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1) Malas
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Physical Desc
x, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass--but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new motherhood, and her meager bank account in our increasingly online world--from the PEN/Faulkner finalist and critically acclaimed author of The Knockout Queen"--
4) Swift River
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1987, the only Black person in all Swift River after her Pop disappeared seven years ago, Diamond Newberry, receiving a letter from a relative she’s never met, is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, gaining a sense of her place in the world and in her family.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rich and riveting debut marrying centuries-old folklore to twenty-first-century queer literary fiction, City of Laughter spans four generations of Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years. Ropshitz, Poland, was once known as the City of Laughter. As this story opens, an eighteenth century badchan, a holy jester whose job is to bring laughter to the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1961, in Dutch countryside, Isabel lives by routine and discipline until her brother leaves his graceless new girlfriend Eva on her doorstep, and as Eva disrespects her house, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession that gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Newly-divorced, almost-empty-nester Celeste is finally seeking adventure and putting herself first, cliches be damned. So when a friend asks Celeste to "partner" with his buddy John for an event, Celeste throws herself into the role of his temporary girlfriend. But quiet cinnamon roll John isn't looking for love, just birds-he needs a partner for Tucson's biggest bird-watching contest if he's ever going to launch his own guiding business. By the...