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Book Cover for: Marrying the Ketchups, Jennifer Close

Marrying the Ketchups

Jennifer Close
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.@jenniferclose fantastic new comedy of manners, MARRYING THE KETCHUPS, is one of the most anticipated books of the spring. She talked with us about how politics, pasta, and 90s cover bands informed her book. https://t.co/X4uQdfTEgx https://t.co/qjbmjEn0uO

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Kinship of Secrets, Eugenia Kim

The Kinship of Secrets

Eugenia Kim
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We talk to @Eugenia_Kim about her phenomenal new book THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS and how she captures the emotional impact of family stories in her work. https://t.co/1dok7xknie https://t.co/3prP2uZeVU

Paperback, 2019

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rachel to the Rescue, Elinor Lipman

Rachel to the Rescue

Elinor Lipman
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The New York Times called @ElinorLipman's RACHEL TO THE RESCUE "absolutely delicious." She chatted with us about how an optometrist, the Secret Service, and Shirley Maclaine helped craft her marvelous new comedy of manners. #FridayReads https://t.co/K0Th5PG882 https://t.co/qS8AN78oKx

Paperback, 2021

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story, Darin Strauss

The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story

Darin Strauss
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.@Darinstrauss THE QUEEN OF TUESDAY was just named one of @washingtonpost 's top 50 Books of 2020. Read our chat with him about imagining the inner life of Lucille Ball and merging memoir and fiction. https://t.co/kORAytodRo https://t.co/8rmwMWH70j

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Severance, Ling Ma

Severance

Ling Ma
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Ling Ma's SEVERANCE is ideal October reading--deeply unsettling and mordantly funny. Check out our interview with her on the blog! https://t.co/JyL96NuGrj https://t.co/S23Hm4ecsf

Paperback, 2019

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Chosen Ones, Veronica Roth

Chosen Ones

Veronica Roth
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We loved Veronica Roth's #ChosenOnes and think readers will love meeting Sloane, the thorny hero at the heart of the story. Roth chatted with us about Buffy, world building, and her least favorite scene to write. https://t.co/IB0jaVCb1f https://t.co/hl72Dw5OET

Paperback, 2021

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance, Francesca T. Royster

Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance

Francesca T. Royster
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Francesca T. Royster's CHOOSING FAMILY is a gorgeous tribute to the women in her family as well as a compassionate examination of the adoption process. @KirkusReviews called it "a potent love letter to community in all its forms." Read our talk with at https://t.co/zhzEbFcs3i https://t.co/yiS8vv1tm4

Hardcover, 2023

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Savage Tongues, Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi

Savage Tongues

Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talked to us about the fluidity of memory and how she played with the limits of language in her extraordinary new novel SAVAGE TONGUES. https://t.co/z99xWAVtkJ https://t.co/8Mjq7pDEK8

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: These Women, Ivy Pochoda

These Women

Ivy Pochoda
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.@ivypochoda's phenomenal THESE WOMEN is one of the best-reviewed books of the year. She chatted with us about becoming less afraid of plot and writing endings that linger. https://t.co/Qv7EYmT9yJ https://t.co/8KP3KJl2jo

Paperback, 2021

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Book Cover for: Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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.@NK_Adjei's FRIDAY BLACK is an extraordinary debut collection of short stories, already longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Read his book and our interview with him on the blog! https://t.co/qErWIlMblK https://t.co/3g0tXdxYeR

Paperback, 2018

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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