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H In Love Amy Bloom is known for examining the dynamics of intimate relationships in her fiction, yet never has she gotten closer to the flame than in this memoir. In Love begins with a trip to Zurich with her husband, Brian, who was pursuing a medically assisted suicide following his diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. In the compressed, gripping pages that follow, scenes alternate between the couple’s journey and the strenuous months that led up to it as Bloom explored options on the dark web, wept with therapists and Random House, $27, 9780593243947 received unshakable support from friends and family. In turn, Bloom remained steadfastly present to Brian as he made his choice. There was suffering on both sides, which Bloom shares without flinching. —Kelly Blewett
The Other Side of Yet: Finding Light in the Midst of Darkness HC: 9781982173524 By Michelle D. Hord 3/15/22
Easy Beauty: A Memoir HC: 9781982151997 By Chloé Cooper Jones 4/5/22
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Journalist Karen Cheung’s intimate memoir explores what it means to live in and love a complicated city. Though Cheung was ambivalent about Hong Kong as a child, she eventually embraced her hometown as a second family after her beloved grandmother died. Alongside her evolving personal relationship with Hong Kong, she narrates the city’s most significant moments from her lifetime, including the Handover in 1997, when the United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China; Occupy Random House, $28.99, 9780593241431 Central in 2014, when crowds occupied Hong Kong for 79 days to demand more transparent elections; and both the SARS and COVID-19 pandemics. Hong Kong emerges as vividly multifaceted, both glamorous and full of people yearning for a more equitable future built through collective action and protest. In Cheung’s hands, the problems, charms and complexities that characterize Hong Kong are illuminated with grace and intelligence. The Impossible City will resonate with anyone who has struggled to love their city in a time characterized by political dissent, racial strife and pandemic. —Celia Mattison
Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get From Where You Are Are to Where You Want to Be HC: 9781982195441 By Tunde Oyeneyin 5/3/22
Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered HC: 9781982177188 By Melissa Gilbert 5/10/22
Mother Noise: A Memoir HC: 9781982168759 By Cindy House 5/17/22
Asylum: A Memoir & Manifesto HC: 9781982183745 By Edafe Okporo 6/7/22
Blood Orange Night: My Journey to the Edge of Madness HC: 9781982188276 By Melissa Bond 6/14/22
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales: A Memoir HC: 9781982171797 By Doreen Cunningham 7/12/22
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