The Dazzling Truth [Graydon House, August 2020], Hellen Cullen’s poignant novel chronicling an Irish family’s saga across three decades, has been described as “a love letter to family and to the arts” by Maggie Smith, author of Good Bones. It has also earned an incredible starred review from Library Journal, which says: “Perfectly drawn by Cullen (The Lost Letters of William Woolf), an Irish author living in London, whose time (read more…)
How are creatives staying inspired this season while doing their part staying at home? L&L thought they’d check in on their fantastic authors to find out! Let’s visit the tropical and majestic coasts of Hawaii to say hello to native Sara Ackerman. Her forthcoming novel RED SKY OVER HAWAII (June 9, 2020; MIRA Books), the third of her WWII books set against the backdrop of the Hawaiian islands, “skillfully navigates the (read more…)
How are creatives staying inspired this season while doing their part staying at home? L&L thought they’d check in on their fantastic authors to find out! This week we fly to Brooklyn to drop in on Natalka Burian, author of the powerful and lyrical novel, DAUGHTERS OF THE WILD (September 22, Park Row Books), about a young girl in a dystopian society fighting to save her lost child while discovering (read more…)
Janet Schneider of the Peninsula Public Library has called Deb Spera’s cinematic debut and LibraryReads pick Call Your Daughter Home [Park Row Books] “a truly transformative reading experience and book club gold. “ So librarians rejoiced when we finally released the paperback version of the book, and we would be remiss not to let you know there’s also a shiny, updated book club kit to go with it, free to (read more…)
How are creatives staying inspired this season while doing their part staying at home? L&L thought they’d check in on their fantastic authors to find out! Next up in Chicago: Catherine Adel West, author of SAVING RUBY KING (June 16, Park Row Books), whose novel has been called a “honey-dipped” “stunning force of a novel” by Zakiya Harris, author of THE OTHER BLACK GIRL. What I Listen to: When (read more…)
