September is full of excellent new releases!
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery, a compelling collection of short stories that read like a novel. On the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award, it follows a Jamaican family relocated to Miami with unique insights into family dynamics and racial identity handled with brilliant wit and lots of heart.
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma is a surreal and wonderful collection of short stories. It's a personal favorite of mine and I hope you'll join us to chat about it in book club on October 3rd at 8 pm in HudCo.
Ian McEwen's latest Lessons is the epic yet intimate story of one man's life across historical upheavals from the Suez Crisis through our current times.
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz is a fictional autobiography, full of love affairs and conflicts, of a fierce and funny woman. Lucy by the Sea is the latest in Elizabeth’s Strout’s award-nominated Lucy Barton series. The Book of Goose is a story of disturbing intimacy of two girls from a rural province in France by celebrated author Yiyun Li.
In art books, we have a beautiful new monograph on the artist Helen Frankenthaler's late works, and the new Wolfgang Tillmans catalogue for the current MoMA exhibition.
For kids, the latest in the hit graphic novel series The Witches of Brooklyn and The Baby-Sitter's Club, and a new Mo Willems book starring Pigeon are all released this month! The latest in the Princess in Black series for 5-8 year olds is out in paperback.