Ruth Kassinger
William Morrow
A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants
A frothy brew of history, botany, and gardening by a true lover of plants.
John Launois, with Chris Pan Launois
Prospecta Press
L’Americain: A Photojournalist’s Life
The autobiography of a photojournalist of Life, National Geographic covers. Listen now: a 1954 scene, then a remembrance, both read by his son.
Caroline Clarke
Harper
Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail
Adopted, the author journeys to find her real mother -- who is the daughter of a very famous entertainer.
Robb Cadigan
Rodgers Forge Press / USA
Phoenixville Rising: A Novel
A "love letter to an industrial town," this novel traces the intersection of crime & nostalgia.
Elizabeth Kiem
Soho Press
Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy
After her mother mysteriously disappears, a Russian ballerina and her father defect to America in this Cold War spy thriller, a debut novel.