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In the tradition of Scott Smith's A Simple Plan and James Sallis's Drive comes a riveting debut novel about a small - time rock band drummer...
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New York, New York — March 7, 2018 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest retail bookseller, today announced that Patty Yumi Cottrell's Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (McSweeney's), a darkly comic debut novel about a young woman seeking an explanation for her adoptive brother's suicide, and Jessica Bruder's Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty - First Century (W.W. Norton), a finely reported narrative that follows a new generation of itinerant workers, are the winners of the 2017 Discover Awards for fiction and nonfiction, respectively.
A wickedly smart, funny and deeply felt debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their long depended - upon family inheritance.
A beguiling debut novel about the stories we tell ourselves to survive, the scars that never fade and the things we choose to call the truth.
With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker's The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.
A fresh debut novel about a lost, fierce young woman who moves to Alaska and finds herself through the hard work of fishing, as far as the icy Bering Sea.
Oprah Winfrey's Summer 2017 Book Club Pick In the vein of Amy Tan and Khaled Hosseini comes a compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream - the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy.
Doyle combines fantasy, mystery, and romance in this debut novel about twins who use their magical knowledge to search for their missing governess, finding love along the way.
This powerful debut novel about a 14 - year - old black boy who leaves the rough streets of East Cleveland for a predominantly white boarding school in Maine offers an unflinchingly honest look at race relations.
A compelling debut novel about loss.
Elizabeth Church's stirring debut novel about ambition, identity, and sacrifice will ring true to every woman who has had to make the impossible choice between who she is and who circumstances demand her to be.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest retail bookseller, today announced that Patty Yumi Cottrell's Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (McSweeney's), a darkly comic debut novel about a young woman seeking an explanation for her adoptive brother's suicide, and Jessica Bruder» sNomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty - First Century (W.W. Norton), a finely reported narrative that follows a new generation of itinerant workers, are the winners of the 2017 Discover Awards for fiction and nonfiction, respectively.
Award - winning Canadian author Kathleen Winter's Annabel is a stunning debut novel about the family of a mixed - gendered child born into a rural hunting community in the 1960s.
Czech - American author Jaroslav Kalfar, who moved to the US as a teen and reportedly learned to speak English by watching Cartoon Network, has been touted by Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch as a Shteyngart-esque talent — and his debut novel about a Czech astronaut who befriends an «imaginary giant alien spider» en route to Venus certainly sounds imaginative enough to live up to the comparison.
From «America's librarian» and NPR books commentator Nancy Pearl comes an emotionally riveting debut novel about an unlikely marriage at a crossroads.
From Flannery O'Connor and Rona Jaffe Award winner Lori Ostlund, a deeply moving and beautiful debut novel about a man who leaves his longtime partner in New Mexico for a new life in San Francisco, launching him on a tragicomic road trip and into the mysteries of his own Midwestern childhood.
A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent - and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together.
Under the Udala Trees By Chinelo Okparanta Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544811799 One of Granta's New Voices in 2012 and author of a prize - winning short story collection, Okparanta received the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction for this striking debut novel about a Nigerian girl's coming of age.
A Small Indiscretion By Jan Ellison Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812985429 Ellison took a break from college at the age of 19 to travel and work in Europe for a year, an experience that inspired her riveting debut novel about a young (and foolish) American woman whose experiences in London echo through her life two decades later.
A hilarious and deeply touching debut novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own.
An evocative debut novel about life in a small town and of two women testing their own limits.
Never didactic and often hilarious, this debut novel about a Muslim teen in Australia shows the diversity of her immigrant community as well as the discrimination and family struggles she experiences.
A dazzling debut novel about the power of love and language... Li Jing, a successful, happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion shatters the building.
From the extraordinary Colombian French politician and activist Ingrid Betancourt, a stunning debut novel about freedom and fate.
Maud's Line By Margaret Verble Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544705241 Set in 1928, Verble's debut novel about young Maud Nail, who yearns to escape her lonely life on an Oklahoma farm, was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
Told in a haunting and powerful first - person narration that casts the streets of Washington, D.C., and Addis Ababa through Sepha's eyes, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears is a deeply affecting and unforgettable debut novel about what it means to lose a family and a country - and what it takes to create a new home.
Hoffman's charming debut novel about a 12 - year - old southern girl with a neglectful father and mentally ill mother won rave reviews and became a bestseller.
A powerful debut novel about a girl's coming of age — and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.
From O. Henry Prize — winning author Emily Ruskovich comes a stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss.
A warm, funny and acutely perceptive debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their choices and their lives.
Yesterday we told you about The Plum Tree, Ellen Marie Wiseman's poignant debut novel about love and survival in Germany during World War II.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing By Mira Jacob Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812985061 Jacobs» darkly funny debut novel about an Indian - American family made several best books of the year lists when it was released in hardcover in 2014.
Joyce's debut novel about a new retiree who embarks on a mission of mercy involving a solitary 500 - mile walk across the north of England is quirky and charming but also haunting in its examination of love and devotion.
A stunning debut novel about an extended Sri Lankan family - a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary immigrant life, by turns darkly funny, sad, poignant, and uproariously beautiful.
The Mostly True Story of Jack is a stunning debut novel about things broken, things put back together, and finding a place to belong.
This month also sees the publication of AJ Pearce's debut novel about wartime female friendship, Dear Mrs Bird, which was the subject of a seven - way bidding war won by Picador.
Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel about Kvothe, a young boy who grows to be a legend, is compelling and beautifully written.
Kayla Rae Whitaker's debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living.
Not exact matches
Stanford student and author Kiley Roache comes to Kepler's to talk about her debut novel, Frat Girl, that centers around fraternity life, feminism, and finding your own truth.
Mysterious characters from the city surrounding the hospital will be crucial in determining the baby's fate, as will a workaholic British doctor with whom Mariam finds herself falling in love... Alice Allan's debut novel is an original, vivid and moving story about attachment and loss.
Her debut novel, Between Land and Sea (a paranormal romance about a middle - aged mermaid) is available on Amazon.
I'm excited about this new author, too — it's her debut novel.
READ: Try Zadie Smith's debut novel White Teeth to explore 1970s London, or wander about the English countryside with a classic British novel by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, or one of the Brontë sisters.
Drive screenwriter Hossein Amini makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1964 novel about a vacationing American con artist and his wife (played by Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst, respectively), and a Greek - speaking American tour guide (Oscar Isaac) who forms a dangerous bond with the couple.
Cast: Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd, Everaldo Cleary, For his feature directorial debut, Elba chose an adaptation of the Victor Headley cult novel about a youth who witnesses his idealistic brother's assassination in Jamaica.
DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Assistant DA Admits to Killing in Self - Defense in Unoriginal Whodunit Based on the debut novel of the same name by Euro - Filipina Sabina Murray, Slow Burn is an intriguing whodunit about a big city Assistant DA, Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), who admits that she's just confessed to killing a man (Mekhi Phifer) she claims raped her.
Montreal director Paolo Barzman makes his feature directing debut with an elegant, sensitive adaptation of Matt Cohen's novel about Holocaust survivors.
«Jeffrey Westhoff on «The Boy Who Knew Too Much»»: The veteran Chicago film critic chats with Indie Outlook about his excellent debut novel.
VARIETY — Hulu will debut «11.22.63,» based on the time - travel novel by Stephen King about the JFK assassination, on Presidents Day, Feb. 15, 2016.
Two casting items tonight: Julianne Moore will play the title character in the feature adaptation of Harvard neuroscientist Lisa Genova «s debut novel, Still Alice, about a 50 - year - old woman diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease.