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5 New Novels for the New Year

  • Megan M.
  • Tuesday, January 05
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Start the new year with these brand-new titles...

Outlawed Book Cover

Outlawed
Anna North

In a sort of post-apocalyptic 1890s America, Ada is the daughter and apprentice of the midwife in a small town in the Dakotas. She is branded a witch and forced to flee from her hometown because she is barren. She makes her way to a convent filled with other barren women and vows to seek out the causes of barrenness in order to help herself and others. Then, hold on to your horse, she joins up with a group of lady outlaws who dress as men. Their leader, the charismatic Kid, who envisions creating a haven for women who have been misused and cast aside, concocts a dangerous plan that threatens to tear the gang apart. It's a western, a modern-day commentary on women's rights and a page-turning adventure rolled into one.

Release Date January 5, 2021

 

Rib King Book CoverThe Rib King 
Ladee Hubbard

This turn of the century story of African American servants in the home of a well-to-do but down-on-their-luck white people is both hilarious and at the same time tragic.


Release Date January 19, 2021

 

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Book CoverHow the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Cherie Jones

A beautifully written novel of love and violence set in Paradise. The story focuses on Lana, the latest in a lineage of women who have become ensnared in a cycle of domestic abuse, her criminal husband, and the ex-pats he targets. Trigger Warning for Domestic Abuse.

Release Date February 2, 2021

 

My Year Abroad Book CoverMy Year Abroad
Chang-Rae Lee

In this book is beautifully written book, a young man hung up on his mother's abandonment is taken under the wing of a successful businessman. 

Release Date February 2, 2021

 

How to Order the Universe Book CoverHow to Order the Universe
María José Ferrada

A young girl skips school to help her father on his travelling salesman route.

Release Date February 16, 2021

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Megan M.

Research & Readers' Advisory Professional

Likes a good mix of fiction and nonfiction, especially international fiction and books with a strong sense of place.

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