THE JULY PICK FOR REESE WITHERSPOON'S HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB
"A beautiful novel that's full of forbidden passions, family secrets and a lot of courage and sacrifice."--Reese Witherspoon
“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.”
--San Francisco Chronicle
The quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives across one border, The House of Broken Angels is Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea's unforgettable portrait of the De La Cruz family as they celebrate the lives of two of their most beloved members over the course of one raucous and bittersweet weekend.$16.95ISBN: 9781566895156Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Coffee House Press - July 10th, 2018In the outskirts of Buenos Aires in 1907, a doctor becomes involved in a misguided experiment that investigates the threshold between life and death. One hundred years later, a celebrated artist goes to extremes in search of aesthetic transformation, turning himself into an art object. How far are we willing to go, Larraquy asks, in pursuit of transcendence?
$15.99ISBN: 9781942658443Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Bellevue Literary Press - May 8th, 2018"Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller." --Daniel Alarc n, author of Lost City Radio and The King Is Always Above the People
"It is not often that one encounters such a mix of personal engagement and literary passion, or pain and tenderness." --Andr's Neuman, author of Traveler of the Century and How to Travel Without Seeing
$21.95ISBN: 9780811227933Availability: Click Title for IN STOCK LocationPublished: New Directions Publishing Corporation - June 26th, 2018$17.95ISBN: 9781558858565Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Arte Publico Press - November 30th, 2017An undocumented Mexican family living in South Texas is torn apart when a son inadvertently becomes involved with narcotraficantes in Daniel Pena's debut novel that explores contemporary issues of immigration, border life and international drug smuggling.
$15.95ISBN: 9781945492068Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Transit Books - February 13th, 2018"Barba is a master of the novella . . . A gorgeous, fully realized collection."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
$16.95ISBN: 9781941920442Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Deep Vellum Publishing - October 10th, 2017From Carmen Boullosa, winner of Mexico's prestigious Xavier Villaurrutia Award, comes Heavens on Earth, a testament to the power of the written word in transcending political, racial, and cultural barriers to create and preserve history. Lear, officially known as 24, lives in L'Atl ntide, a utopian post-apocalyptic society placing increasing limits on the use of language.
$15.99ISBN: 9781507206621Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Adams Media - November 14th, 2017It’s been a lifetime (and three seasons) in the making, but Jane Gloriana Villanueva is finally ready to make her much-anticipated literary debut!
Jane the Virgin, the Golden Globe, AFI, and Peabody Award–winning The CW dramedy, has followed Jane’s telenovela-esque life—from her accidental artificial insemination and virgin birth to the infant kidnappin$15.00ISBN: 9780345806406Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Vintage - March 3rd, 2015Named a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book, an NPR Great Read, The Daily Beast's Novel of the Year, and a Mother Jones, Oprah.com, School Library Journal, and BookPage Best Book of the Year
$16.95ISBN: 9781566894098Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Coffee House Press - September 15th, 2015"Luiselli follows in the imaginative tradition of writers like Borges and M rquez, but her style and concerns are unmistakably her own. This deeply playful novel is about the passion and obsession of collecting, the nature of storytelling, the value of objects, and the complicated bonds of family. . .
