From the author of the widely acclaimed debut
novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan
Thomas Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book
Prize for First Fiction: a gorgeously written, fiercely
compelling glimpse into the passionate, political
world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold
over two generations.
Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a
ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the worldfamous
dancer Arslan Rusakov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet
Union to the United States.
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From the acclaimed author of The Bones of
You comes a haunting and heartbreaking new
psychological thriller that is both a masterpiece of
suspense and a powerful rumination on lost love.
“I was fourteen when I fell in love with a goddess…”
So begins the testimony of Noah Calaway, an
ex-lawyer with a sideline in armchair criminal
psychology. Now living an aimless life in an
inherited cottage in the English countryside, Noah is haunted by the
memory of the beguiling young woman who left him at the altar sixteen
years earlier.
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Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole
lives in Mexico. One day, their beautiful fifteenyear-
old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible
injury, one that casts doubt on whether she’ll ever be the same. And so,
leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single
dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel
can get better.
When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar
Tree store, it is love at first sight.
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The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat’s
groundbreaking debut—now an established
classic—revised and with a new introduction
by the author, and including extensive bonus
materials.
At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from
her impoverished Haitian village to New York to
be reunited with a mother she barely remembers.
There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of
shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women
who first reared her.
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Tiya Miles’s luminous but highly accessible debut
novel examines a little-known aspect of America’s
past—slaveholding by Southern Creeks and
Cherokees—and its legacy in the lives of three
young women who are drawn to the Georgia
plantation where scenes of extreme cruelty and
equally extraordinary compassion once played out.
Set in modern-day Georgia, The Cherokee Rose follows three characters—
Jinx Micco, a Cherokee-Creek historian exploring her tribe’s complicated
racial history; Ruth Mayes, whose mother sought refuge from a troubled
marriage in her beloved garden and the cosmetic empire she built from
its bounty;
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An Indie Next Pick , an Amazon Best Book of the
Month, a Daily Candy Best Book of the Month,
and one of More Magazine’s “Five Thrillers Not
to Read After Dark”
From the bestselling author of Turn of Mind, this
riveting, complex psychological thriller dissects
the intricacies of desire and commitment, trust
and jealousy, passion and obsession.
When Dr. John Taylor turns up dead in a hotel room, the local police
uncover enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play.
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