July and August 2010 Releases

Hollywood Savage by Kristin McCloy--Miles is a successful writer whose latest book is being made into a high-profile movie in Hollywood. While in California writing the script, Miles begins to record escalating fantasies in his journal, fantasies that his glamorous New York wife is having an affair with Connor, one of Miles's young students in New York. Trapped between his fantasy world and the sun-buffed, egocentric society in which he finds himself, Miles wallows in his sense of betrayal. Meanwhile, a woman named Lucy gradually enters his life. Lucy seduces Miles's imagination with her searching mind, lack of guile, and unselfconscious motherhood. Inexorably, they move toward a passionate love-affair, a potent broth of guilt, infidelity, and loss.

With a mature cynicism and flair, Kristin creates profoundly memorable characters and relationships. She captures the flavor of New York City and the exploitive brashness of Hollywood. Her writing is terse and powerful, alternately lyrical and understated.

"...an absolutely fascinating narrator. McCloy’s raw prose and Miles’s wild unpredictability will keep readers hooked as Miles flirts with a potentially catastrophic crash and burn." —Publisher's Weekly

Washington Square Press July 2010

Parenting Apart by Christina McGhee--Unlike other experts, who get bogged down in elaborate theories about divorce and child development, McGhee presents practical tips for meeting a child's needs. Her argument--that children can not only survive, but also thrive following their parents' divorce-- is convincing and inspiring.

McGhee, an internationally acclaimed divorce coach and parent educator, understands that parents sometimes need their hands held, too. Her narrative voice hits exactly the right notes of sensitivity and structure.

Berkley August 2010

Storm Mountain by Tom Birdseye--It's stupid, all right, and it's all Ty's fault! It was Cat's impulsive, irrepressible cousin Ty's harebrained idea to spread the ashes of their late fathers at the summit of the same treacherous mountain that claimed both their lives. Now Cat must put all her mountaineering knowledge to work if they are to survive Storm Mountain and a snow storm that might become as dangerous as the one their fathers encountered seven years ago.

STORM MOUNTAIN is a gripping wilderness adventure lightened by humor and made truly memorable by the young protagonists, whose struggles help mend their fractious relationship and strengthen the bond formed by shared tragedy.

"Dramatic, insightful." --Publishers Weekly on award-winning author Tom Birdseye's JUST CALL ME STUPID

Holiday House August 2010