Purchase a copy for yourself here! Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel, The Dutch House, is a warmhearted modern fairytale that feels particularly luxurious in an era where urgent writing has become the standard. In her eighth novel, Patchett tells the decades long tale of Danny and Maeve Conroy, who spend their youth in the foreboding mansion… Continue reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
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The Beautiful Ones by Prince
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Beautiful Ones is the years-in-the-making posthumous memoir from Prince, one of the all-time most highly regarded American musical artists. Most Prince fans have a similar experience of discovering his music, they were captivated by the funky beats and naughty lyrics, and subsequently hid their fandom from their parents,… Continue reading The Beautiful Ones by Prince
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Dolly Alderton is a British author, journalist, and podcast host, whose bestselling memoir Everything I Know About Love, will be released in the United States this coming February. The memoir spans from Alderton’s teen years all the way up to her 30th birthday, tracing her personal growth in the… Continue reading Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Home Making by Lee Matalone
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Home Making is the debut novel from Lee Matalone, whose fiction and essays have been featured in publications such as the Los Angeles Review of Books, Denver Quarterly, and Tin House. The novel is a bite-sized (under 200 pages) narrative about the intersections between homemaking, family, and identity. Told… Continue reading Home Making by Lee Matalone
Vanity Fair’s Women on Women Edited by Radhika Jones with David Friend
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Vanity Fair’s Women on Women is a collection of essays from the magazine’s modern archives, profiles of women written by women, spanning from 1983 to the current day. In her introduction, the magazine’s current editor-in-cheif, Radhika Jones, quotes a proclamation from the magazine’s inaugural editor, “We hereby announce ourselves… Continue reading Vanity Fair’s Women on Women Edited by Radhika Jones with David Friend
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s second novel, The Revisioners, is a sprawling multigenerational tale about the pain and wisdom that is passed on through generations. The book is centered on two perspectives and in two time periods, one being 1924, well into the Jim Crow south in New Orleans, and the… Continue reading The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The Need by Helen Phillips
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Need is a genre-bending psychological thriller/family drama/speculative fiction novel that has been receiving rave reviews for its portrayal of the chaos surrounding identity and parenthood. The novel centers on Molly, a mother of two young children whose life seems to revolve around anticipating the needs of her children.… Continue reading The Need by Helen Phillips
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel is a richly textured story concerned with loyalty and compassion imagined within the confines of tight crime-novel pacing. Braithwaite’s masterful prose and sharp wit gave me that rare feeling when I finished the novel that I had not actually taken a breath since starting it.… Continue reading My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Jenny Slate’s new book, Little Weirds, is hard to characterize in terms of format. It’s part memoir, part essay collection, part mini revelations. The comedian and actress writes about divorce, friendship, loneliness, and the patriarchy. Her writing is anything but direct, and she circles these larger topics somewhat hazily,… Continue reading Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s response to fans that have been clamoring for answers about the fate of characters from her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. This original text has taken on a new relevance in the Trump Era, as the religious right has risen to prominence once again,… Continue reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood