Congratulations to Josh, my SIL, whose book debuts this week.
HUMMINGBIRDS, Joshua Gaylord
IndieBound Indie Next Notable, November 2009
In Gaylord’s winning debut, teenage girls and their male teachers vie for power at a Manhattan prep school. The author, himself a teacher at a Manhattan prep school, is a keen observer of this privileged world. He captures [the adult] point of view in such lush language that readers might overlook his shrewd, subtle presentation of the students. A very grown-up novel about adolescence and the folly of adults, by an impressive new voice in American fiction.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Provocative and well-written.
—People
The Carmine-Casey prep school girls flutter through Gaylord's debut, but they're not alone; their teachers are insecure flirts and cheats amid divorces and trysts. . . . [T]he complicated web of loyalties, attraction, competition and camaraderie provides much tension as things play out—but not in an expected way. . . . Gaylord's tale of overeducated men and the teenage students who exhibit the finesse and understanding their teachers lack hits all the right notes.
—Publisher's Weekly
Especially good at characterization, Gaylord has delivered a story that's ripe with acute and wry observations on men and women, competition, sexuality, and secrets. He's created a slippery slope, but readers will find the terrain surprisingly navigable as the novel ends. Highly recommended.
—Library Journal
IndieBound Indie Next Notable, November 2009
In Gaylord’s winning debut, teenage girls and their male teachers vie for power at a Manhattan prep school. The author, himself a teacher at a Manhattan prep school, is a keen observer of this privileged world. He captures [the adult] point of view in such lush language that readers might overlook his shrewd, subtle presentation of the students. A very grown-up novel about adolescence and the folly of adults, by an impressive new voice in American fiction.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Provocative and well-written.
—People
The Carmine-Casey prep school girls flutter through Gaylord's debut, but they're not alone; their teachers are insecure flirts and cheats amid divorces and trysts. . . . [T]he complicated web of loyalties, attraction, competition and camaraderie provides much tension as things play out—but not in an expected way. . . . Gaylord's tale of overeducated men and the teenage students who exhibit the finesse and understanding their teachers lack hits all the right notes.
—Publisher's Weekly
Especially good at characterization, Gaylord has delivered a story that's ripe with acute and wry observations on men and women, competition, sexuality, and secrets. He's created a slippery slope, but readers will find the terrain surprisingly navigable as the novel ends. Highly recommended.
—Library Journal
Signings
October 14
Wednesday
6:00 p.m.
Book Launch
Reading/Signing
The Corner Bookstore
1313 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212.831.3554
October 15
Thursday
Time TBD
Panel Discussion
Boston Public Library
Details TBD
October 19
Monday
5:00 p.m.
Reading/Signing
Square Books
160 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
662.236.2262
Monday
5:00 p.m.
Reading/Signing
Square Books
160 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
662.236.2262
3 comments:
I hope that October 14 signing is especially good. that's my bday! Congrats to Joshua.
Happy Birthday. My husband's is the 18th. Good men are born in October.
And I have a son who just turned 14. Another October male! This book sounds like a must-read!
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