From the author of the acclaimed I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, a satirical and moving novel in the spirit of Maria Semple and Jess Walter about a New York City trend forecaster who finds herself wanting to overturn her own predictions, move away from technology, and reclaim her heart. A poignant and amusing […]
With echoes of The Night Circus, a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans–in love with each other since they can remember–whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future. The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, […]
For fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Lorrie Moore, and Curtis Sittenfeld, Among the Ten Thousand Things is a dazzling first novel, a portrait of an American family on the cusp of irrevocable change, and a startlingly original story of love and time lost. When a package chronicling Jack Shanley’s secret life arrives in the mail […]
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An immersive, exuberant, boundary-vaulting debut novel. Set in 1970s New York City, CITY ON FIRE is an unforgettable novel about love and betrayal and forgiveness, about art and truth and rock ’n’ roll: about what people need from each other in order to live and about what makes the living worth doing in the first […]
Ha Jin must be blushing somewhere. The reviews rolling in for his new novel are amazing. Below is a convenient little wrap up for you. Nanjing Requiem went on sale last week. But hopefully you know that already and it is already making the rounds with your patrons. “Ha Jin brings a cool, spare documentary […]
As everyone knows who has said more than ‘hello’ to me for the last six months – I LOVE Aimee Bender’s THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE. I’ve shared this love with many of you and now you are sharing it back! I am thrilled to report that Aimee debuts on the NYT bestseller list […]
This memoir by Michael Greenberg about his 15-year-old daughter’s mental breakdown has received a starred review from both LIbrary Journal and Booklist. And is my staff pick in our Fall 2008 issue of Random Revelations! “Sure to become a new classic in the literature of mental illness.” –LJ http://www.otherpress.com/hurrydownsunshine/ –Erica
