Heliotrope Books

“…This complicated, uncompromising novel … explores the things we do in ‘secret…” —Seth Kanor, author of Indian Leap

Bankruptcy: A Love Story

“A poignant, brave, compelling story of lost money, marital break, and healing.” —Susan Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author

For Paris ~ With Love & Squalor

"…At once lighthearted and bittersweet.” —Kenneth Slawenski, International bestselling author of J. D. Salinger: A Life

“...filled with humor that comes from the paces where we hurt. This is the good stuff.” —Eddie Torres, author of Carlito’s Way

Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age

“A good man, Bob Brody is also an observant one. Nothing escapes his vision.” —Philip Lopate, Nonfiction Director, MFA Writing Program, Columbia University

“…The most satisfying novel I’ve read this year.” —Marakay Rogers, BWW Books

Below Average: A Life Way Under the Bar

“…A book for anybody who has ever felt less than perfect—which, quite frankly, ought to be all of us.” —Sara Benincasa, author of Agorafabulous

Forty Years Stoned: A Journalist’s Romance

“An amazing journey, filled with humor. You will be changed.” —Melissa Etheridge

Cinders: Stories of an Inner-City Survivor

“…equal parts story collection, meditation, indictment, and most of all a grievous lamentation for lost hopes …” —Neworld Review

"The perfect New York love story, with a twist." —Tim Realbuto, award-winning writer and performer

The Last Hotel: A Novel in Suites

“Bittersweet, funny, human and humane.” —Anne Roiphe

Navigating Tweets, Feats, and Deletes: Lessons for the New Workplace

“A fun and must read for all entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.” —Ray Rothrock

“Shameless, elegant, obscene.” —Leopoldine Core

“A thoroughly current thriller in which lawyers and financiers are the manipulators of Middle Eastern conflict.” —Kirkus Reviews

What's Never Said

“Funny and original, with a soulfulness beneath the humor.” —Ian Frazier

Tightrope: Balancing a Life Between Mario Cuomo and My Brother

"Rich and insightful, Tightrope probes the mysteries of family, the divergent paths of children, the consequences of their choices and the blood bond that holds them together..." Chiara Coletti, former New York Newsday/Newsday Vice President of Public Affairs

Just Say Yes: A Marijuana Memoir

“Likely to loosen up fellow smokers…” —Kirkus Reviews

Botany, Ballet & Dinner from Scratch: A Memoir with Recipes

“Leda Meredith recounts a lifetime of urban foraging adventures… a book sure to inspire readers to find pleasure in what is close at hand." —Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation

On Another Note: Making Music at Head Start (A Memoir with Classroom Exercises)

“If you want to know New York’s … classrooms and street-wise kids, you won’t find a better or more musical guide.” —Jeffrey Burke, reviewer for Kirkus and Mail on Sunday

Controlled: The Worst Night of My Life and its Aftermath

“A gripping tale, not simply of survival, but of the refusal to be silenced.” — The Daily Beast

Passport to Paris

"A moving memoir of the long ago Paris of our dreams.” —Jane Delynn, author of In Thrall

Not About Madonna: My Little Pre-Icon Roommate and Other Memoirs

“Moved me to tears…” —Lucinda Williams

Pointing Is Rude: One Father’s Story of Autism, Adoption, and Acceptance

“…illuminates the challenges, triumphs, heartbreaks and joys of parenting a child with autism…” —Ron Suskind, author of Life Animated

Two married men. One murdered woman. Will justice be served?

Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing

“Kate’s story is my story and the story of so many older women who endure a breakup in their fifties and sixties…” —Erica Manfred, author of He’s History; You’re Not

Sins & CEOs: Lessons from Leaders and Losers That Will Change Your Life

This is not a treatise on the CEO as the biggest jerk in the world,...

My Monk: A Typographic Novel

In My Monk, author Elizabeth Dembrowsky weaves a story of sadness, humor, and pathos. A...

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