FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Engaging, charming and moving, a beautifully rendered exploration of WWII on the homefront and the type of friendship that helps us survive all manner of battles."
Two World War II soldiers' wives begin a pen-pal correspondence and help each other through the emotional upheaval of war.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"The hip, knowing and sometimes hysterically funny narrative, interspersed with excerpts from the guide of the title, lurches along in splendid fashion. Combine wit, style and acute observation: The result is irresistible."
From the author of
Playing for Keeps (2008), a comedic fantasy about monsters and New Yorkers--and, as residents will be unsurprised to learn, monsters who are New Yorkers.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Even in context, a fragmented work, primarily of interest to White completists."
The posthumous publication of an unfinished coming-of-age novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Australian author (1912-1990).
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Reality and imagination converge in this what-if tale."
A debut novel that juxtaposes the narrator's memories with thoughts of what could have been had she made a different decision back in 1982.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Longworth loses some of her focus in her tangled third, whose plot twists as capriciously as Bonnard's vines."
Aix and the Provence countryside provide a variety of vexations for examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque (
Death at the Chateau Bremont, 2011, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Moments of laugh-out-loud humor, emotional intensity and sensual passion woven through an engaging plot and endearing characters make this a great read for romance fans."
When his mother tries to force his hand in selecting a bride, Griffin York, the Duke of Halford, decides to teach her a lesson by choosing the nearest serving girl, then astounds them all by falling in love with her.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"A bit short on narrative energy, but appealingly warmhearted; readers will empathize with the endearing characters and want them to have a happy ending."
Unmoored by catastrophe, a father takes his daughter and dog to sea in this gentle novel from Orange Prize finalist Roffey (
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, 2011, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Meant to be Alice in Wonderland by way of Boogie Nights, the book comes off more like vintage Tarantino performed by HBO's Girls."
FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Well-meaning, well-written and well-plotted, with qualified justice for some of the bad guys and hope for a few of the oppressed: A most appropriate winner of the 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction."
Playwright/activist Nussbaum makes her fiction debut with a scathing look at life inside an institution for disabled juveniles.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"From unexpected mercies to unbridled greed, Thomas' tale is grand in scope, rich with musicality, yet the pressures of the musical coterie deflate when set against the horrors of the concentration camps.
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A priceless 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin becomes a focal point from which radiates the story of a German family devastated by the Holocaust, a Russian family hiding secrets and a community of musicians.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"The romance resolves predictably, yet the mystery leaves far too many loose threads."
Self-taught furniture restorer and successful business owner Teddi Overman has built a good life. Yet a mystery from her past lingers.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Emmerson largely confines himself to history and national concerns with only a passing look at international politics on the verge of the Great War, but this is an intelligent picture of our world exactly 100 years ago."
Most books about the year 1913 deal with the run-up to World War I. Emmerson (
The Future History of the Arctic, 2010), fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, casts his net more widely, depicting life in two dozen great cities on the eve of the event that either ushered in the modern world or didn't (historians still debate this).
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