10 new books for February: Gisele Pelicot, Edel Coffey, and more...
When the eldest daughter of an immigrant family dies in an unthinkable tragedy, the family is thrust into the court of public opinion in this compelling story of community, family and identity by Afghanistan-born author Patmeena Sabit.
Madeline Cash’s fiction debut has been getting rave reviews. The highly anticipated literary novel about family disfunction is a satire of an American family's search for moral guidance.
Recovering from a near-fatal fall, Paul Cullen picks up his quest to find the truth about his adoption. His search for answers goes from a mother and baby home in 1960s London to a suburban estate in 1970s Dublin, in a house lit with love but shadowed by a darker truth.
Irish writer Edel Coffey returns with a sophisticated and twisty new crime novel. Twenty years after Juliet Fox's murder, journalist Eddie dives back into the shadowy world of Manhattan's elite —where secrets kill.
Yesterday Andie and Jack were just exes. Today they're a writer and a publicist, on tour in Europe, for a month. Bianca Gilliam’s latest rom-com is a fun and flirty second chance romance.
Keza MacDonald, a lifelong gamer, is given unparalleled access to the company that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon. This deep-dive in the cultural phenomenon is an ode to our love of gaming.
It was the sexual assault that rocked the world. Now, Gisèle Pelicot tells her story, in her own words. She discusses her difficult childhood, first love, her career, and motherhood — and her devastating discovery that her husband invited dozens of strangers into their home to abuse her while she was drugged.
How far would you go for a year off work? Barri is preparing for a year's paid maternity leave — but she isn't pregnant. Her great pregnancy heist is underway, and she plans to disappear for good, without getting caught and being sent to prison for fraud. Can she really get away with telling the mother of all lies?
In an investigative deep dive, award-winning journalist Beth Gardiner exposes the truth of the vast, rapacious industry flooding our world with plastic – and now preparing to make more than ever.
It is Donegal, 1999. Artist Saoirse lives an outwardly idyllic life, but when her Dublin exhibition unexpectedly wins a prestigious award, the unanticipated recognition threatens to expose that Saoirse has been on the run since she was seventeen under a stolen identity.
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