We’re adding ten new Peak Picks in June!
In fiction, from Lisa See comes the story of three Chinese women whose unexpected friendship helps them survive and, despite the odds, thrive, in the turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles in Daughters of the Sun and Moon; Paul Tremblay delivers a genre-bending near-future tech nightmare that is as bitingly funny as it is horrifically believable – think Philip K. Dick meets the Coen Brothers – in Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep; Maggie O’Farrell, the award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, returns with Land, a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger; Isabel J. Kim debuts with Sublimation, a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance – complete with doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border – that asks what you’d sacrifice for a different life; Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills in Villa Coco; and Ann Patchett returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time in Whistler.
In nonfiction, rediscover the joy of creating — with kid-inspired insights from Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist, in Don’t Call it Art; From Sarah Wilson comes I Eat the Stars, a deeply moving, wise guide to finding joy and meaning in a world that seems to be falling apart; Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past – and how its principles can change our future – in Tad Stroermer’s A Resistance History of the United States; and four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting childhood trauma, shame, gender identity, her transition, body image issues, her search for romantic love, deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, and ultimately, healing, in Transcendent.
~posted by Frank. All descriptions provided by publishers.
