Author is a New York Times-bestselling writer

Strong blurbs expected from Julie Schumacher and from booksellers

Previous Harvester book was a Top Ten Book of 2015 in the Wall Street Journal and winner of the Midwest Book Award and the Langum Prize for Historical Fiction

Author has visited more than 1,000 book clubs in the past ten years and knows how to engage audiences and book buyers

Continues theme of women's empowerment, ultimately engaging one of the biggest markets of book buyers