[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Fiction A to Z January 2010
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- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:45:34 -0500
New and Recently Released!
Nanny Returns: A Novel - by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Publisher: Atria Books
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Pub Date: 12/15/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416585671
ISBN-10: 1416585672
As you've no doubt already heard, Nan is back in this sequel to the
mega-bestselling Nanny Diaries. While several years have passed, some things
haven't
changed--Mrs. X is still a negligent mother and Nan (though no longer in the
family's employ) still has a soft spot for Grayer X, who's now 16 and struggling
with his parents' separation. Nan is pretty busy between starting up a
consulting business and renovating the house she shares with her husband
(remember
Ryan, the Harvard Hottie?), but she can't refuse Grayer's appeal for help on
behalf of his brother. Nanny Returns is full of heartbreak and humor, and
fans will love seeing how the characters have fared over the intervening years.
First Chapter
Too Much Money: A Novel - by Dominick Dunne
Publisher: Crown Publishers
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Pub Date: 12/15/2009
ISBN-13: 9780609603871
ISBN-10: 0609603876
When author Dominick Dunne died this past August, he left behind one last
book--the New York Times calls it "a stinging roman à clef"--that stars his
fictional
alter ego, journalist Gus Bailey, who was last seen 20 years ago in People Like
Us. Gus, as always, trenchantly observes the old-money society that swirls
around him, but he's troubled by his failing health and a lawsuit for slander.
In addition, while he's been hired to write about the suspicious death of
billionaire Konstantin Zacharias, Konstantin's widow is determined to prevent
the novel from coming into existence. If you're looking for the thinly disguised
exposés of New York society that Dunne is known for, you won't be disappointed.
The Overnight Socialite - by Bridie Clark
Publisher: Weinstein Books
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Pub Date: 12/16/2009
ISBN-13: 9781602860827
ISBN-10: 1602860823
Fans of retellings of the myth of Pygmalion (see: My Fair Lady) will love this
contemporary version, which is set among Manhattan's moneyed upper crust.
Wyatt Hayes IV is independently wealthy, highly educated, and bored with life;
following a breakup with his long-term girlfriend, he suggests that he can
turn anyone into the next "it" girl. Enter Lucy Jo Ellis, a Midwestern wannabe
designer currently working whatever crummy job she can get. The two of them
partner up to upend New York society, but get more than they bargain for when
sparks inevitably fly between them. With sparkling wit and realistic characters,
this is for readers looking for something fun.
The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel - by Jess Walter
Publisher: Harper
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Pub Date: 10/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780061916045
ISBN-10: 0061916048
Having quit his job as a business journalist to run a website offering
financial news and advice in the form of poems (unsurprisingly, it failed),
46-year-old
Matt Prior has serious money issues closing in, and he's on the brink of losing
his house (he owes more than it's worth) and possibly his wife. Until,
that is, he finds himself chauffeuring two potheads to a party in the middle of
the night and comes up with a recession-proof job: middle-class, middle-aged
pot dealer to fellow middle-aged members of the middle class. Will this
slightly hare-brained scheme work out for him? You'll have to read this humorous
portrait of modern life to find out.
Remarkable creatures - Chevalier, Tracy
Publisher: Dutton
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Pub Date: 01/05/2010
ISBN-13: 9780525951452
ISBN-10: 0525951458
Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning
discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th-century home that triggers attacks
on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific and
academic communities. By the best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Debuts of 2009
The School of Essential Ingredients - by Erica Bauermeister
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Pub Date: 01/22/2009
ISBN-13: 9780399155437
ISBN-10: 0399155430
Restaurateur Lillian teaches a weekly cooking class at her restaurant; as good
with people as she is with ingredients, Lillian guides her students in the
kitchen and allows them to learn about themselves as they learn how to cook.
Each student--a grieving husband, a young mother, the two halves of a
long-married
couple--takes center stage for a chapter, allowing readers to get to know them
and their stories individually. In addition to their tales, The School of
Essential Ingredients features lush writing about foods and flavors; foodies as
well as fans of ensemble novels (like Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen
Book Club) will find much to savor.
The blue notebook : a novel - Levine, James
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
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Pub Date: 07/07/2009
ISBN-13: 9780385528719
ISBN-10: 038552871X
Sold into sexual slavery as a young girl, fifteen-year-old Batuk spends her
days in a cage on Mumbai's child-prostitute district while recording thoughts
and stories in a diary, in a tale by a renowned scientist whose proceeds will
be donated to the International and National Centers for Missing and Exploited
Children.
First Chapter
Hello Goodbye: A Novel - by Emily Chenoweth
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 05/05/2009
ISBN-13: 9781400065172
ISBN-10: 1400065178
Helen Hanson is dying of brain cancer--she's got a handful of months left, and
so her husband Elliott has decided to throw a party in a luxurious New Hampshire
hotel for their 20th wedding anniversary. The Hansons, along with their
18-year-old daughter Abby, will spend a week there as family friends travel to
join in the celebration. Though Helen is the center of the story, the thoughts
and emotions of those who surround her are explored as well, from Abby's
confusion and resentment to an old friend's love for Helen. This debut, which
many reviewers have called unsentimental yet heartbreaking, deals with loss
and coming of age in a way that "ring[s] true" (Publishers Weekly).
First Chapter
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders - by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Publisher: W.W. Norton
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Pub Date: 01/04/2009
ISBN-13: 9780393068009
ISBN-10: 0393068005
This collection of broadly linked stories describes the intertwined lives of
the members of a wealthy Pakistani family and the servants and other employees
who surround them. Lauded for his prose style and the way he depicts
complexities of his characters and the power plays and acts of corruption that
feature
so strongly in these stories, Daniyal Mueenuddin is an author to watch. In
fact, one of the stories here was chosen by Salman Rushdie for the most recent
edition of the Best American Short Stories anthology, and the collection itself
was a National Book Award finalist. "Mesmerizing," says The New York Times.
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The Tricking of Freya - by Christina Sunley
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Pub Date: 03/03/2009
ISBN-13: 9780312378776
ISBN-10: 0312378777
Freya is only seven years old the year that she accompanies her mother on her
return to the Canadian town where Freya's grandmother and aunt still live.
There, Freya's aunt Birdie insists that Freya learn about her Icelandic
heritage, which is a boon to the reader, for Freya is the granddaughter of a
famous
Icelandic poet, and the culture, language, and lore of Iceland is portrayed
captivatingly here. But there is something dark at work, too, and a strange
accident turns Freya's world upside-down. Written from the perspective of many
years, this coming-of-age novel will appeal to fans of family sagas and
readers curious about other cultures.
April & Oliver - by Tess Callahan
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Pub Date: 06/03/2009
ISBN-13: 9780446540599
ISBN-10: 0446540595
April and Oliver are cousins, used to be best friends, and are quite possibly
soul mates. But April, a damaged barkeep who dallies with dangerous men, and
Oliver, a musical prodigy who's made sensible decisions all his life, are
estranged, and are only brought together again when April's brother is killed
in a car accident. The renewed friendship between the apparent opposites is
tentative, fraught with desire and fear on both sides, and complicated by others
in their lives--a fiancée for Oliver, and the violent T.J. for April. There are
no easy answers in a story like this, but the author's "poetic style and
grasp of emotion" (Publishers Weekly) makes the tale of April and Oliver
compelling.
Atlas of Unknowns - by Tania James
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Pub Date: 04/21/2009
ISBN-13: 9780307268907
ISBN-10: 030726890X
Featuring two sisters separated by thousands of miles and at least one
betrayal, Atlas of Unknowns unfolds in both New York and Kerala, India, and is a
well-told story of both the immigrant experience and the bonds of sisterhood.
The eldest sister, Linno, has forged a career as a painter despite a disfiguring
accident in childhood; Anju has passed off her sister's art as her own in order
to win a scholarship to an American private school. But once her lie is
discovered, Anju runs away in shame, leaving Linno and their father to try to
find her. Author Tania James, herself a young Indian-American, writes with
"poise, sly humor and an acuity both cultural and sensuous" (The New York
Times).
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