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Romy Hausmann, author of Dear Child

A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare. She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn’t their Lena. The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn’t sharing, and Lena’s devastated father is trying to piece together details that don’t quite fit. Lena is desperate to begin again, but something tells her that her tormentor still wants to get back what belongs to him…and that she may not be able to truly escape until the whole truth about what happened in the woods finally emerges.

Erma Bombeck

In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.

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Erma Bombeck

October 20, 2020

In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of October 19th and October 26th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar.

This week, we are calling attention to our first “Bookaccino Live” Book Group event, which will take place on Thursday, November 19th at 8pm ET. Our special guest will be Jeanine Cummins, the author of AMERICAN DIRT. We will be embracing a new format for this program. Carol Fitzgerald will chat with Jeanine, and then we are planning to have 15 book group participants who have read the book join the conversation, asking Jeanine questions and telling us about their reading experience. Other readers are invited to join as audience members to watch the program --- and in the last 10 minutes, we will entertain questions from this group. If you would like to attend this event as a participant or as an audience member, sign up here by Monday, November 16th at 10am ET.

Also, we are sharing Carol's latest "Bookreporter Talks To" interview with Lisa Jewell, whose new psychological thriller, INVISIBLE GIRL (an upcoming Bookreporter.com Bets On pick), is about a young woman’s disappearance and a group of strangers whose lives intersect in its wake. Lisa reveals her inspiration for the book, which came from a rather innocuous sighting that got her imagination going. She also talks about the incel ideology, which one of her characters has embraced, and the strange ways that it has crept into society. And she gives us her thoughts on perfectionism --- how it influences her work and affects her life in general. Click here to watch the video and here to listen to the podcast.

October 20, 2020

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this fall. Read more about it, and enter our Fall Preview Contest by Wednesday, October 21st at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR by Rose Carlyle, which is now available and will be a Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!