The Ghost Bride By Yangsze Choo Morrow, $24.99, ISBN 9780062227324
For fans of: Lisa See, Eowyn Ivey, Jamie Ford, Erin Morgenstern First line: “One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride.” About the book: In 1893 Malaysia, Li Lan finds herself betrothed to a ghost—and in love with another man. Her quest for freedom takes her through the land of the dead. About the author: Choo got a degree in sociology from Harvard before launching her writing career. Read more: Interview on page 13.
The Fields By Kevin Maher
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Reagan Arthur, $26, ISBN 9780316223560
For fans of: Roddy Doyle, Jennifer Haigh, Nick Hornby First line: “When Jack died I was real young, younger than I am now, and I said, in a temper, that I would never let it happen again.” About the book: This ambitious coming-of-age story set in 1980s Dublin is told in the memorable voice of Jim Finnegan, the youngest of six in a working-class family. About the author: From Dublin himself, Maher now lives in England and is a film critic for several papers, including the Guardian. Read more: Review on page 24.
The People in the Trees By Hanya Yanagihara Doubleday, $26.95, ISBN 9780385536776
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It will remind you why you started reading novels in the first place —to be enchanted, to be carried away from your world and dropped into a world more substantial and incandescent.” —John Dufresne, author of No Regrets, Coyote
“A sweeping novel that gets everything right —the details, the panorama—but mainly it allows you to experience the life of another time, about a hundred years ago, in the soul and mind of a young woman whose passions and worries could be your own. In other words, Thompson makes that art form called the novel do the work it is meant to do—thoroughly and beautifully.” —Clyde Edgerton, author of The Night Train and The Bible Salesman
“The protagonist of [this] beautifully told new novel is a character of such intelligent and curious sensibility I would follow her anywhere. And I did, and so will you as she takes us through some of the most turbulent times in our history while negotiating, with integrity and grace, the brittle demands of family and community.” —Michael Parker, author of The Watery Part of the World
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For fans of: Donna Tartt, Ann Patchett, Barbara Kingsolver First line: “I was born in 1924 near Lindon, Indiana, the sort of small, unremarkable rural town that some twenty years before my birth had begun to duplicate itself, quietly but insistently, across the Midwest.” About the book: Told through the annotated journals of Dr. Norton Perina, this sprawling tale has an old-fashioned feel. Perina has discovered the key to longevity on a remote island—but at what price? About the author: Yanagihara is an editor for Condé Nast Travel— which explains Perina’s fantastic descriptions of island paradise. Read more: Review on page 21.
“It is a book you’ll devour and savor.
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