Monthly Archives: July 2009

Stuff chicks want

July 23, 2009
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Just discovered through Google alerts: StuffChicksWant.com. “The place to find stuff that women want. Written by women, for women (and so their men know what their women want).” I’m sold–I DO already want half the stuff I saw there–Zid Zidi Mini Poofs, anyone? Bright Bangle Watches? The Ice Cream Ball? They do books, too! (and I must say, biased as I am, that they have good taste). Today’s entry is a review of No One You Know. An excerpt below: Michelle Richmond is a writer of near-perfect pitch. Beyond eloquent, richly poetic, and blessed with subtle but flawless comedic...

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Breaking through the fog in France

July 17, 2009
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An article in the French newspaper Le Figaro today on the biggest successes of the summer quotes Laurence Deschamps, the president of the major French retailer Fnac, on the state of book sales. Deschamps says that numbers are up from last year, and two books in particular are breaking records: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and The Year of Fog (L’annee brouillard, translated by the wonderful Sophie Aslanides). I happen to be reading A Mercy right now–very slowly, taking in a bit day by day–it’s a beautiful, heartbreaking book, a story told with subtlety and a great respect for the...

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Is this a parallel universe?

July 9, 2009
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Is this a parallel universe?

Here’s the new British cover for The Year of Fog. It was kind of surreal to see the “International Bestseller” tagline above the title, considering the book’s lowly beginnings. The manuscript made the rounds of New York publishing houses for a year, under the tireless efforts of my wonderful agent, before Caitlin Alexander, a young editor at Bantam, decided to take a chance on it. Sometimes all a book needs is time, a little love, and a couple of people who believe in it.

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summer reading

July 6, 2009
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England’s The Daily Mail included NO ONE YOU KNOW in its “ultimate summer reading list,” published today, along with fourteen other titles. Meanwhile, the book critic for ELLE France named L’Annee brouillard, the French translation of The Year of Fog (translated by Sophie Aslanides) “the book of summer” on the popular French television program Tele Matin. Makes me want to take a little trip across the Pacific!

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Fog in the morning…in France

July 4, 2009
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Fog in the morning…in France

Here’s a screenshot of Olivia de Lamberterie talking about L’Anee brouillard, the French translation of The Year of Fog, today on French television, for the Telematin program. And here’s Lamberterie’s very kind review of the book: Sur une plage à San Francisco, une jeune photographe avec sa belle fille (la fille de son fiancé) de 6 ans. Elle lui lâche la main trente secondes et la petite fille disparaît… L’enquête patauge, le couple aussi, comment la vie continue. Un sommet de roman psychologique ! GÉNIAL !

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