DATELINE: November 12, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
M. Allen Cunningham, Atelier26 Books
Mark G. Auerbach, Public Relations
AUTHOR HARRIET SCOTT CHESSMAN VISITS NEW ENGLAND ON A DECEMBER READING/BOOKSIGNING TOUR OF HER NEW NOVEL “THE BEAUTY OF ORDINARY THINGS”
Portland, OR--Atelier26 Books, publisher of Harriet Scott Chessman’s new novel, The Beauty of Ordinary Things, has announced that Chessman will make several appearances in New England on her December reading and booksigning tour.
These public events include:
Monday, December 2, 2013 at 4:30PM
Abernethy Room, Middlebury College
131 South Main Street
Middlebury, VT.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 7:00PM
R. J. Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Rd.
Madison, CT
(203) 245-3959 or (800) 74-READS
Thursday, December 5, 2013 Time TBD
Water Street Books
The Williams College Bookstore
26 Water Street
Williamstown, MA.
Friday, December 6, 2013 at 7:00PM
Toad Hall Book Store
47 Main Street
Rockport, MA.
A complete list of Harriet Scott Chessman’s readings and booksigning dates is available at: http://www.atelier26books.com/
Atelier26 Books, a new independent press in Portland, OR, released Chessman’s new novel, The Beauty of Ordinary Things, on November 12. Chessman is author of three previous acclaimed novels, including the #1 Indie Next Pick and book-club favorite “Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper” as well as the Good Morning America Book Club selection and San Francisco Chronicle Top Pick “Someone Not Really Her Mother” and “Ohio Angels”. Her fiction has been translated into ten languages
Harriet Scott Chessman was born in Newark, OH and raised in Granville, OH. A graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School, Wellesley College (B.A.), and Yale University (Ph.D), Chessman has taught literature and writing at Yale University, Bread Loaf School of English in VT, and Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. In addition to her novels, Chessman has authored ”The Public Is Invited to Dance”, a book about Gertrude Stein. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. For information on Harriet Scott Chessman: http://harrietchessman.com/
With The Beauty of Ordinary Things, Chessman has fashioned a powerful new story about our yearning for wholeness and the enduring weight of our briefest encounters.
Back from a tour of duty in Vietnam, Benny Finn, eldest son in a large Irish-American family, strives to find his bearings amid the everyday life of 1973 New England. At a Benedictine abbey in rural New Hampshire, Sister Clare, a young novice, confronts the day-to-day realities of a cloistered existence. Linking these two is Isabel Howell, a college student soon to discover that she must chart the course of her own life in a way she could not have imagined.
Atelier26 is a micro-press in Portland, OR, founded in 2011, with the aim to publish fiction by contemporary writers in fine editions showcasing the highest design standards. Atelier26 books are offered for sale through an online storefront, and through America's finest independent bookstores. Their premier title, “Date of Disappearance: Assorted Stories” by M. Allen Cunningham, was followed by the Atelier26 Samizdat Series, with Cunningham's “The Honorable Obscurity Handbook: Solidarity & Sound Advice for Writers and Artists”. For information: www.Atelier26Books.com
The Beauty of Ordinary Things
by Harriet Scott Chessman
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Atelier26 Books
List Price: $13.95
Release Date: November 12, 2013
ISBN-10: 0989302318
ISBN-13: 978-0989302319
To order copies of The Beauty of Ordinary Things:
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