Publishing This Week: Tommy Orange, a Prize Winning Debut, and 16 more

Publishing This Week View as Webpage Hello, We have 18 new and notable books this week, including two books by Native American authors.  The first, Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange, expands on the themes of his first novel, There There, as Publishers Weekly reviews: "A stirring portrait of the fractured but resilient Bear Shield-Red Feather family in the wake of the Oakland powwow shooting that closed out the previous book ... With incandescent prose and precise insights, Orange mines the gaps in his characters' memories and finds meaning in the stories of their lives. This devastating narrative confirms Orange's essential place in the canon of Native American literature."   The second, Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa, is a debut memoir which Kirkus calls "a testament to the power of and need for intergenerational storytelling and a reminder that neither the history, identity, nor future of Native Americans is a monolith. She succeeds in creating a memorable celebration of 'our survival as a culture, as well as the hope, strength, and grace of my family.' A searching and perceptive Native memoir." You'll find brief information on 10 titles below, and descriptions and reviews for all of them in our New This Week section. For more soon to publish books, check out BookBrowse's "What's New" section. Enjoy! The BookBrowse Team This Week's New and Notable Books There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. You can see them all in our "What's New" section. More about how we pick and rate books. Wandering Stars: A novel by Tommy Orange On sale Feb 27 from Knopf Genre: Literary Fiction. 336 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous. Read More Inside the Mirror: A Novel by Parul Kapur Debut Author On sale Mar 1 from University of Nebraska Press Genre: Literary Fiction. 358 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapur's Inside the Mirror is set in the aftermath of colonialism, as an impoverished India struggles to remake itself into a modern state. Jaya's story encompasses art, history, political revolt, love, and women's ambition to seize their own power. Read More The Painter's Daughters: A Novel by Emily Howes Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Simon & Schuster Genre: Historical Fiction. 352 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 A "beautifully written" (Hilary Mantel) story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renowned 1700s English painter Thomas Gainsborough, who struggle to live up to the perfect image the world so admired in their portraits. Read More Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm by Emmeline Clein Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Knopf Genre: Essays. 288 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought Read More Snowglobe: Snowglobe #1 by Soyoung Park Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Delacorte Press Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History (Young Adult). 384 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 In a world of constant winter, only the citizens of the climate-controlled city of Snowglobe can escape the bitter cold—but this perfect society is hiding dark and dangerous secrets within its frozen heart. A groundbreaking Korean novel translated into English for the first time! Read More The Other Valley: A Novel by Scott Alexander Howard Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Atria Books Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, Alt. History. 304 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves. Read More Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn On sale Feb 27 from Knopf Genre: Biography/Memoir. 496 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America's greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals Read More Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Taffa Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Harper Genre: Biography/Memoir. 304 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Reminiscent of the works of Mary Karr and Terese Marie Mailhot, a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and of the frictions between mainstream American culture and Native inheritance; assimilation and reverence for tradition. Read More The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture by Tricia Romano Debut Author On sale Feb 27 from Public Affairs Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 608 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers. Read More The Life of the Qur'an: From Eternal Roots to Enduring Legacy by Mohamad Jebara On sale Feb 27 from St. Martin's Press Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 272 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Read More View all 18 new and notable books publishing this week Publishing This Week is one of BookBrowse's four free newsletters. We also publish BookBrowse Highlights every Thursday; and Book Club News and Librarian News monthly. 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