantic fable about two lovers set against the scandalous burlesques, midnight séances, and aerial ballets of the 1898 Omaha World’sFair.

On the eve of the 1898 Omaha World’s Fair, Ferret Skerritt, ventriloquist by trade, con man by birth, isn’t quite sure how it will change him or his city. Omaha still has the marks of a filthy Wild West town, even as it attempts to achieve the grandeur and respectability of nearby Chicago. But when he crosses paths with the beautiful and ...



Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green

Thumb and an Open HeartCarol Wall



BISAC Category: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

A true story of a unique friendship between two people who had nothing—andultimately everything—in common.

Carol Wall, a white woman living in a lily-white neighborhood in Middle America, was at a crossroads in her life. Her children were grown; she had successfully overcome illness; her beloved parents were getting older. One day she notices a dark-skinned African man tending her neighbor’s yard. His name is Giles Owita. He bags groceries at the supermarket. He comes from Kenya. And he’s very g...



Madam: A Novel of New OrleansCari Lynn, Kellie Martin


Imprint: PlumeISBN: 9780142180624

Key Selling Points:BISAC Category: Fiction / Historical

• Cari Lynn is the author of the nonfiction books The Whistleblower and Leg the Spread. She has written for O, The Oprah Magazine; Health, Good Housekeeping,and the Chicago Tribune • Kellie Martin was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Life Goes On. Selected credits include Army Wives and ER.• Martin serves as spokesperson for the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association

A captivating novel, based on true events, that follows the rise to power of New Orleans’s most infamous whore-turned-madam

New Orleans, 1897. Mary Deubler makes her living as a so-called Alley Whore—until bible-thumping Alderman Sidney Story creates a red-light district, mockingly dubbed “Storyville.” Through gumption, twists of fate, even a touch of voodoo, Mary rises above her hopeless lot to become the notorious Madam Josie Arlington.

Filled with fascinating historical details and characters...



A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain Adrianne Harun


Imprint: Penguin BooksISBN: 9780670786107

Key Selling Points:

l A Penguin Originall Adrianne Harun’s first short story collection The King of Limbo was a

Washington State Book Award finalist, and her second collection, Lost in the War of the Beautiful Lads, was a Grace Paley Award finalist

l Harun’s writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Narrative Magazine,Story, the Colorado Review, and the Sun, among other publications

l Also for readers of Karen Russell, Kelly Link, and Alice Munro, and fans of the novel Those Across the River

BISAC Category: Fiction / Literary

The seductive and chilling debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of The King of Limbo

In isolated British Columbia, girls, mostly native, are vanishing from the sides of a notorious highway. Leo Kreutzer and his four friends are barely touched by these disappearances—until a series of mysterious and troublesome outsiders come to town. Then it seems as if the devil himself has appeared among them.

In this intoxicatingly lush debut novel, Adrianne Harun weaves together folklore, mythology...



Missing You Harlan Coben


Imprint: Dutton AdultISBN: 9780525953494

BISAC Category: Fiction / Thrillers

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a heart-poundingthriller about the ties we have to our past...and the lies that bind us together. It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart—andwho she hasn’t seen in 18 years....



James Madison: A Life ReconsideredLynne Cheney



BISAC Category: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State

A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by NewYork Times bestselling author Lynne Cheney This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rational...



The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price Purveyor of Superior Funerals Wendy Jones


Imprint: Europa EditionsISBN: 9781609451851

BISAC Category: Fiction

Under the heady influence of a springtime picnic and vague notions of obligation, young undertaker Wilfred Price blurts out a marriage proposal to a woman he barely knows. Much to his consternation, she says yes. As Wilfred attempts to extricate himself from the situation, his betrothed’s overbearing father presents further complications. And when Wilfred meets another woman he does wish to marry, a comedy of manners ensues. Set in rural Wales during the 1920s, Wendy Jones’s charming first novel...



Fallen Beauty Erika Robuck


Imprint: NAL TradeISBN: 9780451418906

Key Selling Points:

l Robuck’s novels, Call Me Zelda (5/13) and Hemingway’s Girl (9/12), received fantastic endorsements and have sold strongly

l Millay was a celebrity of her day, drawing crowds of thousands to her poetry readings

l Includes an Author’s Note and a Bibliography


“Without sin, can we know beauty? Can we fully appreciate the summer without the winter? No, I am glad to suffer so I can feel the fullness of our time in the light.”

Upstate New York, 1928. Laura Kelley and the man she loves sneak away from their judgmental town to attend a performance of the scandalous Ziegfeld Follies. But the dark consequences of their night of daring and delight reach far into the future.…

That same evening, Bohemian poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and her indulgent husband hold...

A new novel of artistry and passion from the author of Hemingway’sGirl and Call Me Zelda.



Glorious: A Novel of the American WestJeff Guinn


Imprint: Putnam AdultISBN: 9780399165412

BISAC Category: Fiction / Westerns

New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Gunfight, Jeff Guinn turns his eye for evocative detail and history to a sweeping novel of the Old West, weaving a compelling tale of life in the Arizona Territory in 1872.

We’ve all got mistakes in our past we’d rather forget.

Cash McLendon has always had an instinct for self-preservation, one that was honed by an impoverished childhood and life with an alcoholic father barely scraping by on the streets of Saint Louis in 1872. He’s always had a knack ...



Sundance: A NovelDavid Fuller


Imprint: Riverhead HardcoverISBN: 9781594632457


A gripping historical novel of love and vengeance starring Harry Longbaugh, better known as the Sundance Kid.

Legend has it that bank robber Harry Longbaugh and his partner Robert Parker were killed in a shootout in Bolivia. That was the supposed end of the Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy.

Sundance tells a different story. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Longbaugh is very much alive, though serving in a Wyoming prison under an alias.

When he is released in 1913, Longbaugh reenters a chang...



The Devil's Workshop Alex Grecian



BISAC Category: Fiction / Crime

Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad faces the most shocking case of its existence, in the extraordinary new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national bestseller The Yard. London, 1890. Four vicious murderers have escaped from prison, part of a plan gone terribly wrong, and now it is up to Walter Day, Nevil Hammersmith, and the rest of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad to hunt down the convicts before the men can resume their bloody spree. But they might already be too late. The killers h...



Never Coming Back Tim Weaver



Key Selling Points:• Visit TimWeaverBooks.com; follow @TimWeaverBooks

BISAC Category: Fiction / Crime

A bestseller in the UK, this gripping thriller of a family that vanishes into thin air is Tim Weaver’s American debut Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie’s house to find the front door unlocked, dinner on the table, and the family nowhere to be found—Carrie, her husband, and two daughters have disappeared. When the police turn up no leads, Emily turns to her former boyfriend David Raker, a missing persons investigator, to track the family down. As Raker pursues the case, he discovers evidenc...



The Untold Courtney Collins




With shades of Water for Elephants and True Grit, a stunning debut novel set in the Australian outback about a female horse thief, her bid for freedom, and the two men trying to capture her.

It is 1921. In a mountain-locked valley, Jessie is on the run. Born wild and brave, by twenty-six she has already lived life as a circus rider, horse and cattle rustler, and convict. But on this fateful night she is just a woman wanting to survive though there is barely any life left in her. Two men crash thr...



Invisible Ellen Shari Shattuck



BISAC Category: Fiction / Contemporary Women

"Invisible Ellen is a heartfelt and moving portrait of life on the sidelines. It is a book for anyone who has ever felt they didn't count. And who hasn't felt that way at least once? A lovely, compelling novel about a woman you won't soon forget."—Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Fly Away

In the bestselling tradition of Jennifer Weiner, a clever, funny yet poignant novel about the friendship between two absolutely unforgettable women.

For many of us, there comes a moment ...



One Plus One: A NovelJojo Moyes


Imprint: Pamela Dorman BooksISBN: 9780525426585

Key Selling Points:BISAC Category: Fiction / Contemporary Women

• Me Before You and The Girl You Left Behind were print and extended New York Times bestsellers • Visit jojomoyes.com, like “Jojo Moyes” on Facebook, and follow @jojomoyes

One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the New York Times bestseller list with the word-of-mouth sensation Me Before You. Now, with One Plus One, she’s written another contemporary opposites-attract love story. Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your h...



The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper LeeMarja Mills


Imprint: Penguin Press HC, TheISBN: 9781594205194

BISAC Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary

One journalist’s memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the extraordinary access they gave her to share the story of their lives

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel’s celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists have trekked to her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, where Harper Lee, known to her friends as Nelle, has lived with her sister, Alice, for decades, trying and failing to get an interview with the author. But in 2001, the Lee sisters opened their door to Chicago Tribune journalist...



The Book of Life: A NovelDeborah Harkness



Key Selling Points:BISAC Category: Fiction / Suspense

• Shadow of Night debuted at #1 and spent thirteen weeks on The New York Times printed and extended bestseller lists in hardcover • A Discovery of Witches spent fifteen weeks on The New York Times printed and extended bestseller lists in hardcover • Visit www.deborahharkness.com; follow @DebHarkness

The highly anticipated finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Discovery of Witches After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But t...


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PENGUIN NEW RELEASES - WINTER / SPRING 2014 The Invention ... · The Invention of Wings: A Novel Sue Monk Kidd $27.95 Hardback 1/7/2014 On Sale Imprint: Viking Adult ISBN: 9780670024780