Surreal stories, character studies, family sagas and more await you in November’s new releases.
11/4: Bitter Honey by Lolá Ákínmádé
In 1978, Nancy immigrates from Gambia to Sweden; in 2006, Nancy’s daughter Tina is representing Sweden at the Eurovision contest. But long buried secrets and a complicated mother-daughter relationship threaten to upend both their lives. (general fiction)
11/4: Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Eniiyi has grown up with two shadows: the family curse that no woman in her family will find lasting love, and the belief that she is the reincarnation of her cousin. Can Eniiyi work with the superstitions instead of against them to break free? (general fiction)
11/4: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie
A collection of five stories set across India, England, and the United States examines how we live when death is near. (general fiction)
11/4: The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
In 1962, two married couples in which the wives are pregnant face down a harsh incoming winter in the English countryside as previously sound marriages begin to crack. (general fiction)
11/4: Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel
A married couple is happy, but haunted by losses from the past. A top-secret project gives them the ability to revisit the past, but each must decide if it is a mechanism to deal with their grief, or if it will subsume their future. (general fiction)
11/4: Only Son by Kevin Moffett
A man – himself an only child, and now the father to an only son – embraces the absurd and the serious as he reflects on childhood and fatherhood.
11/4: Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
A young man who works gathering shrimp in Northern England is shaken from his day-to-day when an American arrives in town and enlists Thomas as a location scout, prompting Thomas to envision a different future for himself. (general fiction)
11/4: (Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova, translated by Elina Alter
Russian author Gorbunova presents a collection of linked satirical stories that twist fairytales into new shapes. (general fiction)
11/4: The Year of the Wind by Karina Pacheco Medrano, translated by Mara Faye Lethem
Nina, a Peruvian writer, revisits her youth in the 1980s during the time of the Shining Path terrorist group and rampant political violence, and the story of her cousin Bárbara, who disappeared. (general fiction)
11/11: Evensong by Stewart O’Nan
O’Nan brings readers four older women in Pittsburgh – the Humpty Dumpty Club – as they navigate their older years and help one another. (general fiction)
11/11: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Izzy Chen has been suppressing her attraction to women, fearing the reaction of her Indo-Chinese family. But when her glamorous grandmother Magnolia comes to the family Chinese New Year celebration with a new – female – romantic partner, Izzy gains new understanding of her family history and what is possible. (general fiction)
11/11: Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer
Claire and Eliot have been happily married for nearly 40 years, but as Claire nears death after eight years of cancer, she makes a startling request: that she wants her best friends, not Eliot, to take care of her. (general fiction)
11/11: The Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex
18 years after the murder of her sister, Birdie Keller pursues Jimmy Maguire, recently released from prison. In a cat-and-mouse tale of revenge, both have secrets to keep. (thriller)
11/11: The Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated by Megan McDowell
This new translation of a 1964 collection of short stories reintroduces readers to a woman who set the foundation of magical realism and surrealism in fiction. (general fiction)
11/25: As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel
Beginning in 1592 and spanning centuries, a witch and a demon match wits over the fate of a powerful soul. (fantasy)
~ posted by Andrea G.