FICTION
Released: July 1, 2011
"Young leads from the heart (her father served as a model for Pao) to celebrate a resilient world that tourists never see. You'll enjoy the view."
Against a backdrop of Jamaican history, a likable Chinese-Jamaican runs rackets in this eye-opening, rambunctious debut.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2011
"A brave, unflagging memoir."
FICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
"Watson's pitch-perfect writing propels the story to a frenzied climax that will haunt readers long after they've closed the cover on this remarkable book."
Based upon a deceptively simple premise, Watson's debut novel unwinds as a story that is both complicated and compellingly hypnotic.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2011
"An impressive debut, particularly notable for its pellucid prose."
FICTION
Released: May 31, 2011
"A terrific, enlightened debut that captures the fervor that hides in naïveté."
A pair of young Russian immigrants, each desperately infatuated with the other, are parted and reunited in Brighton Beach.
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FICTION
Released: May 10, 2011
"A memorable debut novel about a Nigerian girl's coming of age."
Uprooted from the comforts of Lagos by her parents' divorce, a 12-year-old girl must cope with dire poverty and violence in the Niger delta.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"A freshly rendered tale of growing up and living in the world by a late-starting author with a bright future."
The offbeat coming-of-age story of Elly, an English girl with an overactive imagination, an intense bond with her older brother, a Belgian hare named god and multiple dates with destiny in post-9/11 New York.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
"Perlin provides a welcome, long-overdue and much-needed argument."
An intrepid ex-intern finally states the obvious—that internships are illogical, unfair and potentially dangerous to an already precarious economic system.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 17, 2011
"Readable, upmarket, non-mold-breaking escapism."
In a debut about growing up, secrets and failures are predictably resolved when a family crisis reunites three bright but unhappy siblings.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 2, 2011
"A less splendid debut than the hype would suggest, but a book of considerable merit all the same--and of high entertainment value, too, as much fun as a barrel of monkeys."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 26, 2011
"A highly informative though rarely analytical take on one of America's most thriving cultural communities. See Jonathan Gill's upcoming Harlem (2011) for more comprehensive coverage."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2009
"A buoyant, somewhat mordant ramble through triumphs, upheavals and utter normalcy."
The author takes stock of the tribulations, tragedy and hilarity that has shaped her experiences thus far, reexamining religious roots, familial influences and personal choices.
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