Contents page 2 New Fiction and Non-fiction page 44 Harper Paperbacks page 62 Harper Weekend page 64 Young Adult & Children’s Titles page 77 Key Contacts page 78 Index Please note: Prices, dates and specifications listed in this catalogue are subject to change without notice. The suggested retail prices are in Canadian dollars and do not include GST/HST. All resellers are free to establish their own prices. Consumer prices are suggestions only and do not reflect the prices at which books and other products will be sold. 2 harpercollins onfident, original and humane, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the cross- roadsC of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals. In the powerfully affecting opening story, “Tikkun,” a The universality of war, love, chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries heartbreak and hope them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. In “Casualties,” Tsabari takes us into the military—a world every Israeli knows all too well—with a brusque, sexy young female AYELET TSABARI soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet. Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here The Best Place on Earth are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Stories Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose FICTION • $24.99 CL identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, ISBN: 9781443411950 • SHIPPING IN MARCH The Best Place on Earth explores Israeli history as it illuminates FIC029000 • 224 pp • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 • carton qty: 48 the tenuous connections—forged, frayed and occasionally rights acquired: world/all languages destroyed—between cultures, between generations and across editor: Jane Warren • publicist: Sonya Koson the gulf of transformation and loss. AYELET TSABARI is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a two-time winner of the EVENT Creative Non-Fiction Contest and has been published in literary magazines such as PRISM, Grain and Room. Her unpublished non-fiction manuscript was shortlisted for the First Book Competition sponsored by Anvil Press and SFU’s Writer’s Studio. She is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph and lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel. Learn more at www.ayelettsabari.com or follow her on Twitter @AyeletTsabari. HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS winter 2013 3 aris, 1878. Following their father’s sudden death, the Van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages,P and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction from their lodg- Inspired by the real-life model ings seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dis- for Degas’ Little Dancer Aged 14, patched to the Paris Opera, where for a scant seventeen francs this gripping novel set in belle époque Paris a week, she will be trained to enter the famous Ballet. Her older “breathes heart and soul into a fascinating era sister, Antoinette, finds work as an extra in a stage adaptation of Émile Zola’s naturalist masterpiece L’Assommoir. of the City of Lights” (Heidi W. Durrow) Marie throws herself into dance and is soon modelling in the studio of Edgar Degas, where her image will forever be im- CathY MARIE BUCHANAN mortalized as Little Dancer Aged 14. Meanwhile, Antoinette, de- railed by her love for the dangerous Émile Abadie, must choose between honest labour and the more profitable avenues open The Painted Girls to a young woman of the Parisian demimonde. A Novel Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters ren- FICTION • $22.99 ORIGINAL TPB W/FLAPS ISBN: 9781443412346 • SHIPPING IN JANUARY dered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of “civilized FIC014000/FIC019000 • 336 pp • 6 × 9 • carton qty: 44 society.” In the end, each will come to realize that her salva- rights acquired: Canada/English language tion—her survival, even—lies with the other. other rights: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment sponsoring editor: Iris Tupholme • publicist: Emma Ingram “History, coming of age, and the art of Degas’s beloved dancers are woven together in this enchanting novel. The Painted Girls is utterly captivating.” —ViNCENT Lam, AUTHOR OF THE HEADMASTER’s WageR “[This] meticulously researched page-turner brings to life nineteenth-century Paris with its girl dancers and artists who paint and exploit them. In a society that believes destiny is written into the human body, Marie and Antoi- nette refuse to give up on their lives, and their gripping stories leap off the pages with the grace of ballerinas.” —Eva StachnIAK, AUTHOR OF THE WINteR PalACE AND GARdeN OF VENUS CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN is the author of The Day the Falls Stood Still, which was a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Recommends selection and among the Can- ada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. Born and raised in Niagara Falls, Ontario, she now resides in To- ronto. Visit her online at www.cathymariebuchanan.com or her Facebook page, or follow her on Twitter @CathyMBuchanan. ALSO AVAILABLE BY CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN The Day the Falls Stood Still 9781554683284 • $17.99 TPB HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS 4 harpercollins elen Humphreys’ younger brother was gone before she could come to terms with the fact that he had terminal cancer.H Diagnosed with stage 4B pancreatic cancer at the age A PHYLLIS BRUCE BOOK of forty-five, he died four months later, leaving behind a griev- ing family. Martin was an extraordinary pianist who debuted Helen Humphreys’ heartbreaking memoir of at the Royal Festival Hall in London at the age of twenty, later grief and the profound examination of the becoming a piano teacher and senior examiner at the Royal meaning of a life Conservatory of Music. The two siblings, though often living far apart, were bonded on many levels. Now Humphreys has written a deeply felt, haunting mem- HELEN HUmphREYS oir both about and for her brother. Speaking directly to him, she lays bare their secrets, their disagreements, their early child- Nocturne hood together, their intense though unspoken love for each On the Life and Death of My Brother other. A memoir of grief, an honest self-examination in the face of profound pain, this poetic, candid and intimate book is an MEMOIR • $24.99 CL offering not only to the memory of Martin but to all those who ISBN: 9781443415453 • SHIPPING IN MARCH are living through the death of family and friends. BIO026000/FAM014000 • 224 pp • 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 • carton qty: 48 line art throughout PRAISE FOR THE REINVENTION OF LOVE rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Aitken Alexander Associates “The work is a triumph of lucid, vigorous, suspenseful editor: Phyllis Bruce • publicist: Emma Ingram narrative, a historical fiction that wears the author’s knowl- edge of the past lightly, a convincing study of character that could be set in almost any civilized era.” —T NA IONAL POST “Love is finally reinvented, restored to its purity, in this haunting, moving and stylish study of hearts laid bare.” —THE TIMES (LONDON) HELEN HUMPHREYS is an award-winning author whose work has been published around the world. Her last novel, The Reinvention of Love, was a national bestseller. Coventry, a #1 bestseller, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. Humphreys won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Afterimage and the City of Toronto Book Award for Leaving Earth; The Lost Garden was a Canada Reads selection. Her last non-fiction work, The Frozen Thames, was a #1 national bestseller. The recipi- ent of the Harbourfront Festival Prize for literary excellence, Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario. Visit her online at www.hhumphreys.com or on Facebook. PLEASE SEE YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR OTHER TITLES BY HELEN HUMPHREYS HARPER COLLINS HARPER PERENNIAL HARPER TROPHYCANADA C OLLINS HARPER WEEKEND HARPERPERENNIAL MODERNCLASSICS winter 2013 5 n his bestselling business book Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life, Robert Herjavec, the former co-star ofI CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den and current co-star of ABC TV’s Shark Tank, urged his readers to take risks, take control of their lives, and stay true to their own visions. Now, in this in- The #1 bestselling author of Driven teaches spirational follow-up, Herjavec wants to push his readers even you why good enough is never good enough— further towards greatness. in life or in business Whether you are seeking to build the next big company in communications technology, to become the most respected teacher in your educational system, or to make a lasting impact RoBERt HERjavEc as an artist in your field, the most important decision you can WIth John LawREncE REYnoLds make, according to Herjavec, is to reject mediocrity. In the long run, “good enough” is never good enough, whether in our per- The Will to Win sonal lives or in our careers. Leading, Competing, Succeeding Drawing on anecdotes from his own life and from the lives of celebrity friends such as Oprah, Georges St-Pierre and BUSINESS • $32.99 CL Celine Dion, Herjavec delivers valuable life lessons that promise ISBN: 9781443409865 • SHIPPING IN APRIL to guide readers to greater happiness and success. BUS025000 • 272 pp • 6 x 9 • carton qty: 36 rights acquired: Canada/English language other rights: Westwood Creative Artists RObert HerJaVec launched one of the first companies editor: Jim Gifford • publicist: Colleen Simpson that provided corporations with Internet security systems, and later sold the business to AT&T for over $100 million.