On Tour 08/20/26-09/25/26 “The Making Of Marigold McGrath” by Carrie Hayes

Release Date: April 21, 2026

About The Book:

New York City, 1937. Seventeen-year-old Marigold McGrath is coming undone.

Her mother is dead. Her father is drawn to dangerous politics. The only place she feels joy is behind a camera — where she can frame the world on her own terms.

After a series of her own missteps, she reinvents herself in London: mentored by a celebrated émigré photographer, photographing Kindertransport children, working alongside Edward R. Murrow. She falls in love with Joop, a charming Dutch student, and shrugs off the war gathering around her.

Then the Blitz begins.

Joop vanishes into the Dutch Resistance. And Marigold — who has always preferred to photograph the world as she wishes it were — must finally decide what kind of woman, and what kind of witness, she is willing to become.

About The Author:

Carrie Hayes was born in New York City. She grew up around journalists, idealists and rule breaking women. Find her on Medium.com, Substack.com and on her upcoming podcast, Angry Dead Women.

Carrie’s debut novel, Naked Truth or Equality was an Editor’s Choice in the Historical Novel Review.

The Midwest Review describes her latest book, Well Dressed Lies, as “an inviting novel of intrigue, mischief, and love that invites libraries and readers to partake of a story replete in changing alliances, closely-held secrets, and social change that romps through high society relationships on both sides of the pond.” https://carriehayeswrites.com/

Social Media:

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Aug. 24th – Nurse Bookie https://instagram.com/nurse_bookie

Aug. 26th- Sarahs Bookish Reviews https://instagram.com/sarahs.bookish.reviews

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Aug. 27th- Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62

Aug. 28th- Reading Is My Remedy https://instagram.com/reading_is_my_remedy

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Aug. 29th- Books Love And Understanding https://instagram.com/booksloveandunderstanding