A rich and powerful portrayal of the complexities of family and loyalty in the Owens Valley of California during World War II when the Manzanar Internment Camp was established to detain Japanese-American citizens. The characters are vivid; the choices they must make aren't simple; the prose is beautiful. This is a book I'll be thinking about, and recommending, for a long time.
A National Bestseller A New Yorker Best Book of 2022
Fifteen years after the publication of Evidence of Things Unseen, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Marianne Wiggins returns with a "big, bold book" (USA TODAY) destined to be an American classic: a sweeping masterwork set during World War II about the meaning of family and the limitations of the American Dream.
Rockwell "Rocky" Rhodes has spent years fiercely protecting his California ranch from the LA Water Corporation. It is here where he and his beloved wife Lou raised their twins, Sunny and Stryker, and it is here where…
An amazing portrayal of teenage female boxers set during a national tournament in Nevada. It's a great novel about powerful young women and a completely innovative sports novel. You'll find yourself cheering for all these characters--for reasons that will surprise you.
A brilliant recasting of HUCK FINN, JAMES upends the chumminess of Twain's novel and puts the stakes of slavery and human freedom front and center. What would any of us do if we were separated from our family?
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha
James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.
The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…
In a world where the economy has been reduced to barter and trade, the central character of Scribe ekes out a living writing letters for hire. When a stranger asks her to write and deliver a letter to a mysterious crossroads, the ghosts of her troubled past begin to haunt her on her journey. Drawing on the traditional folktales of Appalachia, Scribe is a gripping, swiftly plotted novel that touches on the pressing issues of our time--migration and the temptations of authoritarianism--to make the case for the power of stories to transform us.
