Allison Lorentzen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Fiona and Jane
Jean Chen Ho
Congratulations to the one & only @jeanho whose debut FIONA AND JANE is a January 2022 Indie Next pick! https://www.bookweb.org/news/january-2022-indie-next-list-preview-1627072
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The History of a Difficult Child
Mihret Sibhat
A starred review for @MihretSibhat brilliant debut novel THE HISTORY OF A DIFFICULT CHILD! "A vibrant panorama of Ethiopian society in all its complexity with an unforgettable protagonist at the center." https://t.co/lzAv9GMoIZ
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Raising Raffi: The First Five Years
Keith Gessen
Excellent excerpt from Keith Gessen's RAISING RAFFI up at the NYker today https://t.co/P5Y5CDpqry
Hardcover, 2022
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A House Between Earth and the Moon
Rebecca Scherm
Congratulations to @SchermUndDrang on the publication of her “compulsively readable”* novel A HOUSE BETWEEN EARTH AND THE MOON!!! *NYTBR https://twitter.com/SchermUndDrang/status/1508893464427044864
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hope
Andrew Ridker
Publishing three excellent novels in 2023. I COULD LIVE HERE FOREVER by Hanna Halperin (4/11/23). THE HISTORY OF A DIFFICULT CHILD by Mihret Sibhat (6/27/23). HOPE by Andrew Ridker (7/11/23). https://t.co/6mzpcJQhQx
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Something Wild
Hanna Halperin
Hanna Halperin & Randy Susan Meyer in conversation *right now* about Hanna’s searing novel SOMETHING WILD. https://t.co/zaEh3ZJcEh
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
China Room
Sunjeev Sahota
Looking forward to KM @kmahaj talking to Sunjeev Sahota about his new novel CHINA ROOM. 5pm Thurs 7/15 @strandbookstore https://twitter.com/VikingBooks/status/1415035417716477958
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Feral City: On Finding Liberation in Lockdown New York
Jeremiah Moss
@cathyparkhong not fic but FERAL CITY by Jeremiah Moss describes lockdown in nyc. For the fiction writers w/o country houses, it may take a bit longer…
Hardcover, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fire Season
Leyna Krow
Proud to have edited Leyna Krow's bewitching FIRE SEASON and psyched to see it on this longlist!!! Thanks @Center4Fiction https://t.co/c50is5dM9x
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Could Live Here Forever
Hanna Halperin
Hanna Halperin is reading from her new novel I COULD LIVE HERE FOREVER tonight at Book Club Bar! https://t.co/0Ad2zngYe5
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