From the author of The Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s newest novel, Good Company, opens with main character, Flora, finding the wedding ring her husband Julian told her he’d lost years ago. Dropped into the middle, a moment in time that will affect the future and shade the past, Sweeney immediately pulled me into the narrative. I …
Trees: They provide shelter, sustenance, and sanctuary for vast numbers of creatures. They create the very air we breathe. And they are under threat. For generations, the Greenwood family lives with, destroys, fights for, and monetizes these gentle giants until their very existence is absorbed into the class system designed and upheld by the one …
Be sure to read the full list, with recommendations from booksellers around the country, but why not start here, with favorites from Portland and Seattle booksellers? John Rember, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World (University of New Mexico Press) Jeremy Garber, Powell’s, Portland: John Rember’s A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World collects …
In Black Brother, Black Brother, Rhodes looks at colorism, prejudice in schooling systems against people of color, and whitewashing in history all in a brilliant sports narrative. After being falsely accused of disrupting class at his private school and then arrested for being angry that no one would listen to him, Donte is encouraged to …
Three books new on the table this month all have to do with history: history of the past, history now in the making, and history yet to come. The Cold War may not seem like ancient history (to some of us, at least), and as Lara Prescott’s compelling new novel shows, its echoes can still …
The Country Bookseller in Bozeman, MT was very excited to welcome Pete Fromm back to the Country Bookshelf on June 11th for his new novel, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. Bookseller Wendy Blake loved it: Marnie and Taz have it all– they love, laugh and work together, sneak off to swim …
