News From Home by Sefi Atta – Dedication

Nigerian author Sefi Atta dedicated News From Home:

for Gboyega and Temi

Gboyega Ransome-Kuti is Sefi’s husband. They gave their US-born daughter Temi a dedication ceremony in New Jersey. Read their cool story here.

Tender Trap by The Fairmount Girls – Dedication

Cincinnati rockers The Fairmount Girls Jane McBrain, Melissa Fairmount,  Chris Fairmount, Dana Hambien and Eva Destruction hail from the same town as Annie Oakley. They dedicated their album Tender Trap:

This album is dedicated to our friend

Mike Tallarico 1978-2000

Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air by Allan Appel – Dedication

Today we’re visiting Will Smith’s old stomping ground. A 17-year-old compulsive gambler in 1963 Los Angeles travels to Will Smith’s hood to tutor 16-year-old Bat Mizvah trainee Bayla Adler. Chaos ensues –  it’s a matter of life and $20,000. Allan Apel dedicated The Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air:

To the memory of my parents, Morris and Pearl Appel,

and my teacher Dr. David Lieber

Dr. David Leo Lieber, a rabbi, often advised his fellow scholars: “You can always tell someone to go to hell later.” He graduated from the College of the City of New York (magna cum laude) and served as President of the American Jewish University.

The Outside by Gil Adamson – Dedication

Gil Adamson dedicated The Outlander:

For Adrian, the good father.

The Outlander, set in rural Montana and Idaho, won the Books in Canada First Novel Prize and the Dashiell Hammett Prize, and it also made the shortlist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. The book wraps you into the story of a young woman on the run. Nicholas Campbell championed it for 2009’s Canada Reads debates.