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First Few Pages: Crying in H Mart

Posted on April 17, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

Michelle Zauner tells her story of growing up as one of the few Asian American kids at her school, of struggling with her mother's expectations, of a painful adolescence, of months spent with her grandmother in Seoul. And then the beginning of her adulthood as she moves to the East Coast for college, working in the restaurant industry, and gigs with her fledgling band, and realizing her Koreanness began to feel more distant. Read more here.

First Few Pages: Malice

Posted on March 24, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

True love isn't a simple fairy tale in Heather Walter's story in which the dark sorceress falls in love with the beautiful princess. Read more here on the blog.

First Few Pages: Chatter

Posted on March 24, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

We explore the silent conversations we have with ourselves with acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross in his book Chatter. With tools hidden in plain sight, readers can make their inner voice work in their favor. Read the first few pages on the blog.

First Few Pages: The Sanatorium

Posted on March 18, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

A detective takes time off from work and is invited by her estranged brother to celebrate his engagement at a hotel high in the Swiss Alps. But that place was once an abanded sanatorium, and when her brother's fiancee goes missing after storm and more guests start panicking, she must trust her instincts if they hope to find her. They just don't know the real danger they're in..

First Few Pages: How Beautiful We Were

Posted on March 4, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, where people live in fear amid environmental degradation, Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel is told from the perspective of a generation of children and the family of a girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary. Read the first few pages here on the blog.

First Few Pages: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

Posted on February 15, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

Jane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Posted on February 5, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice. Get ready for battle. Here's the start of a bold and immersive fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins

Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

You can travel the world looking for yourself, but if you don't know what you're looking for, how can you find it? Like Streams To The Ocean is about examining the things that make us who we are and getting to know ourselves, our stories, and the decisions that shape our one and only life. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: The Heiress by Molly Greeley

Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

In this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on Pride and Prejudice, the author of The Clergyman’s Wife combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious Anne de Bourgh. Read an excerpt on the blog.

First Few Pages: Land by Simon Winchester

Posted on February 3, 2021| Posted in First Few Pages

The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property—our proprietary relationship with the land—through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Read an excerpt on the blog.