When I read this article about three little girls who were kidnapped by their father in 2007, I was struck by the uncanny similarities to The Year of Fog, particularly regarding the girls’ eventual recovery. The girls, who were abducted from their mother, Christine Bedford, during a custody visit with their father, David Matusiewicz, were [...]
L’annee brouillard, the French translation of The Year of Fog (translated by Sophie Aslanides), is featured this month in the French edition of Elle Magazine as the November selection of the Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices. Read the jurors’ comments here. Read the Elle review here.
Thanks so much to the editors at Elle as [...]
L’annee brouillard, Sophie Aslanides’s translation of The Year of Fog, is back on the bestseller lists in France, according to Online Star. The Turkish publication reports on the top ten bestselling books in several countries (scroll down to see French list). Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife is number one in England.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A nice review of the French translation of The Year of Fog, L’annee, brouillard, (translated by Sophie Aslanides) in the Belgian journal Lalibre:
“Avec sensibilité, Michelle Richmond interroge la fragilité de nos propres histoires et le rôle de la mémoire. Avec ce roman psychologique à suspense, Richmond offre une plongée au cœur du désir et [...]
Two new reviews of the French translation of The Year of Fog in French journals:
Femina
“Une fillette disparaît sur la plage, un jour de brouillard… Le livre de l’Américaine Michelle Richmond explore avec une précision photographique le vide émotionnel qui s’ensuit.”
Le Republicain Lorrain
“Ce roman est le premier traduit en français de l’Américaine Michelle Richmond, dont l’écriture [...]
The Reporter Book Club, the city-wide book club of Vacaville, CA, will be discussing The Year of Fog tonight. I’ll be there to sign books at 6:30, followed by a reading and discussion.
The gathering takes place at the Vacaville Public Library-Cultural Center, 1020 Ulatis Drive. Books can be purchased in advance at Vacaville’s Bounty Books, [...]
