Ten titles are joining Peak Picks in February!
FICTION.
Diane Marie Brown debuts with a drama about four generations of Black women afflicted by a family curse with origins in 1950s New Orleans in Black Candle Woman. Tom Rob Smith (Child 44) returns with a tale of apocalypse survivors who must reinvent civilization in Antarctica in Cold People. Rebecca Makkai (The Great Believers) introduces us to Brodie, a true crime podcaster who must reckon with a murder from her past when she returns to the scene of the crime – the boarding school she attended – in I Have Some Questions for You. Natalie Haynes (A Thousand Ships) offers a retelling of the Trojan War from Medusa’s perspective in Stone Blind. And Salman Rushdie once again harnesses the power of storytelling in Victory City, the epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries.
NONFICTION.
Christie Tate (Group) discusses her lifelong struggle to sustain female friendships, and the one person who changed her perspective, in B.F.F. Nedra Glover Tawwab (Set Boundaries, Find Peace) gives readers a road map for navigating family struggles and living life on their own terms in Drama Free. Lamya H. debuts with a hopeful memoir chronicling her coming-of-age as a queer Muslim in Hijab Butch Blues. José Olivarez (Citizen Illegal) reflects on his Mexican heritage and the power of both romantic and platonic love in the bilingual poetry collection Promises of Gold. And sex therapist Vanessa Marin, along with her husband Xander, provide a guide for facilitating conversations that lead to a vibrant love life in Sex Talks.
~posted by Frank
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