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Latitudes Book Tour  Anthony Caplan, author of the young adult novel, Latitudes: A Story of Coming Home is guest posting at WV Stitcher on Tuesday, September 04, 2012 about his favorite books. Caplan is on virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book   during September to talk about his book, the writing life and his future projects. About Latitudes: A Story of Coming Home  LATITUDES – A story of one boy overcoming dysfuntion, dislocation and distance… When Father and Mother, a highflying young American lawyer and his party-hard bride, fall prey to the self-destructive lure of alcohol and sexual liberation, Will and his sisters pay the price in divorce and kidnappings that take them back and forth between the rain forest hideaways of coastal Latin America and the placid suburbs of Long Island. Will identifies with the oppressed workers laboring in his father’s fast food restaurant and longs for American freedom. Father remarries the daughter of a local aristo...

About Paris Adieu The first time Ava Fodor visits Paris as a nineteen-year old au pair , her French boyfriend introduces her to the concept of being comfortable in her own skin. If only she knew how… One Ivy League degree later, she’s back for an encounter with a Frenchman that awakens her to womanhood.  If only she could stay…. Five years later, Ava returns to Paris as a singer/pianist. She falls for Arnaud, whose frequent travel tortures her. While he’s away, a surprising stranger helps Ava on her journey to self-discovery. Armed with the lessons Paris has taught her, she bids adieu to Arnaud, Pierre and her very first love –  the City of Light. Thirteen Things about   Paris Adieu 1. Paris Adieu's theme is how to be comfortable in your own skin. 2. The motto of Paris Adieu's main character, Ava Fodor, is "fake it till you make it."   That's what Ava does until she finally figures out how to be comfortable in her own skin. 3. Ava arrives in Pari...