Pictures of the Past Virtual Book Publicity Tour February 2012

Authors on Tour, Featured — By Dorothy Thompson on January 11, 2012 at 7:34 pm

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Join Deby Eisenberg, author of the historical fiction, Pictures of the Past (Studio House Literary), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – 29 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Deby Eisenberg

As the leader of an established Chicago area Book Club, Deby Eisenberg challenged herself to write a novel that her avid readers could not put down and would love to discuss. With a Masters Degree from the University of Chicago, she is a former English teacher and journalist. Inspired by so many wonderful books and formidable authors, and drawing on her love of literary research, art, architecture, Jewish history, and travel in the United States and Europe, she tried to envision a multi-generational love story that would inform as well as entertain, that would broaden the mind and open the heart. Deby and her husband Michael, an obstetrician-gynecologist, live in Riverwoods, Illinois. They have three grown children and two grandchildren.

Her latest book is the historical fiction novel, Pictures of the Past.

You can visit her website at www.debyeisenberg.com.

About Pictures of the Past

First-time novelist Deby Eisenberg hits the ground running with PICTURES OF THE PAST, an epic family and historical saga, sweeping through Chicago, Paris and Berlin, reliving events from pre-World War II Europe, but beginning in contemporary times. An Impressionist painting, hanging for decades in the Art Institute of Chicago and donated by the charismatic philanthropist Taylor Woodmere, is challenged by an elderly woman as a Nazi theft.

Mary Lignor of Book Pleasures says, “This novel is one of the most intriguing and beautiful books that I have ever read. The ending of this book will touch your heart… The writing is first class.”

Taylor’s story takes the reader to 1937. Sent to Paris on family business, he reluctantly leaves his girlfriend, Emily, a spoiled debutante from Newport, Rhode Island. But once in Europe, he immediately falls in love – first with an Henri Lebasque painting, and then with the enchanting Sarah Berger of Berlin. After Taylor returns home, the Berger family becomes trapped in the Nazi web, and any attempts for the new lovers to be reunited are thwarted.

Interwoven with this narrative is the story of Rachel Gold, a beautiful and bright Chicago girl caught up in the times of the late 1960’s. Pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend Court Woodmere, Taylor’s son, she moves to New York to live with her aunt, a Holocaust survivor. Years later, as the controversy surrounding the provenance of the painting becomes public, Rachel’s grown son is disturbed by his inexplicable familiarity with the work of art. And it is only Taylor Woodmere who can unravel the complicated puzzle of their lives.

As a Book Club leader for the past sixteen years, Eisenberg came to understand the kinds of stories that grabbed her group and she challenged herself to write a novel that her avid readers could not put down and would love to discuss.

The result was PICTURES OF THE PAST.

Pictures of the Past Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Monday, February 6

Book reviewed at Year of Jubilee Reviews

Tuesday, February 7

Book reviewed at Book Nook Club

Wednesday, February 8

Book reviewed at Acting Balanced

Thursday, February 9

Guest blogging at Acting Balanced

Friday, February 10

Book reviewed at Moonlight, Lace & Mayhem

Monday, February 13

Book reviewed at True Media Solutions

Tuesday, February 14

Book reviewed at Bookworm Lisa

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, February 15

Book reviewed at Books in the Burbs

Thursday, February 16

Book reviewed at Hands and Home

Friday, February 17

Book reviewed at Everyday Is An Adventure

Monday, February 20

Book reviewed at 2 Kids and Tired Books

Tuesday, February 21

Book reviewed at Library of Clean Reads

Wednesday, February 22

Book reviewed at Bags, Books & Bon Jovi

Thursday, February 23

Book reviewed at Hey, I Wanna Read That

Friday, February 24

Book reviewed at Celtic Lady’s Reviews

Monday, February 27

Book review & interview at S.O.S. Aloha

Tuesday, February 28

Book reviewed at Broken Teepee

Wednesday, February 29

Book reviewed at The Bookish Dame

Interviewed at Literarily Speaking

Deby Eisenberg’s PICTURES OF THE PAST VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on February 6 and end on February 29 2012. Please contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!