Spring 2015 Announcements: Memoir & Biographies: So This Is What Happened

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America by Joseph Kim, with contributions by Stephan Talty (June 2, hardcover, $28, ISBN 978-0-544-37317-4) recounts survival in North Korea during the Great Famine that left five-year-old Kim on the streets, then a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage. 50,000-copy announced first printing. The author of Lunch in Paris takes a rendezvous with the unexpected when she gives up Paris and moves with her husband, and infant son, to a tiny village in Provence where they become culinary entrepreneurs. 65,000-copy announced first printing. The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love, family, faith, grief, resilience, and purpose that is a model of heroism as she speaks out on the effects of fame and provides a road map for others faced with difficulties. 150,000-copy announced first printing. Legendary Texas journalist Cartwright looks back at a six-decade career that ranged from sports writing at the Dallas Morning News to a 25-year stint as senior editor at Texas Monthly magazine, where he covered everything from true crime to notable Texans.