YOU ARE MY ONLY: the paperback arrives

I had been with a client most of this day (except for the part when I took a walk, saw a friend, came home to a note from the one and only Tomie dePaola—oh, my). So it was dark when I walked back up to my porch and stumbled against this box.

What is it? my husband wondered.

I have no idea, I said.

And truly I didn't. Had no idea that You Are My Only—a book I loved writing, a book that so many of you supported, a book that means to much to me—was actually and truly being repackaged as a paperback.

And being released.

I am filled with the desire to go out and do a reading, celebrate this book, make something happen.

You, my blogging friends, are the party I am throwing.

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Small Damages Paperback: the gorgeous stepback

Sometimes you write books and love those books and they disappear. Sometimes they're never published. Sometimes the person who doesn't love your book is precisely who you thought you were writing your book for.

And sometimes you get so hugely lucky. You find an editor (and friend) like Tamra Tuller and a house like Philomel, a publicist like Jessica Shoffel and a friend like Michael Green. And then (you can't believe your continuing luck) you get a paperback team like Eileen Kreit and Krista Asadorian, who package the book with great grace.

Small Damages will be released by Penguin as a paperback on July 11th, and include this gorgeous stepback page. I am so grateful. I'll be launching the paperback in Old Town Alexandria, VA, and would love to see you there.

New News: Small Damages has been named a 2013 Carolyn W. Field Honor Book by the Pennsylvania Library Association.

July 27, 2013, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Launching Small Damages paperback/Memoir Workshop
with Debbie Levy
Hooray for Books
Old Town Alexandria, VA 

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