Adults 4/23

The Society of Shame (Staff Pick)

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The Society of Shame (Hardcover)

By Jane Roper
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593468760
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Published: Anchor - April 4th, 2023

A woman who’s married to a hotshot political candidate comes home one night to find her garage on fire and her husband half-naked with a mistress. If that wasn’t traumatizing enough, a witness captures a damning photo of this moment. Unfortunately, the photo goes viral not so much for the infidelity (as you’d expect) but for the monstrous period stain on the back of our MC’s pants. What follows is an absurdly hilarious sequence of events that skewers our obsession with cancel culture and what it means to repair and redeem ourselves. #satirethathitstooclosetohome #YesWeBleed #menstruation

- Manasa

A House With Good Bones (Staff Pick)

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A House With Good Bones (Hardcover)

By T. Kingfisher
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250829795
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Published: Tor Nightfire - March 28th, 2023

"Mom seems off." This Southern Gothic tale of a family, their ties to one another, and their deepest fears will keep you hooked and haunt you long after you put it down. Short but oh so sickeningly sweet, T. Kingfisher's voice is one of pure horror.

- Jen

Planta Sapiens (Staff Pick)

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Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence (Hardcover)

By Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence (With)
$28.95
ISBN: 9780393881080
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 14th, 2023

For readers of An Immense World, people who like biology, and plant parents... this book is awesome!! The authors lay out cutting-edge research on how different plants behave in intelligent ways. The overlapping molecular similarities with people and animals are delightful and inspiring to read about for anyone who has green friends.

- Murphy

Some Desperate Glory (Staff Pick)

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Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)

By Emily Tesh
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250834980
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Published: Tordotcom - April 11th, 2023

Some Desperate Glory came into my house, killed my family, punched me in the face, and ruined my life. And I’m never going to be able to shut up about it. It’s a book about trying again and again until you get it right, and realizing that “right” really just means doing the least harm you can in a messed up world. It’s about creating your own family, carving out your own space in the universe, and questioning everything that tells you you can’t make a difference. Reading this book was both a gift I gave myself and also a curse because I’m never going to be able to think about anything else ever again.

- Katherine

Pessoa: A Biography (Staff Pick)

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Pessoa: A Biography (Paperback)

By Richard Zenith
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324092391
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Published: Liveright - March 7th, 2023

A wonderful biography of a bizarre and fascinating artist, reminiscent of Ellmann’s James Joyce. Given his many different literary personalities (distinct creative selves that he called “heteronyms”), it’s hardly accurate to understand Pessoa as a single writer, but rather a collection of alter egos. The Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa was only one of them. Richard Zenith gives a vivid portrait of this enigmatic writer. 

- James

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