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“Such insight and heart, it makes me want to tell
everyone I know, ‘You must read this novel!’”
—Connie May Fowler, author of Before Women Had Wings
“Ellen Airgood’s fiction debut is a warmhearted novel that would be great to take on vacation.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Airgood’s engaging debut is the novel, brimming with quirky characters, that everyone who moves
to a small, tightly knit town imagines he or she might someday write.” —Booklist
“A wonderful debut novel. I couldn’t get the story out of my mind even weeks after I put
it down. It was that haunting, that heartfelt.” —Lesley Kagen, author of Whistling in the Dark
“Unsentimental but warm-hearted...an engaging tale told with wit and charm.”
—Philip Caputo, author of Indian Country
MaRkeTIng
• Author tour
• NPr advertising
• Print features and reviews
• Blog tour
• reading group outreach
• readers guide available online
• “New in Paperback” mentions
sales PoInTs
• the book is set on the stunning southern shore of
Lake superior, in a real, old-fashioned, tight-knit
community full of characters readers will relate to
• the hardcover received rave reviews and garnered
great media attention—the author penned a “Modern
Love” piece for the New York Times and was
featured on NPr’s “Weekend edition”
• With a story centered on small town versus modern
values, South of Superior is brimming with the kinds
of moral and ethical questions book clubs love to
debate
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