If a certain yoga book has people scratching their heads and wondering who Nina Gettleman is based on, a certain soccer book is bound to raise the question: is it Ashley? (Note from the author: it's not.) Montclair author Nancy Star's cleverly-named "Carpool Diem" comes out Thursday and features a deliciously over-the-top soccer coach named Winslow West, who sends take-no-prisoners memos to his girl soccer players and their beleaguered carpooling parents.
Please note the following allowable excuses for missing practice:One: Death
Two: Official Power Team Tourney.
Star will be reading and signing books Thursday, March 13 at Watchung Booksellers. 7 pm.
Another Montclair writer, Karin Abarbanel, is out with a new book called "Birthing the Elephant," which her publisher calls the "What to Expect When You're Expecting" for women entrepeneurs. Abarbanel will read and sign books at Watchung Booksellers on Sunday, March 30 at 7 pm.
Congratulations also to author Valerie Block, whose book, "None of Your Business," has has been optioned for film/TV by Marilyn Agrelo, director/producer of "Mad Hot Ballroom." Her most recent novel, "Don't Make a Scene," came out last summer.
Congrats! Nancy and Valerie were two of my favorite customers when I worked at the shipping shop in upper-Montclair.