Juliet’s Nurse by Lois Leveen Is On Sale Now

The wait is over!   

Juliet’s Nurse has hit the shelves and the critics have taken notice.

Do YOU have your copy?  Thanks to David Brown of Atria Books, I have one.  :)

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What makes this prequel and retelling of Romeo and Juliet such a great read?

Take a look:  Named one of the TEN FALL/WINTER TITLES TO READ NOW by EarlyWord.com, which calls Juliet’s Nurse “a sure bet for fans of Geraldine Brooks,” noting, “To Leveen’s wonderfully crafted plot, add lovely language and a cast of truly complex characters.” Read the full review here

Library Journal says Juliet’s Nurse is “beautifully written…Leveen’s intricate storytelling is impressive.”

HistoricalNovels.info  says,”Earthy, witty, emotionally vibrant and all too human, Angelica makes Juliet’s Nurse a compelling read, sometimes delightful, sometimes heart-wrenching.”

BookTrib.com  described Juliet’s Nurse as “Sumptuously researched” promising “you’ll never think about Romeo and Juliet quite the same way again.”

Read an excerpt of Juliet’s Nurse to see why the reviewers have fallen in love with Leveen’s writing.

Learn more about Juliet’s Nurse at Lois’s official site and follow her on Facebook and Twitter

Get a behind-the-scenes look by reading Lois’s reflections on why Shakespeare remains so popular on ReadingThePast.Com  and check out the latest interviews with Lois from The Bainbridge Island Review, Romance at Random, the Oregonian, and Portland Monthly.

What did you think? Share your reviews of Juliet’s Nurse with us at:

AtriaNewsRoom@simonandschuster.com!

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Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet.  Her work has appeared in numerous literary and scholarly journals, as well as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Bitch magazine, The Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, and on NPR.  Lois gives talks about writing and history at universities, museums, and libraries around the country.  She lives in Portland, Oregon, with two cats, one Canadian, and 60,000 honeybees.

Visit her online at LoisLeveen.com and Facebook.com/LoisLeveen.