Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind The Second Selection in the Barnes & Noble Recommends Program.Pre-Order This "Gripping Story" at Any Barnes & Noble Store or at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BKS BKS Barracks BKS Best Kept Secret (gaming) BKS Bildung, Kultur Und Sport (German) BKS Brookside (city) BKS Bergen Kirurgiske Sykehus (Bergen, Norway) ), the world's largest bookseller, announced today that Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind double bind n. 1. A psychological impasse created when contradictory demands are made of an individual, such as a child or an employee, so that no matter which directive is followed, the response will be construed as incorrect. 2. (Shaye Areheart Books) will be the second selection in the Barnes & Noble Recommends program. This "gripping story," which will be published on February 13th, can be pre-ordered now at any Barnes & Noble store or at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/recommends). The first book in the Recommends program was Diane Setterfield's first work of fiction, The Thirteenth Tale (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. ). The book broke the company's sales record for a debut novel in its first week. "Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind is a mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" story with the twists and turns of a classic mystery combined with an intensely personal tale," said Steve Riggio, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "Bohjalian's clever use of characters from The Great Gatsby is ambitious, but it works, right down to the climax and shocking ending." Nothing is what it at first seems in The Double Bind. Not the savage assault college sophomore Laurel Estabrook suffers during a bike ride on Vermont's back roads. Not Bobbie Crocker, the elderly man with a history of mental illness whom Laurel comes to know through her work at a Burlington homeless shelter Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters. The primary difference is that homeless shelters are usually open to anyone, without regard to the reason for need. , a man who was once a successful photographer of celebrities. Laurel becomes obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with uncovering Bobbie's past. In a fast-paced and riveting tale, The Double Bind combines the suspense of a thriller with the emotional depths of the most intimate drama. The book's breathtaking surprises will stun its readers. As one of Barnes & Noble's booksellers who helped picked this selection said, "It kept me up reading until 3:00 a.m. A gripping story with a completely unexpected ending, which I reread Verb 1. reread - read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" several times in disbelief." Though Bobbie is fictitious, the photos in the book are by a real-life photographer. They were taken by Bob Campbell, a man who had gone from photographing famous people, as Bohjalian writes, to "winding up at a homeless shelter in northern Vermont." Bohjalian is donating a portion of the book's royalties to the Burlington Committee on Temporary Shelter. The Barnes & Noble Recommends program will include: * Discussions of The Double Bind, which will be held in Barnes & Noble stores across the country. Look for the announcement of reading group discussions at select stores at www.bn.com/recommends. * Author appearances. Meet Chris Bohjalian Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist of Armenian and Swedish ancestry (his paternal grandparents were Armenian; his maternal grandparents were Swedish). A summa cum laude graduate of Amherst College (where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society), he was living in , author of The Double Bind, at Barnes & Noble. Visit www.bn.com/recommends for information on Bohjalian's store events. * An online reading group. Talk with Chris Bohjalian in our exclusive reading group. Log on to www.bn.com/bookclubs throughout March. * A free guide. Ask any Barnes & Noble bookseller for a copy of our free guide to starting your own reading group. The guide can also be found online at www.bn.com/recommends. Selections for Barnes & Noble Recommends are chosen by a group of the company's booksellers from across the country. Each selection is a book that Barnes & Noble recommends unconditionally, believes it's "unputdownable un·put·down·a·ble adj. Informal So well written and entertaining as to be difficult to put down. unputdownable Adjective " and especially appropriate for discussion in in-store and online book groups. The inaugural selection, The Thirteenth Tale, immediately became the company's number-one fiction bestseller and continues to sell well five months after publication. About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 801 bookstores in 50 states. For the fifth year in a row, the company is the nation's top retail brand for quality, according to the EquiTrend[R] Brand Study by Harris Interactive[R]. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites and the number one online bookseller for quality among e-commerce companies, according to the latest EquiTrend survey. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate Web site: http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com. |
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