Atlanta Author Karen White’s New Book, The Memory Of Water, Is Atlanta & Company’s Book Club Pick For May

Atlanta, 4/30/08--Tonight at midnight, award-winning author Karen White's highly praised new novel, THE MEMORY OF WATER, officially becomes the May Book Club selection for NBC affiliate 11 Alive's Atlanta & Company. White joins other outstanding writers, such as Joshilyn Jackson, Pearl Cleage, and Dorothea Benton Frank, all of whom have had their best selling books chosen in recent months. The selection will be announced on air on Thursday, May 1st.

Presented in conjunction with Borders Books & Music, the club selection is featured throughout the month in all Atlanta area Borders stores. Capping the shared month of reading, White will appear on Atlanta & Company to talk about THE MEMORY OF WATER with host Holly Firfer on Wednesday, May 28th. The interview will also be seen online.

Noted as a top five best selling title for Wordsmiths Books earlier this month, the book has been praised by readers and reviewers. Publishers Weekly calls THE MEMORY OF WATER, "engaging" and says "careful plotting, richly flawed characters and a surprising conclusion mark this absorbing melodrama." Demand for the book has been such that its March 4th on sale date was followed almost immediately by a second printing.

Since receiving news of the book's selection for Atlanta & Company, White has also learned that her 2007 novel LEARNING TO BREATHE has received the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence (Southern Magic chapter of Romance Writers of America) and is a finalist or nominee for numerous other awards. They are the RITA Award (Romance Writers of America), the 2008 Award of Excellence (Colorado Romance Writers), Georgia Author of the Year (Georgia Writers Association) and, most recently, the National Readers' Choice Award, presented at the Romance Writers of America national convention.

Karen White's recent appearances include the Atlanta Writers Club (4/19) and the sold out Moveable Feast Literary Luncheon (4/18) presented by Litchfield Books on Pawleys Island, North Carolina. She is next scheduled to appear at the Roswell Library on May 18th. Her book, THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET is being published in November 2008.