Debut Spotlight (2/8/23)

Get ready for these upcoming novels from some talented debut authors! Within these pages, you’ll find everything from a death doula learning how to live life, a summer-ready thriller that has couples questioning one another, a vacation that challenges relationships, a middle-aged woman trying to reconcile with her estranged teenage daughter, and a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in Ireland.

THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER BY MIKKI BRAMMER

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“When a handsome fellow keeps showing up at the death cafés she frequents, Clover can’t resist his plea for help with his dying grandmother. She soon ends up on a mission of self-discovery that changes everything. Brammer’s first novel is an interesting read, especially for those who are not familiar with the idea of a death doula.”–Library Journal

BAD SUMMER PEOPLE BY EMMA ROSENBLUM

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“Rosenblum does a terrific job of establishing the setting and atmosphere, and adds complexity to the plot by revisiting events from various points of view. This is wickedly entertaining.”–Publishers Weekly

DYKETTE BY JENNY FRAN DAVIS

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“Three Brooklyn couples descend on a Hudson Valley farmhouse over Christmas in Davis’ waggish send-up of lesbian culture (after EVERYTHING MUST GO). The reader’s guide through the gay yuletide antics is Sasha, a high-femme graduate student whose relationship with Jesse hits the skids after she overhears Jesse’s virtual therapy appointment: ‘It feels like I’m starving for love, and she’s feasting on it’… Davis delights in upending concepts of gender and sexuality…[this is] worth adding to the weekend bag.”–Publishers Weekly

AMAZING GRACE ADAMS BY FRAN LITTLEWOOD

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“At age 45, Grace Adams has been feeling stuck in life for quite some time, and now she’s stuck in a monster traffic jam. Deciding that she’s hit her limit, she abandons her car and starts marching across London, carrying an extravagant cake as a peace offering to her estranged 16-year-old daughter and determined to reassert herself in the world.”–Library Journal Pre Pub Alert

CLOSE TO HOME BY MICHAEL MAGEE

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Two brothers struggle with substance abuse, unemployment, fraught family relationships, and identity as they journey through young adulthood in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

THE COLLECTED REGRETS OF CLOVER by Mikki Brammer; 9781250284396; 5/9/23
BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum; 9781250887009; 5/23/23
DYKETTE by Jenny Fran Davis; 9781250843135; 5/16/23
AMAZING GRACE ADAMS by Fran Littlewood; 9781250857019; 9/5/23
CLOSE TO HOME by Michael Magee; 9780374608323; 5/16/23