Promise

I Promise

An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! *An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A B&N Best Book of the Year* A great gift for tiny go-getters and big dreamers, including for back to school! NBA champion and superstar LeBron James pens a slam-dunk picture book inspired by his foundation’s I PROMISE program that motivates children everywhere to always #StriveForGreatness. Just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who is dedicated to uplifting youth everywhere, LeBron James knows the key to a better future is to excel in school, do your best, and keep your family close. I Promise is a lively and inspiring picture book that reminds us that tomorrow’s success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today. Featuring James’s upbeat, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations perfectly crafted for a diverse audience by #1 New York Times bestselling and Geisel Honor winning artist Nina Mata, this book has the power to inspire all children and families to be their best. Perfect for shared reading in and out of the classroom, I Promise is also a great gift for graduation, birthdays, and other occasions. Plus check out the audiobook, read by LeBron James's mother and I Promise School supporter Gloria James!

The Promise

Winner of the Booker Prize: “This tour-de-force unleashes a searing portrait of a damaged family and a troubled country in need of healing.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Haunted by an unmet promise, the Swart family loses touch after the death of their matriarch. Adrift, the lives of the three siblings move separately through the uncharted waters of South Africa; Anton, the golden boy who bitterly resents his life’s unfulfilled potential; Astrid, whose beauty is her power; and the youngest, Amor, whose life is shaped by a nebulous feeling of guilt. Reunited by four funerals over three decades, the dwindling family reflects the atmosphere of its country—one of resentment, renewal, and, ultimately, hope. The Promise is an epic drama that unfurls against the unrelenting march of national history, sure to please current fans and attract many new ones. “Simply: you must read it.” —Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine “A rich story of family, history, and grief.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Timely, relevant, and thematically significant.” —Booklist, starred review “Galgut is wonderfully, Woolfianly adept.” —James Wood, The New Yorker “In comparison [to Coetzee], Galgut is a gleeful satirist, mordantly skewering his characters’ fecklessness and hypocrisy.” —Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times Book Review “Riveting . . . Galgut’s most ambitious novel to date.” —New York Review of Books “An exceptional book, beautifully written with characters you come to care deeply about.” —BBC “The Promise is close to a folk tale or the retelling of a myth about fate and loss . . . The story has an astonishing sense of depth, as though the characters were imagined over time, with slow tender care.” —Colm Tóibín, New York Times–bestselling author of Brooklyn

The Promise