Blogs in January 2021

Fake Accounts 26th January 2021

A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend’s phone and makes a startling...

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The Removed 26th January 2021

Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic death of their son long ago—from National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson In the fifteen years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed...

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This Close to Okay 26th January 2021

A powerful, vibrant novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers, from the award-winning writer Roxane Gay calls “a consummate storyteller.” On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home...

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The Knockout Queen 24th January 2021

A dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore⁠–beautiful, tall, blond, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael⁠⁠–with a...

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People Like Us 24th January 2021

Leipzig, 1930s Germany Hetty Heinrich is a perfect German child. Her father is an SS officer, her brother in the Luftwaffe, herself a member of the BDM. She believes resolutely in her country, and the man who runs it....

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