Then there's Watching Their Dance: Three Sisters, a Genetic Disease and Marrying Into a Family at Risk for Huntington's, by Therese Crutcher-Marin, a self-published memoir that Kirkus called 'a rare treat-a true story that is as uplifting as it is heartbreaking' and Kevin McLean's Crossing the River Kabul, from Potomac Press, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, which Kirkus calls 'a fascinating story delineates a sense of what it means to hail from a proud Afghan family in the throes of violence.' One reviewer said, 'If I had highlighted every sentence that struck a cord with me, the pages would glow yellow. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees.Published books I've worked on lately include One-Way Ticket to L.A.: How a Nurse From Ohio Found Love in Hollywood, by Barbara Marshall, whose life only got more interesting with her marriage to Garry Marshall, well before he began directing TV shows and movies like Happy Days and Pretty Woman The Song of Orpheus, by Tracy Barrett, in which some lesser-known Greek myths get an 'energetic,' 'accessible,' and 'entertaining' retelling ( Kirkus ) and The Reckoning, the final novel in Chris Howard's Rootless trilogy (I edited the last two), 'a nonstop adventure' with 'complex characters, shifting loyalties, and layers of mystery' ( Publishers Weekly starred review). Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an uneasy alliance with Alpha, an alluring, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. But Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's running out of time. before they were destroyed by the plagues of locusts that now feed on human flesh.When Banyan meets a mysterious woman with a strange tattoo that offers a clue to the whereabouts of the last living trees, he sets off across a wasteland full of desert pirates, underground poachers and the agents of a sinister corporation that controls the last remaining source of food.

Although Banyan's never seen a real tree, his missing father used to tell him stories about the way they grew in the old world.

Using salvaged scrap metal, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Seventeen-year-old Banyan is a tree builder.

Rootless by Chris Howard