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All information in this post is courtesy of Megan Rudloff and Simon and Schuster.
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August 21, 2018
Celebrating The Release Of:
IN THE MIDNIGHT ROOM
by Laura McBride
Touchstone Paperback
by Laura McBride
Touchstone Paperback
August 21, 2018
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Praise for the book:
"[A] jewel of a novel. Haunting and unpredictable,
’Round Midnight is the beautifully told story of how fates intertwine
in ways we can’t plan." (BookPage)
"A dangerous romance and a captivating character make "Round Midnight memorable...illuminating...
"In the opening pages of Laura McBride’s new novel,
June Stein dives off the Haverstraw Bridge and straight into the
reader’s imagination. I love how June, and the vivid, complicated women
around her, often fail to act in their own best
interests while they still win our affection and admiration. And I
love how McBride brings to life the fast-changing city of Las Vegas
through their intertwined stories. ‘Round Midnight is a passionate, gripping and beautifully written novel." (Margot
Livesey, author of Mercury)
"Laura McBride reminds us of the invisible threads that bind us together
as she weaves the stories of four very different women into a haunting
tale of love, loss, and the power to endure. A compelling, transporting,
and deeply wise novel. I was enthralled
from the first page. Laura McBride is a stunning storyteller." (Patry
Francis, author of The Orphans of Race Point)
"I’m not one to pull out the term “Great American Novel,” but Laura
McBride’s sublime ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT demands nothing less. Gorgeous,
engrossing, moving, and at times wickedly funny, this brilliant novel
pulled me in and didn’t let me go until the shattering
final sentence. This is the novel you need to read right now." (Joanna
Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year and A Fortunate Age)
“If McBride is trying to prove...—that if you change one life, you change the world—she succeeds magnificently.” (Booklist)
"A dangerous romance and a captivating character make "Round Midnight memorable...illuminating...
"When Laura McBride starts a novel, her characters lead the way as she writes." (The Denver Post)
"It's not often that a work of literature is able to move its readers to
slow down and savor its signifigance, coaxing them into prying open its
complexities one by one with a sense of wonder and anticipation. Equal
parts intricate and graceful, 'Round Midnight
accomplishes just this." (The Daily Californian)
"Redemption in doing the right thing, the solace of accepting fate,
perhaps, echoes through 'Round Midnight. McBride crafts passages of
sterling imagery and diction....Mostly, though, she tells an honest Las
Vegas tale about life and fate, with characters,
not caricatures." (Desert Companion)
"A beautiful novel about families and love and complications of human relations....Superb." (The Batavia Daily News)
"Through outstanding character development and beautifully crafted
storytelling, McBride uses the stories of four seemingly insignificant
women to weave her tale into the readers' heartstrings." (Deseret News)
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About The Book:
From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) about four vivid and complicated women in Las Vegas whose lives become connected by secrets, courage, tragedies, and small acts of kindness.
Fun-loving and rebellious, twenty-one-year-old June Stein abandons the safe world of her New Jersey childhood for edgy 1950s Las Vegas. For the next 60 years, June will dare to live boldly. She will upend conventions, risk her heart and her life, rear a child, lose a child, love more than one man, and stand up for more than one woman.
June’s story will intertwine with those of three unlikely strangers: a one-time mail order bride from the Philippines, a high school music teacher, and a young mother from Mexico working as a hotel maid. Knit together around June’s explosive secret, they forge a future that none of them foresee.
This jubilant, compassionate novel explores the unexpected ways that life connects us, changes us, and even perfects us. A powerful story of lust and of hope, of redemption and of compassion,In the Midnight Room is a smart, sagacious novel about womanhood, family bonds, and how we live in America now.
Photo Credit: Touchstone
From the author of the acclaimed novel We Are Called to Rise comes a “jewel of a novel” (BookPage) about four vivid and complicated women in Las Vegas whose lives become connected by secrets, courage, tragedies, and small acts of kindness.
Fun-loving and rebellious, twenty-one-year-old June Stein abandons the safe world of her New Jersey childhood for edgy 1950s Las Vegas. For the next 60 years, June will dare to live boldly. She will upend conventions, risk her heart and her life, rear a child, lose a child, love more than one man, and stand up for more than one woman.
June’s story will intertwine with those of three unlikely strangers: a one-time mail order bride from the Philippines, a high school music teacher, and a young mother from Mexico working as a hotel maid. Knit together around June’s explosive secret, they forge a future that none of them foresee.
This jubilant, compassionate novel explores the unexpected ways that life connects us, changes us, and even perfects us. A powerful story of lust and of hope, of redemption and of compassion,In the Midnight Room is a smart, sagacious novel about womanhood, family bonds, and how we live in America now.
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About the Author:
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Photo Credit: Michelle Adams
Laura McBride lives in Las Vegas and teaches composition at the College of Southern Nevada. She is the author of the novels
We Are Called to Rise and In the Midnight Room.
GIVEAWAY:
I am partnering with Megan Rudloff and Simon and Schuster for this giveaway:
Contest has ended!!
Congrats to
Jane from Maryland
USA ONLY
August 20 - August 27
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