The Meaning of Matthew by Judy Shepard (Hudson Street Press, on sale now)

Most people know the horrific details of 21 year-old college student Matthew Shepard's murder in Laramie, Wyoming ten years ago.  Long before the terrible hate crime that took his life, and made him a household name in the area of gay rights, Matthew was simply Judy Shepard's son.  In The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed, on sale now from Hudson Street Press, Judy speaks for the first time in book form about her loss, sharing memories of Matthew, their life as a typical American family and the pivotal event in a small college town that changed everything.   National publicity included coverage in USA Today and Newsweek and appearances on CBS' "The Early Show," and NPR's "Talk of the Nation" on 9/8.   Judy kicks off a 12-city book tour with an event at the Barnes & Noble at Union Square in New York on 9/9.