- Megan M.
- Friday, April 26
Spring is loaded with new releases. Here are a few to enjoy...
I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger
In a near future dystopia where reading is frowned up and resources are scarce, Rainy heads out into Lake Superior after experiencing an horrific personal calamity. As always, Enger's detailed attention to place brings alive the harrowing Lake and its bordering settlements.
For fans of Station Eleven and The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
Ama Asantewa Diaka
A lyrical set of sometimes overlapping short stories about young adults and relationships in Ghana.
For fans of Walking on Cowrie Shells and Holler, Child
A Short Walk Through a Wide World
Douglas Westerbeke
In this heartbreaking, yet joyful novel, Aubrey Tourvel walks the world again and again fleeing from an unknown affliction. Along the way she meets an array of fascinating people and explores secret places inaccessible to others.
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Book of Speculations
Anthony Horowitz
In the fifth installment of this meta-series, Horowitz revisits one of Hawthorne's old cases involving a murder in a small, close-knit community.
For fans of The Thursday Murder Club and The Eyre Affair
The Funeral Cryer
Wenyan Lu
A woman feels ostracized by her community because of her job as a funeral cryer and mistreated by her lazy husband. None of the characters have names echoing the disconnectedness of the main character. A meditation on grief, love, death, and duty.
For fans of A Map for the Missing and Dear Chrysanthemums