10 titles are joining Peak Picks in March!
In fiction, Rafael Frumkin introduces us to juvie-bound Ezra and Adonis-like Orson, unlikely friends (and sometimes lovers) who share a passion for scamming people in Confidence; Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle) travels to Prohibition-era Virginia where Sallie Kincaid battles family and residents alike to be the best bootlegger in town in Hang the Moon; Ann Napolitano (Dear Edward) reveals what happens when a secret from William Waters’ past threatens to upend not just his marriage to Julia but also the lives of her three sisters in Hello, Beautiful; Victor LaValle follows Adelaide from California to Montana -accompanied by a trunk that, when opened, makes people disappear – in Lone Women; and Balli Kaur Jaswal presents the tale of three Filipina domestic workers in 1950s Singapore who band together after another domestic worker is accused of killing her employer in Now You See Us.
In nonfiction, Rebecca Heisman reveals the little-known story of how scientists solved the mystery of bird migration in Flight Paths; Kristin Currin & Andrew Merritt identify 225 native plants to create an earth-friendly garden in Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer; Matthew Desmond (Evicted) makes the argument that a permanent underclass persists in America because it benefits the rest of us in Poverty, By America; Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing) argues that we should look beyond the clock that says “time is money” and forge a better future in Saving Time; and Dasha Kiper debuts with case histories that explain the relationship between those with dementia and their caregivers in Travelers to Unimaginable Lands.
~posted by Frank
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