January 2010
HARDCOVER
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert
January 5th | Viking Adult| 9780670021659
Told with Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence, and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Her memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
January 5th | Doubleday | 9780385524988
In this compelling, ripped-from-the-headline offering from bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, three high school seniors make a pregnancy pact. Set in an insular, tightly knit community in Maine, Not My Daughter explores the consequences of pact behavior on a small town, as well as the strain placed on mothers and daughters who find themselves in unfamiliar terrain.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
January 11th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393071764
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution.
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
January 12th | Delacorte Press | 9780385344135
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole–and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
January 12th | Dutton Adult | 9780525951506
The heroines of Lauren Willig's bestselling Pink Carnation series have engaged in espionage all over nineteenth-century Europe. In the sixth stand-alone volume, our fair English heroine travels to India, where she finds freedom-and risk-more exciting than she ever imagined.
Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
January 12th | Random House | 9781400063574
Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through this collection by Amy Bloom, the New York Times bestselling author of Away. Bloom's astonishing and astute new work of interconnected stories illuminates the mysteries of passion, family, and friendship.
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
January 13th | Reagan Arthur Books| 9780316031912
Part memoir, part observation of modern marriage, and part meditation on the roles of God and love in our everyday lives, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity is a unique and unforgettable look into why, and how, we love each other, and proves yet again why Kate Braestrup's writing is "inspirational in the best sense" (New York Daily News).
The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir by Nick Flynn
January 18th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393068160
A dazzling, searing, and inventive memoir about becoming a father in the age of terror. Haunted by a history of addiction, a relationship with his unsteady father, and a longing to connect with his mother who committed suicide, Flynn artfully interweaves in this memoir passages from his childhood, his relationships with women, and his growing obsession—a questioning of terror, torture, and the political crimes we can neither see nor understand in post-9/11 American life.
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
January 18th | Reagan Arthur Books | 9780316034012
A dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.
Small Wars by Sadie Jones
January 19th | Harper | 9780061929885
The prizewinning author of The Outcast delivers the emotionally searing story of a marriage in crisis, an unflinching look at lives irrevocably altered by one of history's "small wars."
The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021062
It is 1752 and seventeen-year-old Agnes Trussel arrives in London pregnant with an unwanted child. Lost and frightened, she finds herself at the home of Mr. J. Blacklock, a brooding fireworks maker who hires Agnes as an apprentice. As she learns to make rockets, portfires, and fiery rain, she slowly gains his trust and joins his quest to make the most spectacular fireworks the world has ever seen.
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021406
Keyes creates another charming novel that follows seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse with the intent of changing at least one of their lives.
The Melting Season by Jami Attenberg
January 21st | Riverhead | 9781594488962
Deeply compassionate and unflinchingly bold, The Melting Season is the story of an indelible character's journey from isolation to belonging, as well as an honest look at the things we feel we deserve from our lives- and how far we will go to find them.
Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
January 26th | Harper | 9780061628344
In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued—from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home.
Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett
January 27th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446542968
On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is elusive. Randall is emotionally distant, her son has developed a drug habit, and her daughter is disgusted by her mother's "overbearing behavior." When Randall decides that he's had enough of marriage counseling, he offers his wife an ultimatum: "Be grateful for all I've done for you or leave." Lena, realizing that money can't solve her problems and that her husband is no longer the man she married, decides to choose the latter. Drawing strength from Tina Turner's life story, Searching for Tina Turner is Lena's struggle to find herself after 25 years of being a wife and mother.
PAPERBACK
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
January 5th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312599539
The true story of an unlikely friendship forged between a woman and the man she incorrectly identified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years.
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446194228
An Indie-Bound and Literary Guild Blue Ribbon pick, this novel is spellbindingly woven tale about a girl who grows physically and emotionally beyond her small town's wildest expectations.
Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446539609
An aspiring young journalist stuck blogging for a gossip site stumbles across a story that gives new meaning to the word legendary.
Damaged by Kia DuPree
January 26th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446547758
In the style of urban literary greats Teri Woods and Vicky Stringer, Kia DuPree tells an engrossing and heart-wrenching story about a young woman living on the streets of Washington D.C.
The Dream House: A Novel by Valerie Laken
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780060840938
Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house --- the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a “sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, [and] wonderful book.” (Charles Baxter, author of the National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love)
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel by Myrlin A. Hermes
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780061805196
Laced with quotes, references, and in-jokes, cross-dressing, bed-tricks, mistaken identity, and a bisexual love-triangle inspired by Shakespeare′s own sonnets, this novel upends everything you thought you knew about Hamlet. Witty, insightful, playful, and truly wise about the greatest works of the Bard, The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet is a delectable treat for people that have loved books like Stephen Greenblatt′s Will in the World and John Updike′s Gertrude and Claudius.
Who Owns the World by Kevin Cahill with Rob McMahon
January 29th | Grand Central Publishing l 9780446581219
The desire to own land (and its resources) continues to shape world history. But what do we really know about landownership across the globe? Finally, here's a book that reveals surprising real estate truths about the world around us.
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert
January 5th | Viking Adult| 9780670021659
Told with Gilbert's trademark wit, intelligence, and compassion, Committed attempts to "turn on all the lights" when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Her memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
January 5th | Doubleday | 9780385524988
In this compelling, ripped-from-the-headline offering from bestselling author Barbara Delinsky, three high school seniors make a pregnancy pact. Set in an insular, tightly knit community in Maine, Not My Daughter explores the consequences of pact behavior on a small town, as well as the strain placed on mothers and daughters who find themselves in unfamiliar terrain.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
January 11th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393071764
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution.
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
January 12th | Delacorte Press | 9780385344135
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole–and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig
January 12th | Dutton Adult | 9780525951506
The heroines of Lauren Willig's bestselling Pink Carnation series have engaged in espionage all over nineteenth-century Europe. In the sixth stand-alone volume, our fair English heroine travels to India, where she finds freedom-and risk-more exciting than she ever imagined.
Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
January 12th | Random House | 9781400063574
Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through this collection by Amy Bloom, the New York Times bestselling author of Away. Bloom's astonishing and astute new work of interconnected stories illuminates the mysteries of passion, family, and friendship.
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
January 13th | Reagan Arthur Books| 9780316031912
Part memoir, part observation of modern marriage, and part meditation on the roles of God and love in our everyday lives, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity is a unique and unforgettable look into why, and how, we love each other, and proves yet again why Kate Braestrup's writing is "inspirational in the best sense" (New York Daily News).
The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir by Nick Flynn
January 18th | W. W. Norton & Company | 9780393068160
A dazzling, searing, and inventive memoir about becoming a father in the age of terror. Haunted by a history of addiction, a relationship with his unsteady father, and a longing to connect with his mother who committed suicide, Flynn artfully interweaves in this memoir passages from his childhood, his relationships with women, and his growing obsession—a questioning of terror, torture, and the political crimes we can neither see nor understand in post-9/11 American life.
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
January 18th | Reagan Arthur Books | 9780316034012
A dazzling novel about a marriage and a family and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both. It is the heartbreaking story of a life taken for granted and what happens when that life is abruptly and irrevocably taken away.
Small Wars by Sadie Jones
January 19th | Harper | 9780061929885
The prizewinning author of The Outcast delivers the emotionally searing story of a marriage in crisis, an unflinching look at lives irrevocably altered by one of history's "small wars."
The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021062
It is 1752 and seventeen-year-old Agnes Trussel arrives in London pregnant with an unwanted child. Lost and frightened, she finds herself at the home of Mr. J. Blacklock, a brooding fireworks maker who hires Agnes as an apprentice. As she learns to make rockets, portfires, and fiery rain, she slowly gains his trust and joins his quest to make the most spectacular fireworks the world has ever seen.
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
January 21st | Viking Adult | 9780670021406
Keyes creates another charming novel that follows seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse with the intent of changing at least one of their lives.
The Melting Season by Jami Attenberg
January 21st | Riverhead | 9781594488962
Deeply compassionate and unflinchingly bold, The Melting Season is the story of an indelible character's journey from isolation to belonging, as well as an honest look at the things we feel we deserve from our lives- and how far we will go to find them.
Devotion: A Memoir by Dani Shapiro
January 26th | Harper | 9780061628344
In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued—from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home.
Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett
January 27th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446542968
On the surface, Lena Spencer appears to have it all. She and her wealthy husband Randall have two wonderful children, and they live a life of luxury. In reality, however, Lena finds that happiness is elusive. Randall is emotionally distant, her son has developed a drug habit, and her daughter is disgusted by her mother's "overbearing behavior." When Randall decides that he's had enough of marriage counseling, he offers his wife an ultimatum: "Be grateful for all I've done for you or leave." Lena, realizing that money can't solve her problems and that her husband is no longer the man she married, decides to choose the latter. Drawing strength from Tina Turner's life story, Searching for Tina Turner is Lena's struggle to find herself after 25 years of being a wife and mother.
PAPERBACK
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
January 5th | St. Martin's Griffin | 9780312599539
The true story of an unlikely friendship forged between a woman and the man she incorrectly identified as her rapist and sent to prison for 11 years.
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446194228
An Indie-Bound and Literary Guild Blue Ribbon pick, this novel is spellbindingly woven tale about a girl who grows physically and emotionally beyond her small town's wildest expectations.
Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
January 25th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446539609
An aspiring young journalist stuck blogging for a gossip site stumbles across a story that gives new meaning to the word legendary.
Damaged by Kia DuPree
January 26th | Grand Central Publishing | 9780446547758
In the style of urban literary greats Teri Woods and Vicky Stringer, Kia DuPree tells an engrossing and heart-wrenching story about a young woman living on the streets of Washington D.C.
The Dream House: A Novel by Valerie Laken
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780060840938
Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house --- the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a “sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, [and] wonderful book.” (Charles Baxter, author of the National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love)
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel by Myrlin A. Hermes
January 26th | Harper Perennial | 9780061805196
Laced with quotes, references, and in-jokes, cross-dressing, bed-tricks, mistaken identity, and a bisexual love-triangle inspired by Shakespeare′s own sonnets, this novel upends everything you thought you knew about Hamlet. Witty, insightful, playful, and truly wise about the greatest works of the Bard, The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet is a delectable treat for people that have loved books like Stephen Greenblatt′s Will in the World and John Updike′s Gertrude and Claudius.
Who Owns the World by Kevin Cahill with Rob McMahon
January 29th | Grand Central Publishing l 9780446581219
The desire to own land (and its resources) continues to shape world history. But what do we really know about landownership across the globe? Finally, here's a book that reveals surprising real estate truths about the world around us.
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