On Tour 12/03/25-01/09/26 “The World At Home” by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

Release Date: December 9, 2025

About The Book:

San Francisco in 1944 is a bustling place, a revolving door of soldiers and sailors passing through on their way to the war in the Pacific. Twenty-year old Irene Cleary, however, is not going anywhere. Although she’d love to travel, the seamstress shop she inherited from her mentor keeps her firmly rooted in the only city she’s ever known. She pours her energy into dressmaking and volunteers for the war effort by dancing with servicemen at the USO.

But Irene’s life is transformed when she designs a gown for Cynthia Burke, the socialite whose new marriage to Max, a handsome Chicago businessman, is the talk of the Nob Hill elite. As Irene is drawn into the Burkes’ glamorous, troubled orbit, and as she becomes absorbed in making costumes for the first American performance of a ballet called The Nutcracker, she finds herself on the threshold of exhilarating, perilous new worlds … and the most surprising discoveries of all will be the ones about herself.

About The Author:

Ginny Kubitz Moyer is the award-winning author of the novels A Golden Life and The Seeing Garden. A graduate of Pomona College and Stanford University, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two sons, and one rescue dog.

Social Media:

Author website: www.ginnymoyer.org.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090757704243 | Ginny Kubitz Moyer, Author

Instagram: www.instagram.com/moyerginny | @moyerginny

Book Blurbs:

Beautifully crafted, poignant, and engaging. There is an innocence to this novel that will at once shatter your heart and give wings to hope. Oh, to be twenty again. I loved this book.”—Ashley E. Sweeney, author of The Irish Girl

“Ginny Kubitz Moyer’s The World at Home is one of those perfect books that you long to return to at the end of the day…as if stepping into a time-machine, the reader is instantly transported back to USO halls, smoky nightclubs, and the city’s gilded mansions thanks to Moyer’s vivid prose, well-crafted characters, and pitch-perfect dialogue. It’s a beautiful story of love and loss and belonging. I never wanted it to end. Highly recommend!”—Michelle Cox, author of The Fallen Woman’s Daughter

“The novel captures the unique beauty and diversity of San Francisco . . . Irene, Moyer’s likeable narrator, ably conveys her coming-of-age experiences in a voice that alternates between poignancy and exuberance . . . An engaging homefront war novel.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Moyer brings wartime San Francisco to life in a coming-of-age story packed with romance, temptation, and a flash of mystery…Irene shines as a young woman finding her voice and spirit during one of the most complex adrenaline-fueled moments in American history.”—Meghan K. Winchell, author of Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun: The Story of USO Hostesses during World War II

“Moyer has written a richly detailed love letter to the city—its fog, its views, and its potential for romance and loss—with beautifully drawn characters that grabbed my heart. The world seen through Irene Cleary’s eyes is one I won’t soon forget.” —Kirsten Mickelwait, author of The Ghost Marriage and The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty

Bloggers On Tour:

Dec. 3rd- Books and Coffee MX https://instagram.com/booksandcoffeemx

Dec. 6th- Plains Reading https://instagram.com/plains_reading

Dec. 9th- Love My Books 2020 https://instagram.com/lovemybooks2020

Dec. 9th-Miss W Book Reviews https://instagram.com/misswbookreviews

Dec. 9th- Sarahs Bookstack https://instagram.com/sarahs.bookstack

Dec. 9th- Rozier Reads and Wine https://instagram.com/rozierreadsandwine

Dec. 12th- Marilyn Goncalves https://instagram.com/marilynjgon

Dec. 12th – Nurse Bookie https://instagram.com/nurse_bookie

Dec. 15th- Books Love And Understanding https://instagram.com/booksloveandunderstanding

Dec. 17th- Tiffany Vt4 https://instagram.com/tiffanyvt4

Dec. 17th- Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62