New York, NY - (May 4, 2010) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, today announced that Nancy Pickard's new novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning (Ballantine Books) is the latest "Main Selection" in the Barnes & Noble Recommends program. The book is on sale today and can be purchased at any Barnes & Noble store, online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/recommends), or instantly downloaded on NOOK™.
"Nancy Pickard's The Scent of Rain and Lightning grabs readers with the main character's personal struggle with loss," said Jaime Carey, chief merchandising officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "Riveting and dynamic, this moving novel will have readers enthralled from beginning to end."
One beautiful summer afternoon, from her bedroom window on the second floor of her Kansas home, Jody Linder watches, unnerved, as her three uncles arrive in her driveway, dust flying from the wheels of their pickups. They bring shocking news: The man convicted of murdering Jody's father has been released from prison and is on his way back to their small town. Twenty-six years ago, on a stormy night, Jody's father was shot and killed and her mother disappeared, as baby Jody lay asleep in her crib. Neither the protective embrace of Jody's extended family nor the safe haven of her grandparents' ranch could erase the pain caused by Billy Crosby on that catastrophic night. Now, thanks in large part to the efforts of his son, Billy Crosby has been granted a new trial. Jody, who has spent most of her life in tiny Rose, Kansas, knows that sooner or later she’ll come face-to-face with the man who destroyed her family. Engrossing, lyrical, and suspenseful, The Scent of Rain and Lightning captures the essence of small-town America - its heartfelt intimacy and its darkest secrets - where through struggle and hardship people still dare to hope for a better future.
The Barnes & Noble Recommends program includes:
- Barnes & Noble store events. Reading group discussions and author appearances for The Scent of Rain and Lightning will be held in select Barnes & Noble stores.
- The online experience. A video interview with Nancy Pickard will be posted online at www.bn.com/recommends.
- A free reading group guide. A free reader's guide, including discussion questions and more about the author, is available at any Barnes & Noble store and at www.bn.com/recommends.
- Advice for reading groups. Customers can ask any Barnes & Noble bookseller for a copy of our free guide on how to start a reading group. The guide can also be found online at www.bn.com/bookclubs.
Barnes & Noble Recommends "Main Selections" are chosen by the company's booksellers from across the country. Each selection is a book that Barnes & Noble recommends unconditionally, believes is "unputdownable" and is especially appropriate for book discussion groups. The books can be discussed online at www.bn.com/recommends.
The previous 15 Barnes & Noble Recommends Main Selections are:
- Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind (Shaye Areheart Books).
- Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Harcourt).
- Paulette Jiles' Stormy Weather (William Morrow).
- Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells (Bantam Books).
- Maggie O’Farrell's The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (Harcourt).
- Marisa de los Santos' Belong to Me (William Morrow).
- Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 (Grand Central Publishing).
- Ethan Canin's America America (Random House).
- Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (The Dial Press).
- Stieg Larsson's The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (Knopf).
- Spencer Quinn's Dog On It (Simon & Schuster).
- Sarah Dallas' Prayers For Sale (St. Martin’s Press).
- Katherine Howe's The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (Hyperion/Voice).
- Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Day the Falls Stood Still (Voice).
- Louise Penny's The Brutal Telling (Minotaur).
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