Washburn's first novel is a story of Hawaii and of its strength, founded not merely in sentiment but in tangible, mystical forces rooted in history and in...Show more
Washburn's first novel is a story of Hawaii and of its strength, founded not merely in sentiment but in tangible, mystical forces rooted in history and in the very soil. [...] A more than noteworthy first foray into contemporary fiction by Hawaiian native Washburn. -- Library Journal
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Washburn's first novel is a story of Hawaii and of its strength, founded not merely in sentiment but in tangible, mystical forces rooted in history and in...Show more
Washburn's first novel is a story of Hawaii and of its strength, founded not merely in sentiment but in tangible, mystical forces rooted in history and in the very soil. [...] A more than noteworthy first foray into contemporary fiction by Hawaiian native Washburn. -- Library Journal
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With a charming (and lovingly meddlesome) supporting cast and plenty of glamorous pre-wedding events along the way, this exhilarating rom-com hits all the...Show more
With a charming (and lovingly meddlesome) supporting cast and plenty of glamorous pre-wedding events along the way, this exhilarating rom-com hits all the right notes. Readers will have no trouble cheering on these sparring hearts. -- Publishers Weekly
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With a charming (and lovingly meddlesome) supporting cast and plenty of glamorous pre-wedding events along the way, this exhilarating rom-com hits all the...Show more
With a charming (and lovingly meddlesome) supporting cast and plenty of glamorous pre-wedding events along the way, this exhilarating rom-com hits all the right notes. Readers will have no trouble cheering on these sparring hearts. -- Publishers Weekly
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Lisa Ko’s socially astute and formally innovative second novel, “Memory Piece,” takes readers back to the dawn of the internet: when its hot glow was lurk...Show more
Lisa Ko’s socially astute and formally innovative second novel, “Memory Piece,” takes readers back to the dawn of the internet: when its hot glow was lurking just below the horizon and we thought we had the measure of its power, before it became the very light by which we see. -- The New York Times
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Lisa Ko’s socially astute and formally innovative second novel, “Memory Piece,” takes readers back to the dawn of the internet: when its hot glow was lurk...Show more
Lisa Ko’s socially astute and formally innovative second novel, “Memory Piece,” takes readers back to the dawn of the internet: when its hot glow was lurking just below the horizon and we thought we had the measure of its power, before it became the very light by which we see. -- The New York Times
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The novel delves into the complexities of a society seemingly stacked against those born without inherited wealth or white privilege. Gowda's storytelling...Show more
The novel delves into the complexities of a society seemingly stacked against those born without inherited wealth or white privilege. Gowda's storytelling prowess shines through in this emotionally charged tale of survival, understanding, and familial unity in the face of adversity. -- Booklist
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The novel delves into the complexities of a society seemingly stacked against those born without inherited wealth or white privilege. Gowda's storytelling...Show more
The novel delves into the complexities of a society seemingly stacked against those born without inherited wealth or white privilege. Gowda's storytelling prowess shines through in this emotionally charged tale of survival, understanding, and familial unity in the face of adversity. -- Booklist
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Huang's opulent debut novel is a queer m/m reimagining of Chinese folklore that tells a mystical story of star-crossed lovers who chase true love and atonement across thousands of lifetimes. -- Library Journal
Huang's opulent debut novel is a queer m/m reimagining of Chinese folklore that tells a mystical story of star-crossed lovers who chase true love and atonement across thousands of lifetimes. -- Library Journal
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Huang's opulent debut novel is a queer m/m reimagining of Chinese folklore that tells a mystical story of star-crossed lovers who chase true love and atonement across thousands of lifetimes. -- Library Journal
Huang's opulent debut novel is a queer m/m reimagining of Chinese folklore that tells a mystical story of star-crossed lovers who chase true love and atonement across thousands of lifetimes. -- Library Journal
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Marked by a wry sense of humor and an unerring touch for the surreal, Kakimoto’s stories add up to a powerful exploration of gender, class, race, colonial...Show more
Marked by a wry sense of humor and an unerring touch for the surreal, Kakimoto’s stories add up to a powerful exploration of gender, class, race, colonialism, and domestic violence. This eloquent outing marks Kakimoto as a writer to watch. -- Publishers Weekly
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Marked by a wry sense of humor and an unerring touch for the surreal, Kakimoto’s stories add up to a powerful exploration of gender, class, race, colonial...Show more
Marked by a wry sense of humor and an unerring touch for the surreal, Kakimoto’s stories add up to a powerful exploration of gender, class, race, colonialism, and domestic violence. This eloquent outing marks Kakimoto as a writer to watch. -- Publishers Weekly
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"Land of Milk and Honey" casts the kind of spell that readers can spend a lifetime hungering for. To read this book is to know yourself as a bei...Show more
"Land of Milk and Honey" casts the kind of spell that readers can spend a lifetime hungering for. To read this book is to know yourself as a being made of skin and touch, a being made of other bodies. The impact is powerful and immediate. This is an astonishingly accomplished work, a deceptively simple dystopian vision that lays bare the heartbreaking complexities of seeking and giving pleasure, of wanting and loving in a world that is fundamentally shattered and forever shattering anew. -- BookPage
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"Land of Milk and Honey" casts the kind of spell that readers can spend a lifetime hungering for. To read this book is to know yourself as a bei...Show more
"Land of Milk and Honey" casts the kind of spell that readers can spend a lifetime hungering for. To read this book is to know yourself as a being made of skin and touch, a being made of other bodies. The impact is powerful and immediate. This is an astonishingly accomplished work, a deceptively simple dystopian vision that lays bare the heartbreaking complexities of seeking and giving pleasure, of wanting and loving in a world that is fundamentally shattered and forever shattering anew. -- BookPage
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An Indian man living in Ohio returns to Bombay for the first time since his beloved father’s death. [...] This is a touching story about what it really means to grow up and into an authentic life. -- Kirkus Reviews
An Indian man living in Ohio returns to Bombay for the first time since his beloved father’s death. [...] This is a touching story about what it really means to grow up and into an authentic life. -- Kirkus Reviews
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An Indian man living in Ohio returns to Bombay for the first time since his beloved father’s death. [...] This is a touching story about what it really means to grow up and into an authentic life. -- Kirkus Reviews
An Indian man living in Ohio returns to Bombay for the first time since his beloved father’s death. [...] This is a touching story about what it really means to grow up and into an authentic life. -- Kirkus Reviews
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Yoon delivers a lean collection of stories featuring restless, complex characters driven by their need for connection and forgiveness. Throughout, themes ...Show more
Yoon delivers a lean collection of stories featuring restless, complex characters driven by their need for connection and forgiveness. Throughout, themes of displacement and loss are juxtaposed with simple moments of love and understanding. [...] This is an elegant exploration of life's brutal and beautiful moments. -- Publishers Weekly
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Yoon delivers a lean collection of stories featuring restless, complex characters driven by their need for connection and forgiveness. Throughout, themes ...Show more
Yoon delivers a lean collection of stories featuring restless, complex characters driven by their need for connection and forgiveness. Throughout, themes of displacement and loss are juxtaposed with simple moments of love and understanding. [...] This is an elegant exploration of life's brutal and beautiful moments. -- Publishers Weekly
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Critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer K-Ming Chang's "Organ Meats" follows two girls bound by ties of loyalty, brutality, and lon...Show more
Critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer K-Ming Chang's "Organ Meats" follows two girls bound by ties of loyalty, brutality, and longing. [...] Tenuous moments of suspense recur in Chang's text, emphasizing the thrilling yet precarious tensions of girlhood that intensify the alluring and sometimes toxic female friendships made along the way. And while the fantastical elements of Chang's story give the novel a feverish, dreamlike atmosphere, her relentlessly embodied descriptions ground readers' experience. -- Shelf Awareness
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Critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer K-Ming Chang's "Organ Meats" follows two girls bound by ties of loyalty, brutality, and lon...Show more
Critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer K-Ming Chang's "Organ Meats" follows two girls bound by ties of loyalty, brutality, and longing. [...] Tenuous moments of suspense recur in Chang's text, emphasizing the thrilling yet precarious tensions of girlhood that intensify the alluring and sometimes toxic female friendships made along the way. And while the fantastical elements of Chang's story give the novel a feverish, dreamlike atmosphere, her relentlessly embodied descriptions ground readers' experience. -- Shelf Awareness
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A father and his younger son are slow to return from a stroll around the park, but other members of their biracial Korean American family aren't panicked ...Show more
A father and his younger son are slow to return from a stroll around the park, but other members of their biracial Korean American family aren't panicked until the son stumbles in alone, bloodied but unable to explain what happened; he can't speak owing to a rare genetic condition... As she pieces together what happened on that park trail, the scaffolding of a thriller falls away, revealing happiness and sorrow, futility and hope, as more than a dance of neurons. We rarely see a novel this assured that centers on disability. “Happiness Falls” dares to unlock the enigma of love at the molecular level while serving up a page-turner. -- The Washington Post
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A father and his younger son are slow to return from a stroll around the park, but other members of their biracial Korean American family aren't panicked ...Show more
A father and his younger son are slow to return from a stroll around the park, but other members of their biracial Korean American family aren't panicked until the son stumbles in alone, bloodied but unable to explain what happened; he can't speak owing to a rare genetic condition... As she pieces together what happened on that park trail, the scaffolding of a thriller falls away, revealing happiness and sorrow, futility and hope, as more than a dance of neurons. We rarely see a novel this assured that centers on disability. “Happiness Falls” dares to unlock the enigma of love at the molecular level while serving up a page-turner. -- The Washington Post
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The sequel to "The Art of Prophecy" highlights the drive for personal purpose, no matter what one may believe. Chu's delightful and immersive s...Show more
The sequel to "The Art of Prophecy" highlights the drive for personal purpose, no matter what one may believe. Chu's delightful and immersive story pays tribute to martial arts and magic and is filled with enlightened and humorous dialogue. -- Library Journal
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The sequel to "The Art of Prophecy" highlights the drive for personal purpose, no matter what one may believe. Chu's delightful and immersive s...Show more
The sequel to "The Art of Prophecy" highlights the drive for personal purpose, no matter what one may believe. Chu's delightful and immersive story pays tribute to martial arts and magic and is filled with enlightened and humorous dialogue. -- Library Journal
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The novel moves along briskly while dutifully adhering to the tropes of the heist genre, but this stands out for its unexpected depth; Wan expertly delves...Show more
The novel moves along briskly while dutifully adhering to the tropes of the heist genre, but this stands out for its unexpected depth; Wan expertly delves into her protagonists' emotional backstories and reveals their complexities. Suggesting that the women's desire for independence need not necessarily clash with the expectations of family and patriarchal society, she shows that friendships and self-worth are fortunes worth treasuring. Wan pulls this off without a hitch. -- Publishers Weekly
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The novel moves along briskly while dutifully adhering to the tropes of the heist genre, but this stands out for its unexpected depth; Wan expertly delves...Show more
The novel moves along briskly while dutifully adhering to the tropes of the heist genre, but this stands out for its unexpected depth; Wan expertly delves into her protagonists' emotional backstories and reveals their complexities. Suggesting that the women's desire for independence need not necessarily clash with the expectations of family and patriarchal society, she shows that friendships and self-worth are fortunes worth treasuring. Wan pulls this off without a hitch. -- Publishers Weekly
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