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Unbridled BooksFall 2011
NEW TITLES 2 Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye 4 An Accidental Mother by Katherine Anne Kindred 6 Fear Itself by Candida Lawrence 8 Touch and Go by Thad Nodine10 The Mistress Contract
RECENTLY PUBLISHED12 Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb by George Rabasa13 Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kisses by Claudia Sternbach14 The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert15 The Descent of Man by Kevin Desinger16 You Believers by Jane Bradley
17 SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE: Hick by Andrea Portes
18 ComPLETE BaCkLIST
22 SaLES aND maRkETINg
24 CoNTaCT INfoRmaTIoN
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"Safe from the Sea is at once a Great Lakes adventure, an ode to a vanished life, and a gorgeous examination of the healing of deep wounds between father and son. This is a tautly written gem. I urge you to discover this journeyfor yourself.”—Joseph Boyden
Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. When his father for the first time finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him so long, it leads the two men to reconsider each other.
Meanwhile, Noah’s own struggle to make a life with an absent father has found its real reward in his relationship with his sagacious wife, Natalie, whose complications with infertility issues have marked her husband’s life in ways he only fully realizes as the reconciliation with his father takes shape.
Peter Geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds, of Norwegian immigrant culture, of dramatic shipwrecks and the business and adventure of Great Lakes shipping in a setting that simply castsa spell over the characters as well as the reader.
against the dramatic northern minnesota lakeshore, a son
and his father reconnect thirty-five years after the father
survived the tragic wreck of a great lakes ore boat.
Peter Geye received his MFA from the University of new orleans and
his Phd from Western Michigan University, where he was editor of Third
Coast. He was born and raised in Minneapolis and continues to live
there with his wife and three children. This is his first novel.
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Safe from the Seaby peter geye
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AN INDIENEXT PICK FOR OCTOBER 2010
A WNBA Great Group Read selection for 2010
Midwest Connections Pick
Great Lakes Great Reads pick
Indie Lit Award Winner for Fiction
“In this deeply moving, powerfully realized debut novel, an estranged father and son find reconciliation in the final week of the father’s life … Inspiring, wise, and enthusiastically recommended for all readers.”—Library Journal
“A finely crafted first novel … Give this book to readers of David Guterson and Robert Olmstead, who will be captured by the themes of approaching death and the pain and solace provided by nature.”—Booklist
“A rich, satisfying novel.”—The Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Safe from the Sea is small in scope but substantial, on all levels, in its impact. It is a thing of beauty; a lesson in the ineffable power of story to take us out of ourselves and bring us to a place we never knew but recognize all the same.”—Bookslut
“A deep hearted novel of bitten lives lived out on the cold shore of a ferocious world. In the silence of their existence, the dignity of their bearing, Geye compassionately renders the magnitudes of their despair, endurance and greatness.”—robert olmstead, author of Coal Black Horse
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}An Accidental Mother by katherine anne kindred
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Welcoming a barrage of blind dates, I soon learned that being childless at forty is a rarity. At my age nearly everyone single has at one point been married, and most of those marriages have resulted in a child or two. I joked to my girlfriends that surely I was meant to be a stepmother instead of a birth mother. Someday I would meet someone with two teenagers on their way to college who did not need a new mother and whose father was financially and emotionally prepared for a long-term casual commitment.
Obviously, I hadn’t fully evaluated other possible outcomes.
Welcome Michael, just months shy of four years old, with dark-blond hair and big blue eyes, in dire need of a mother. Oh, and did I mention Jim, the ever handsome and charming father of said boy? The first time this child tested me with the word “mom” and then looked up into my eyes with a little grin, waiting, waiting, waiting to see what my response was going to be, I knew I was in deep trouble. His inquiries have continued, albeit with modifications along the way. Once I was paging through a magazine while he sat beside me with a coloring book and crayons, and he stopped to ask me if he had come out of my stomach.
“No,” I told him, “you came out of your mother’s stomach.”
“But I want you to be my mother!”I hesitated, then pulled out the bottom of my
sweatshirt to make myself look pregnant. “Okay, get in my stomach.”
Michael giggled. “Kate! You can’t go backward!” And then, just as I began to worry that the joke was improper, he asked, “What should I color next?”
katherine kindred has been previously published in the literary journal
Memoir (and). she lives in Phoenix with her dog, sophie. This is her
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After her divorce, Kate Kindred decided that she would live her life without children. But then she fell in love with Jim, a handsome, caring man who had custody of his young son, Michael. And she fell in love with the boy, too. During the six years they all lived together, Kate learned the deep joys of motherhood—that was the gift that Michael gave her. But when her relationship with Jim ended, he denied her any contact with Michael.
And her heart was broken.
An Accidental Mother beautifully describes the joys of mothering a young boy through complicated times. With sweet simple anecdotes and complex emotions, Kate Kindred marks every page with tears, including those that the most loving laughter can bring to any parent.
a real story of true love between a small boy named michael and the devoted woman who steps into his life.
includes 12 Full color
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}...Fear Itself
by candida lawrence
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Candida lawrence has written three memoirs: Reeling & Writhing,
Change of Circumstance and Fear Itself. she is also the author of a
collection of essays, Vanishing, and is Founding editor of the journal
Memoir (and). she lives in California.
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in light of the fukushima daiichi nuclear crisis, candida lawrence’s account of how her life has been affected by exposure to radiation is a cautionary tale.
now in Paperback
“Candida Lawrence's valuable story is frightening in its detailed information about the American lives (old & unborn) lost to the secret keepers of the national & corporate nuclear industries”— Grace Paley
“A powerful book . . . wry at times, yet unflinching when faced with complex, often tragic revelations. The story is one we should all know if we are to chart a better future for those who come after us.”— susan Griffin, author, A Chorus of Stones, The
Private Life of War
“A powerful voice of womanhood . . . searching for words to speak her own truth and gradually finding them against incredible inner and outer odds.” — Marion Woodman
“Candida Lawrence is a contemporary American heroine.” — Alison lurie
In light of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Japan, the remarkable personal story that comprises Fear Itself becomes a cautionary tale.
Unwittingly exposed to low-level radiation in the 1940s, Candida Lawrence has lived courageously with its effects throughout her life. Fear Itself traces her years struggling to have a child and her slow waking to the secrets that governments and institutions withheld from the women of her generation. The task for her—and for women who have shared her experience—has always been to believe herself into wholeness and to survive her losses and her illnesses until there is nothing left to fear. As always, Lawrence’s writing is filled with smart, gentle anger, sweet sadness and the most private sense of what is vital and important.
In Fear Itself, Lawrence’s deeply felt remembrances grant us an honest account of what it is to live in an unstable world. It is a truly personal account that sheds wide light on the world’s ongoing nuclear decisions.
What personal life story could be more timely?
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}Touch and Go
by thad nodine
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this rich road-picture of a novel is a wry portrait of a diverse america told with wisdom, hope and deep affection.
“Touch and Go is a strong debut—a high-velocity vision quest that keeps surprising and surprising.” —Jonathan Franzen
A blind, recovering addict gets into an old station wagon with his sponsors and their foster family for a drive from Burbank to Florida to deliver a hand-made casket to a dying grandfather. As they battle their way across the southern half of the nation, this rag-tag American family falls prey to love and lies, greed and violence, crime and Katrina. With a voice reminiscent of John Irving, Nodine produces a classic “road-picture” novel that is part Travels with Charley, part As I Lay Dying, and part On The Road.
Touch and Go is a rich and rangy story about how we can ever know anyone when the information we receive from them is so fragmentary and misleading. Kevin, the novel’s blind narrator, is one of the most perceptive figures in recent fiction. And his desire to do no harm is contagious. Through Kevin’s rich senses—and his boundless compassion and empathy—Nodine gives us a multicultural portrait of what just might be the true America. And he does so with deep affection for everyone along the way.
I first heard the lilt of Isa’s voice in group counseling, but I spoke with her first in a hallway, where she stopped me with a soft hand on my arm. I knew who it was before she spoke; back then she wore a cheap fragrance several traces too sweet.
I turned my face to hide my scar. “You don’t have to be shy with me,” she said, bringing
my chin forward with her hand. “You’re quite striking.” I drew her hand away from my chin because I wanted to touch her fingers, which were thin and long, with fingernails bitten too short. Her palm was soft.
“Do you know me?” she said. “Isa,” I said. She brushed full into me, enlivening my chest with
her breasts before stepping back. “You’re cute when you blush. Do you know what I look like?”
I savored the lilt in her voice and her friendly laugh, but I figured she was playing to an audience, so I waited for the chuckles of others. There were none. No sounds of people at all. But still I couldn’t let myself relax. “Is that important,” I said, “how you look?”
“You’re right,” she said. “It’s more important how we feel.” She lifted my hand to her face and dragged my fingers through her hair. She let me feel her long neck and the way her throat jiggled as she laughed. She traced my hand along her shoulders, arms and thighs. Her skirt clung to my fingers as if the material were on my hand instead of her hips. My fingertips tingled and my breathing quickened. She had on a halter top that gave her an open back and held her breasts like pendulums; I knew because she traced my fingers along her stomach and up under the fullness so pliable and resistant through the thin cotton—all of which made me grin like a goof.
Thad nodine grew up in Florida and now lives in santa Cruz. His fiction
and nonfiction have appeared in many magazines. Touch and Go, which
won the dana Award for the novel, is his first novel.
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The Mistress Contract
The remarkable true document that is The Mistress Contract opens with a piece of paper that was signed in 1981 by a woman and her wealthy lover. The contract establishes an exchange that she thinks fair: If he will provide an adequate and separate home for her and cover her expenses, she will provide him with “mistress services”:
“All sexual acts as requested, with suspension of historical, emotional, psychological disclaimers.”
For the duration of the agreement, she will become his sexual property.
Then—on a small recorder that fit in her purse—this extraordinary and unconventional couple began to tape their conversations about their relationship, conversations that took place while travelling, over dinner at home and in restaurants, on the phone, even in bed.
This book is based on those tapes. It is a candid record of what they had to say to each other privately about the arrangement and its power relations, their physical relationship and the sexual forces that shaped it. As private and intimate as it is, though, the book also turns an unblinking light on a period of intense upheaval between men and women.
Looking back now, thirty years later, this extraordinary couple—who are still together—are willing to reveal their most private moments to our scrutiny. What they capture in The Mistress Contract is an unapologetic revelation and a bold provocation.
when a free-thinking woman signs on as the mistress of a powerful man, there still will be rules of engagement.
He is a wealthy businessman.
She could be almost any woman.
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A remarkable relationship that lasted.A surprisingly frank conversation:
she “I assume men are fragile. They need to believe that their techniques are sufficient, and if the woman doesn’t swoon she’s not swoon material, is frigid.”…
He “You might think you can get out of it, but habit will trap you. We’ll develop behavior patterns and you won’t be able to escape.”…
she “[Men] are what they do, what they say, what they eat, how they move, and whether or not they lick the backs of spoons.”…
He “What we’ve been talking about is how to survive in a relatively interesting combination.”…
she “But aiming always for orgasm is a great burden. The goal consumes the pleasure and makes me wonder where all my other senses are and if they’re up to something odd or more interesting.”…
He “That’s true. If you press me too hard, I won’t perform. Then I leave.”
she “That’s a negative power. I can produce a withering of the penis by my demand for something which, possibly, is very unnatural.”
by she and he
Unbridled books brings you a manuscript so private that we could only publish it anonymously.
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“Clever....Rabasa (The Wonder Singer) maintains a playful cleverness throughout, fueled by piquant dialogue and sharply etched characters....Well-played, keenly felt.”— Publishers Weekly
“George Rabasa’s latest novel is a speedy little car, following the misadventures of two lovable misfits.....his depiction of Adam’s maturation is fascinating. Threaded throughout are questions worth considering about the relative nature of balance and the necessary envelope of privacy each person needs to live.”
— ForeWord magazine
“Miss Entropia is fantastic Get out your trusty red pen and put a pretty circle around April 5th, when Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb hits shelves. You can thank me later.”—The book lady’s blog
“George Rabasa is a writer of literary heft, with a gift for vivid, accurate description.... This is a story that starts out as a zippy piece of young adult fiction and morphs into a memorable tale of obsession....” —Star-Tribune
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Miss Entropia and the Adam Bombby george rabasa
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George rabasa’s most recent novel is The Wonder Singer (Unbridled, 2008). His collection
of short stories, Glass Houses, received The Writer’s Voice Capricorn Award for excellence
in Fiction and the Minnesota book Award for short stories. His novel Floating Kingdom
received the Minnesota book Award for Fiction. And The Cleansing was named a book
sense notable. His short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, including
Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train, The MacGuffin, South Carolina Quarterly, Hayden’s Ferry,
American Literary Review, and in several anthologies. rabasa was born in Maine, raised in
Mexico, and now lives in Minnesota.
Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kissesby claudia sternbach
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Claudia sternbach is a writer who is equally at home on both coasts. she has one foot in
Manhattan where her daughter resides and the other in northern California where her
husband is planted as firmly as the redwoods. she is the author of another memoir, Now
Breathe (1999, Whiteaker Press), has been published in several anthologies as well as in
major newspapers, and is the editor in Chief of Memoir (and), a literary journal.
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APRIL INDIE NEXT PICK
“Small moments and large tragedies are handled with unselfconscious delicacy and humor in this sweet read.”
—Library Journal’s Booksmack
“A memorable, laugh-out-loud, cry-out-loud essay collection for both genders and all ages.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Moving....what makes this book so easy to love is its offbeat execution...her breezy prose has a natural, effortless quality that is surely the result of great care.” —newest.net
“A woman‘s life recalled through kisses: the blissful, the unwelcome, and those she longed for that never came.”
—People Magazine
“Through her nimble use of language, which is delightfully suffused with sarcasm, she connects with women of various ages and experiences....less a story of one woman’s life, and much more a celebration of the experience of living a woman’s life.”—Elevate Difference
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recently published
The Coffins of Little Hopeby timothy schaffert
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Timothy schaffert grew up on a farm in nebraska and currently lives in omaha. He’s the
author of three previous critically acclaimed novels including The Phantom Limbs of the
Rollow Sisters and The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God. His novels have been a
barnes & noble discover Great new Writers selection and a new York Times editor’s
Choice. His writing has won numerous other awards and honors awards, including the Mary
roberts rinehart Award, the Henfield/Transatlantic review Award and the nebraska book
Award. He currently teaches creative writing and literature at the University of nebraska-
lincoln.
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“It’s small town, big drama in Schaffert’s sublime latest . . . Schaffert spins out the story and its offbeat characters with compassion, spoofing the nation’s voracious appetite for “news” and suggesting that perhaps not all stories are created equal. Piercing observations and sharp, subtle wit make this a standout.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Just finished Timothy's book and loved it. I think he just gets better and better. Essie's voice was marvelous and the last line is so wonderful.” —nancy Pearl
“There’s a lot of plot to “The Coffins of Little Hope.” But Mr. Schaffert’s style is so gossamer-light that the story elements don’t become cumbersome. His book can accommodate a large cast of characters who bump into one another with an almost screwball regularity....Mr. Schaffert’s sly wit and frank affection for his characters can make him sound like a very American Alexander McCall Smith.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Superbly crafted...Schaffert is an expert at writing deeper truths.” —The Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Engrossing.” —The Kansas City Star
“A witty, sometimes profound story about media, mortality and rash acts undertaken in the name of love.”—People Magazine
The Descent of Manby kevin desinger
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kevin desinger graduated from the iowa Writers’ Workshop before moving to Portland
where he wrote for the Willamette Week, the Oregonian and a number of regional
publications. An earlier short story appeared in The Missouri Review. This is his first novel.
“[A] lively debut…suspenseful.”—Publishers Weekly
“As you read this book you will find yourself repeatedly asking, ‘What would I do?’ The story is thought-provoking and real . . . You will keep turning the pages, wanting to know what happens next and you won’t be able to put it down . . . this was a wonderful read.”—Tulsa Books Examiner
“This ingeniously plotted first novel holds many surprises, not least of which is Jim’s ability to dial back his civilized persona, revealing the feral creature who emerges when his family is threatened...[a] terrific debut.”—Booklist
“Fascinating.”—Portland Book Review
“As compelling as a whodunit mystery and will satisfy those readers attracted to smart, adrenaline-inducing plot, but the real heart of the book lies in the backstory about Jim and his wife.” —ForeWord Magazine
“Enticing and unpredictable.”—Blogcritics
“Give one of Harlen Coben's everyday heroes a conscience, a wine cellar and a sensitive wife, and there you have Jim.”—The Oregonian
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recently published
You Believersby jane bradley
Jane bradley is the author of two acclaimed story collections and a novella, including Power
Lines, which was named a new York Times notable book. originally from Chattanooga,
Tennessee, she now teaches at the University of Toledo in ohio. This is her first
full-length novel.
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“You Believers examines the anatomy of a horrific crime from every angle....Several perfectly pitched Southern narratives weave together to form a strong song of love, loss, and human resilience. A gripping, intense read.”—Jodi Picoult, author of Sing You Home and
House Rules
“You Believers is a splendid crime novel. Jane Bradley has an exceptional feel for time and place and language, a real gift for suspenseful plotting, and most importantly a talent for writing real human beings.”—scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest
and Cottonwood
“Beautifully written and profoundly felt, this eloquent novel lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned.”—William Gay
“A riveting narrative....In heartrending detail...Harrowing reading from a gifted writer.”—Booklist, starred review
“Heartbreaking...Told bluntly from a cast of honest characters, Bradley’s novel is haunting.”—Publishers Weekly
“Everything worked in this book....I would like to see this book be part of a series.”— The Sunday Book Review
“YOU BELIEVERS is a damn good read. It has all the elements that keep the reader blued to the seat, ignoring pressing obligations—well-drawn, intriguing characters, sweaty palms, suspenseful scenes, dark humor, and poignant sorrow. This story lingers with the reader long after the book is closed and, and returns again and again with every
“Missing” headline.”—laura deVault, over the Moon bookstore &
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Coming to theaters
This fall, the film festival circuit will be introduced to the indomitable Luli McMullen in Hick, the new film made from the acclaimed novel by Andrea Portes, who also adapted the screenplay. The film—directed by Derick Martini—stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively and Eddie Redmayne and features Rory Culkin, Anson Mount, Juliette Lewis and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles.
Hick is the story of Luli (Moretz), a bright kid from a hick town who’s had enough and strikes out on her own with some “borrowed” cash, a .45 and her wits. On the road, Luli is taken under the wing of a glamorous young grifter named Glenda (Lively), who has experienced worlds barely imaginable to Luli. As the two make their way across the American landscape, they encounter a captivating and dangerous young man named Eddie Kreezer (Redmayne), a disturbing criminal subculture, and some hard truths about what it means to be a young woman on the run, grasping at a future.
Hick the movie is produced by Lighthouse Entertainment and Taylor Lane Productions, with Stone River Productions serving as executive producer.
Praise for Hick, the novel by andrea Portes:
“[A] knockout … [a] bold, brash, up-yours coming-of-age story rubbed raw with gritty sexual awakening.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“A terrific and addicting read. It just barrels along, fueled by the adrenaline and enthusiasm of its youthful narrator.”—The Kansas City Star
“A bracing drama, a study in tenacity against the gnarled teeth of domestic storms.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“Luli is so well-drawn and her voice so original and authentic that the reader can't help but get caught up in her story … engrossing....”—Dallas Morning News
“It’s Luli’s musings on her life, and its meaning, that lie at the heart of this brilliant first novel.”
—Taconic Newspapers
“[A] chilling debut.”—Publishers Weekly
“Compelling.”—Library Journal
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breath and bones by susann cokal
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