Publishing This Week: Colm Tóibín, Eve J. Chung, Ann Hood, and 30 more

Publishing This Week View as Webpage Hello, After last week's dearth of new books publishing, this week we're back with 33 curated titles. Among these are two very different stories focusing on how individuals navigate the upheaval and chaos of war, and what happens next. The first, The Stolen Child by Ann Hood tells the story of Nick Burns, who has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he'd befriended thrust both her paintings and her baby into his hands—and disappeared. In 1974, with only months left to live, Nick enlists Jenny, a college dropout desperate for adventure, to help him unravel the mystery. Kirkus calls it "A well-crafted, fast-paced story about how a single encounter can shape a person's whole life." We also have a debut this week: Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung, a novel about a mother and her daughters' escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, based on the author's family story. Publishers Weekly writes, "Readers will be moved by this humanizing account of a turbulent period in China's history." 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. Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung Debut Author On sale May 7 from Berkley Books Genre: Literary Fiction. 400 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Members' Rating: 4.8/5 A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Read More Reader Reviews The Stolen Child: A Novel by Ann Hood On sale May 7 from W.W. Norton & Company Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Members' Rating: 4.3/5 An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child's fate in this moving, page-turning novel from "a gifted storyteller" (People). Read More Reader Reviews América del Norte by Nicolás Medina Mora Debut Author On sale May 7 from Soho Press Genre: Literary Fiction. 480 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Moving between New York City, Mexico City, and Iowa City, a young member of the Mexican elite sees his life splinter in a centuries-spanning debut that blends the Latin American traditions of Roberto Bolaño and Fernanda Melchor with the autofiction of US writers like Ben Lerner and Teju Cole. Read More Early Sobrieties: A Novel by Michael Deagler Debut Author On sale May 7 from Astra House Genre: Literary Fiction. 272 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Like a sober, millennial Jesus' Son, Michael Deagler's debut novel is the poignant confession of a recovering addict adrift in the fragmenting landscape of America's middle class. Read More How to Read a Book: A Novel by Monica Wood On sale May 7 from Mariner Books Genre: Literary Fiction. 288 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 From the award-winning author of The One-in-a-Million Boy comes a deeply moving novel about second chances, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories. Read More Long Island: Eilis Lacey Series #2 by Colm Toibin On sale May 7 from Scribner Genre: Literary Fiction. 304 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín's most popular work twenty years later. Read More skin & bones: a novel by Renée Watson Debut Author On sale May 7 from Little Brown & Company Genre: Literary Fiction. 416 pages Critics' Opinion: 4/5 From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next Read More Eyes Open by Lyn Miller-Lachmann On sale May 7 from Carolrhoda Books Genre: Poetry & Novels in Verse (Young Adult). 352 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Portugal, 1967. Sónia thinks she knows what her future holds. Read More Love Is a Burning Thing: A Memoir by Nina St. Pierre Debut Author On sale May 7 from Dutton Genre: Biography/Memoir. 320 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 A riveting memoir about a daughter's investigation into the wirings of her loving, unpredictable mother: a woman who lived her life in pursuit of the divine, and who started two big fires, decades apart. Read More The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface by Glenn Kenny On sale May 7 from Hanover Square Press Genre: History, Current Affairs and Religion. 320 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic film, featuring new interviews with the cast and crew. Read More View all 33 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. Change settings and/or update your email address BookBrowse 1-800-745-5306 info@bookbrowse.com ‌ ‌ ‌ Copyright 2024

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