Fair Ones: A Double Novel

by Lydia Millet

It's been said that friends are the family one chooses. Lydia Millet's Fair Ones perfectly encapsulates that sentiment. In this emotionally astute "double novel," Millet (Mermaids in Paradise; A Children's Bible) follows the interconnected lives of three female friends after the sudden death of one of them shatters their equilateral triangle and throws the lives of the survivors into turmoil.

Jen, Mara, and Claire are in their 40s when one spring morning, while awaiting the bus that will take her to the high

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Requiem for Gaza

by Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and multiple Eisner- and Harvey-awarded cartoonist Joe Sacco reunite (after Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt) to create Requiem for Gaza, another wrenching--albeit remarkable--work: "The goal in Gaza is... to wipe out the past and replace it with amnesia, to mask Israeli crimes, including genocide." Sacco's haunting, signature black-and-white panels capture scenes where words are not enough. "This denial of historical truth and historical identity permits Israelis

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Salty, Not Sweet: A Life in the Food World

by Florence Fabricant

Florence Fabricant's Salty, Not Sweet is a delectable memoir charting more than half a century of culinary evolution through the eyes of one of its most astute chroniclers. For decades, Fabricant's authoritative voice in the New York Times and in her 13 cookbooks has helped shape how we eat, cook, and think about food.

Fabricant writes with a brisk elegance, drawing readers into the bustling kitchens and fragrant international markets and dining rooms she has frequented since the 1960s. Her narrative pace

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The Voice of the Snow!

by Yuko Ohnari, trans. by Emily Balistrieri, illus. by Koshiro Hata

The Voice of the Snow is an exuberant, impeccably child-centered story by Yuko Ohnari and Koshiro Hata, the creative duo behind Downpour, and translated from the Japanese by Emily Balistrieri. The picture book features a child who revels in the wonder of a snowy day by focusing on the joyful sounds--and silence--of the snow.

"It is so bright outside my window that it woke me up.... Snow!" The child pulls on a red jacket and oversize hat and goes outside. As the kid takes the first boot-sinking step, "the snow

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Stealing Saint Nick: A Legendary Corpse, a Notorious Theft, and the Stories That Shape the World

by M.T. Anderson

National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner M.T. Anderson (Elf Dog & Owl Head) turned his fascination with Saint Nicholas into Nicked, which he calls a "swashbuckling heist novel" for adults. But after the book's publication, Anderson discovered overlooked, mischaracterized, and forgotten details. He has connected those precious finds with his original research in the absolute treasure Stealing Saint Nick, a YA nonfiction account of Saint Nicholas that is suspenseful, intriguing, and downright fascinating.

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