Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
(August 1, 2023, Ecco Press)
““Family Lore is a deeply Dominican book, full of raw emotional power. It is at once intimate and epic, one of the most resonant representations of a family and world like my own that I’ve ever read. There is so much to love about this wise, funny and original novel—and it’s a singular contribution to Dominican Diasporic letters.”
— Naima Coster, author of What’s Mine and Yours
The Dream Builders by Oindrila Mukherjee
(January 10, 2023, Tin House Books)
“An ambitious debut novel that skillfully writes about contemporary India from numerous points of view examining grief, a city’s transformation and the many ways we are complicit in the horror and beauty in our lives.”
— Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez
(March 07, 2023, Grand Central Publishing)
“Claire Jiménez’s What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez is at once hilarious and heartbreaking. An original novel about mothers, daughters, and sisters, about a family broken by a profound loss. Jiménez is both storyteller and cultural critic, giving us an unflinching rejection of respectability politics, characters who love and fight, who are flawed and vulnerable and real. This book will stay with me a long time.”
—Jaquira Diaz, author of Ordinary Girls
The Apartment by Ana Menéndez
(June 27, 2023, Counterpoint LLC)
“A dazzling inquiry into the disquietudes of time and place, of past and present, and the global exiles who inhabit the realms in-between. Menéndez’s exquisitely-wrought stories—emanating from the lifespan of one modest Miami apartment—offer us no less than the world. A masterful, poetic achievement.”
—Cristina Garcia, author of Here in Berlin
The Love You Save by Goldie Taylor
(January 31, 2023, Hanover Square Press)
“Goldie Taylor’s The Love You Save is at once candid and devastating. Writing with clarity and elegance, Taylor has crafted a memoir about finding peace, hope, and love after surviving unspeakable violence.” —Jaquira Diaz, author of Ordinary Girls
Take What You Need by Idra Novey
(March 14, 2023, Viking)
“It’s impossible not to become invested in these characters. The palpable tension between Jean and Leah and those they hold close, burns and burns. Reader, you may be emotionally wrecked by this book, but I assure you– your heart is in the hand of a masterful storyteller– this is Idra Novey at her best!”
—Angie Cruz, author of How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water
The Faraway World: Stories by Patricia Engel
(January 23, 2023, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster)
“Patricia Engel is the kind of writer other writers love to envy. How could we not? There is a steady, consistent, and exquisite control in her prose. There is her rare ability to craft extraordinary situations out of this ordinary world… There is also such unexpected beauty in her sentences… I must be honest here: I’m still working on getting over my envious ways. Engel’s latest, The Faraway World, may have set me back some. But I suppose we can agree there’s enchantment in surrendering to an expert working at this level. Especially, if it is in service of looting some of her magic.” —Cleyvis Natera, author of Neruda on the Park
Carmen and Grace by Melissa Coss Aquino
(April 04, 2023, William Morrow & Company)
“In a world so fraught with violence Melissa Coss Aquino brilliantly wrote a heart- warming loving novel with characters you are inspired to ride or die with. From page one, I was deeply invested in Carmen and Grace and their wild predicament of having to negotiate between their tight tight bonds to each other and their ambitions. It had me up late turning the pages wanting to know if they will make it out of their wild predicament without destroying everything. If you love reading novels about creative, ambitious, and relentless women who are committed to community and making a way out of no way, read this book!”
—Angie Cruz, author of How Not To Down in a Glass of Water
Where there was Fire by John Manuel Arias
(September 19, 2023, Flatiron Books)
“A haunting, operatic saga of family, history and place. Where There Was Fire beautifully braids love, lust, magic and the destructive power of man to wondrous and, at times, heartbreaking effect. Arias has created an utterly original, unforgettable tale of family that will sear a place in the reader’s soul.”
—Xochitl Gonzalez, author of Olga Dies Dreaming
