Three Flames

- A New York Times bestselling writer joins the Counterpoint list with this brief and extraordinary new novel. Both commercial and literary in execution, Three Flames will remind readers of Joan Silber, Ann Patchett, or John Boyne - The title of the book, Three Flames, is taken from the Chabab Srey, the highly misogynist rules of proper conduct for women in Cambodia, still part of the culture there and in many countries in Asia. Women are expected to keep alive the three flames: Never take family problems outside the house. Never forget what your parents have done for you. Always serve your husband and be respectful of him, no matter what he does. - There are very few contemporary novels about Cambodia, and the author is well-poised to write about the region, as he has run a nonprofit organization in the country supporting equal rights for women for more than 25 years - Author lives in Cambridge, MA; major NEIBA marketing campaign, including signed preorder initiative with independent bookstores




Praise from Booksellers


- "I loved reading Three Flames and feeling immediately transported to rural Cambodia. The individual and communal stories of this one family will break your heart. The struggles of the women in the family are especially traumatic, but the reader leaves with a feeling of light and hope as the youngest daughter just might make it out of her village and into the modern world." -Jamie Rogers Southern, Bookmarks (Winston-Salem, NC)




Tour Schedule:

- 9/4/19 7:00pm: Reading and signing at Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
- 9/8/19 3:00pm: Reading and signing at The Concord Bookshop, Concord, MA
- 9/12/19 7:30pm: Reading and signing at Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO
- 9/16/19 7:00pm: Reading and signing with Thuy Da Lam at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Boston, MA
- 9/19/19 6:00pm: Reading and Q&A at Jay Etkins Gallery, followed by signing and book signing at Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN
- 9/23/19 5:00-7:00pm: Reading, with Chummeng Soun, and signing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
- 9/24/19 7:00pm: Reading and signing at Print: A Bookstore, Portland ME
- 10/21/19 7:00pm: Reading and book signing at Bookmark, Neptune Beach, FL