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Confront Redemption and Self-Discovery Head-On with Jeffrey Blount in His Newest Novel, Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

NEW YORK, NY—JANUARY 16, 2024

From Jeffrey Blount comes his newest spellbinding novel about a self-identified failure, forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can’t solve every problem. Jeffrey is an award-winning author of three novels.

Now available anywhere books are sold, discover why James Henry Ferguson doesn’t belong here. After a highly publicized fall from grace, James Henry Ferguson attempts to flee from the chaos and ends up in a community that has been neglected and ignored by everyone, rural Ham, Mississippi—a place of abject poverty, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as “Around the Way.” When a troubling discovery is made, the entire neighborhood is rocked, and James is forced to confront his own past in order to help the community have a future.

Full of never-ending twists and turns, no one can prepare themselves for the surprises in store. Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a story about failure, self-discovery, empowerment, and the possibility of redemption.

“Blount makes us pause to take an up-close look at poverty and racism in our collective backyard. This powerful novel shows the true meaning of ‘it takes a village,’ and that doing the right thing should be color blind.”

Karen White, New York Times Bestselling Author

During a 34-year career at NBC News, Jeffrey directed a decade of Meet The Press, the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and major special events. He is the first African-American to direct the Today Show. He is also an award-winning documentary scriptwriter for films and interactives that are now on display in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture. A Virginia native, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Communications/Broadcast Journalism. He now lives in Washington, DC.

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Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way

Jeffrey Blount — January 2024

ISBN: 9780825310324

Hardcover: $24.95 || Ebook: $9.99

Beaufort Books is an independent publisher based in New York City. Beaufort publishes a mix of non-fiction and fiction titles. Since 2007, Beaufort has published four New York Times bestsellers.

For more information about Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way, or to arrange an interview with the author, please contact Emma St. John at emma@beaufortbooks.com

Thomas Reed Delivers a Profound, Globe-Trotting Journey of Grief and Family in POCKETFUL OF POSEYS

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

NEW YORK, NY—SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From Thomas Reed, the author of Seeking Hyde, a finalist in the 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Historical Fiction, comes a darkly comedic and reflective adventure that tests the strength of family ties amidst grief and the reveal of long-kept secrets.

Now available anywhere books are sold, Pocketful of Poseys asks the question, “When your dying mother has one last request, how can you say no?” Grace Tingley and Brian Posey are forty-something twins whose lives have gone in very different directions. When their mother Cinny is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Grace and Brian are there for her last days, where they learn Cinny has plans for them after she’s gone. They’re to sprinkle her ashes, mixed with their father’s, at a series of exotic locations around the globe—some remote, some challengingly public, all known and loved by the Poseys.

By turns hilarious, profound, jarring, and poignant, Pocketful of Poseys bounds dizzily across the United States to New Zealand, Thailand, Italy and more, as the last of Cinny Posey’s secrets are revealed and her survivors confront the strength of the ties that bind them all together—for worse and for better.

Pocketful of Poseys draws on Reed’s experience growing up in an academic family; his education at Yale, the University of Virginia, and Oxford; years spent living in Rome and Christchurch, N.Z.; travels around the world with his wife and children, and courageous decisions made by his mother-in-law as she faced her death.

“Simultaneously heartwrenching and comical, Thomas Reed’s novel Pocketful of Poseys follows a family from the death of their matriarch to their journey to scatter her ashes. . .Subtle and meaningful.”

— Foreword Reviews

Pocketful of Poseys

Thomas Reed – September 2023

ISBN: 978-0825310263

Paperback: $17.95 || Ebook: $9.99

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Beaufort Books is an independent publisher based in New York City. Beaufort publishes a mix of non-fiction and fiction titles. Since 2007, Beaufort has published four New York Times bestsellers.

For more information, to receive a review copy or arrange an interview, please contact: Caitlin Hamilton Summie at caitlin@caitlinhamiltonmarketing.com

Maribelle’s Shadow – Beach Haven, NJ

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

Join Susannah Marren in conversation about her new book, Maribelle’s Shadow, at the Jewish Community Center of Long Beach Island! Time TBD

PRESS RELEASE: Maribelle’s Shadow

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK, NY — From nationally renowned observer of women’s relationships, Susannah Marren, comes a compelling tale of deception and family loyalty. Maribelle’s Shadow releases June 27th, 2023 from Beaufort Books.

As the editorial director of Palm Beach Confidential, Maribelle Walker knows what lurks beneath the glittering facade of the moneyed elite on Florida’s most glamorous coast. Or does she?
 
When her adored and impressive husband, Samuel, dies suddenly, the secrets and lies between Maribelle and her sisters rise to the surface. Compounding the anguish, the authenticity of their socially ambitious mother and lavish lifestyle of mansions, privilege and couture clothes is thrown into doubt.
 
As their carefully constructed image unravels, each sister realizes she must fend for herself. The pathway out is steep and worth any risk. Until the winner takes all.

“A great escape! Susannah Marren’s newest novel set in Palm Beach blurs the line between ‘inner sanctum’ and ‘creative wannabe,’ and will leave readers wondering if they would want to be part of the ‘in-crowd.'”

— Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg, author of THE NINE and forthcoming, DAUGHTER OF A PROMISE

From Susannah Marren comes her latest book in the luxurious world of Palm Beach, delivering a memorable novel about a seductive power play. Her other novels include A Palm Beach Scandal (September 2020), A Palm Beach Wife (April 2019), and Between the Tides (July 2015). Taking a pseudonym for her fiction writing, Susan Shapiro Barash has also written over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen, Toxic Friends, and A Passion for More.

Fans of Lauren Weisberger’s Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty and Jane Green’s The Sunshine Sisters will be captivated by the dramatic untangling of family secrets and question of authenticity in Maribelle’s Shadow. The book is available anywhere books are sold.

Beaufort Books is an independent publisher based in New York City. Beaufort publishes a mix of non-fiction and fiction titles, with about 15–20 new titles each year. Since 2007, Beaufort has published four New York Times bestsellers.

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For more information about Maribelle’s Shadow or to arrange an interview with the author, please contact Emma St. John at emma@beaufortbooks.com.