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Katya Cengel Author Of Straitjackets and Lunch Money: A 10-year-old in a Psychosomatic Ward

From Katya's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Katya's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Katya Cengel Why Katya loves this book

The original characters and settings are what really got me in this collection. I found myself captivated by story lines I had no connection to like a teenage boy going on night runs and a dancer trying to personify a rat.

By Nina Schuyler ,

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2 authors picked In This Ravishing World as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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In this Ravishing World is a sweeping, impassioned short story collection, ringing out with joy, despair, and hope for the natural world. Nine connected stories unfold, bringing together an unforgettable cast of dreamers, escapists, activists, and artists, creating a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis. An older woman who has spent her entire life fighting for the planet sinks into despair. A young boy is determined to bring the natural world to his bleak urban reality. A scientist working to solve the plastic problem grapples with whether to have a child. A ballet dancer endeavors to inhabit the consciousness of…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of My Good Son

Katya Cengel Author Of Straitjackets and Lunch Money: A 10-year-old in a Psychosomatic Ward

From Katya's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Journalist International reporter Features writer Non-fiction author Unabashed dog lover

Katya's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Katya Cengel Why Katya loves this book

What I really loved about this book in addition to what I learned about China post Tiananmen Square, was the way the characters were always surprising me. The family members in My Good Son do not always make the best decisions, which makes them more real.

By Yang Huang ,

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1 author picked My Good Son as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Nautilus Award Gold Winner
IPPY Awards Gold Winner
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Winners
Lambda Literary Awards Finalist
Winner of the University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize

"As with her previous books, 'Living Treasures' and 'My Old Faithful,' Huang's latest explores the generational push-pull of family life in post-Tiananmen China . . . Mr. Cai remains front and center, always compelling, a man doing everything for his boy, the way a good father―supposedly―should." ―Lysley Tenorio, The New York Times Book Review

"A poignant meditation on fathers and sons, American and Chinese cultures and traditions in the face of modernity,…


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