Biograhy & Memoirs You Sound Like a White Girl : The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce
Every Good Boy Does Fine :
A Love Story, in Music Lessons
available in March, hardcover, Flatiron Books
by Jeremy Denk
When someone tells you that you sound like a white person, is it a compliment? Follow Julissa as she discovers herself through this memoir, while facing racism and battling assimilation. A powerful and real story that offers readers a look into the constructs and walls that exist for people of color, and how we are learning to knock those down. –Ronnie
available now, hardcover, Random House
This Monk Wears Heels :
Jeremy Denk is a world-renowned performer as a classical pianist and also has a wicked sense of humor. It takes humor to write a book about practicing piano as a child and then continuing to practice as an adult. Denk explains how classical music is relevant to real life; how composers dealt with their real life and their deadlines, and students, and not getting the next gig, all the while having passionate themes screaming in their brain and publishers screaming about dates. –Kelly E.
Be Who You Are
by Kodo Nishimura available now, hardcover, Watkins Publishing
Left on Tenth :
Kodo Nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We’re in Japan. Now this celebrity make-up artist and ordained Buddhist monk shares his unique and practical guide to positivity and self-acceptance. Readers will learn from the author’s path to self-love and resilience and modern take on Buddhist teachings.
A Second Chance at Life
Bomb Shelter :
Love, Time, and Other Explosives
by Mary Laura Philpott
available in April, hardcover, Atria Books
This book is full of witty humor and tragic moments. A collection of essays that translate into a memoir, Philpot does an excellent job of making you laugh and cry. Read about Frank the turtle, Mary's optimistic and anxious nature, and her adventures as she navigates her own path through life. A Relatable rollercoaster of a read! –Hanna
by Delia Ephron
available in April, hardcover, Little, Brown
Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak (sister Nora, husband Jerry). Months after Jerry’s death, she decided to make one small change in her life — she shut down the landline, which crashed her internet, putting her in Verizon hell. She channeled her grief by writing an op-ed, which caught the attention of Peter, who emailed her to commiserate. Recently widowed himself, he reminded her that they had shared a few dates years before, set up by Nora. After several weeks of exchanging emails, he flew east to see her. Four months later she was diagnosed with AML, a fierce leukemia. In Left on Tenth, Ephron navigates the lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment and the highs of a second chance at love. With clarity, warmth, and honesty about facing death, Ephron invites us to join her team of warriors and become believers ourselves.
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Sea State : A Memoir by Tabitha Lasley
available now, hardcover, Ecco
A mid-30s London journalist relocates to Aberdeen after a messy breakup, with the goal of writing a book about the men who work on offshore oil rigs in the North Sea – but the story quickly becomes more about obsessive love, albeit with one of her interviews subjects, who happens to be married, among other drawbacks. Tough, self-aware without being self-pitying, at times mordantly funny, this book will stick with you. –Jean
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