Today I bring you a highly anticipated debut, a new novel from a book club favorite, and a buzz-worthy thriller. Read on!
George & Lizzie, by Nancy Pearl. "America's Librarian" and NPR books commentator Pearl treats fans to a debut work of fiction. George and Lizzie approach their marriage very differently, owing to their different upbringings. George was raised in a warm, boisterous family; Lizzie was the only child of two famous psychologists, as much experiment as offspring. George remains happy in their marriage as time passes, while Lizzie remains...unfulfilled. Until a shameful secret from Lizzie's past emerges and the two must reevaluate the relationship they've built.
Love and Other Consolation Prizes, by Jamie Ford. Bestselling author Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, etc.) presents a powerful new novel, based on a true story. For twelve-year-old Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, the chance to go to the 1909 World's Fair feels like a dream come true. Once he's there, however, the dream quickly sours: he finds that he's to be raffled off as a "healthy boy to a good home." The winner? The flamboyant madam of a high-class brothel, notorious for educating her girls. Ernest becomes her houseboy and, against the odds, makes friends and feels at home. Fifty years later, in the shadow of Seattle's second World's Fair, Ernest and his wife seek to shelter their grown daughters from the secrets of their past.
The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld. Private investigator Naomi is especially good at locating missing children, because she was once lost herself. Now she's trying to track down Madison Culver, who vanished three years ago in Oregon's Skookum National Forest. Her search begins to bring up bits of memory that threaten to deliver something dark if they ever coalesce. There's a lot of buzz on this one--expect people to be talking about it in the months to come.
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