The Dewey Divas and Dudes Present:
Best New Adult Books in
2017 (So Far)
Alberta Library Conference
The Dewey Divas and Dudes are:
Lahring Tribe, Penguin Random House
Rosalyn Steele, HarperCollins Canada
Margot Stokreef, Martin & Associates
Janet Murie, Scholastic Canada
Tim Gain, Canadian Manda Group
Laureen Cusack, Ampersand Inc
Andrea Colquhoun, Penguin Random House
Saffron Beckwith, Ampersand Inc
Aleks Wrobel, Penguin Random House
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Alberta Library Conference Adult Presentation – Spring 2017
Random House of Canada -- Lahring Tribe
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Ill Will by Dan Chaon – Ballantine Books – 9780345476043 -- $37.00HC – Fiction – 480 pages – March
2017 In 1983, Dustin Tillman's foster brother Rusty was convicted of murdering his parents,
aunt and uncle. Thirty years later, the conviction is overturned. Dustin, now a psychologist,
questions whether his testimony, responsible for convicting Rusty, was accurate. When an
ex-cop patient involves him in a series of unsolved murders, Dustin's life starts to unravel.
Readalikes: Men Walking on Water; Idaho; Dead Letters; Girl Before; Roanoke Girls; Into
the Water.
The Change Room by Karen Connelly -- Random House Canada – 9780345814265 -- $24.95TP
Eliza Keenan has two delightful sons, a happy marriage
to a slightly-older, slightly-rumpled math prof, and a successful florist business. What more
could a woman possibly want? Well…into this full life comes a tall, dark and lovely young
woman, and the ensuing affair threatens to capsize Eliza, her happy family, and her lover.
Similar themes in Next Year, For Sure; Who is Rich?; Conversations With Friends; Always.
Original – Fiction – 352 pages – April 2017
The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron -- Doubleday Canada – 9780385686785 -- $32.00HC –
Fiction – 280 pages – April 2017 40,000 years ago, the last of the Neanderthals roam the earth.
Their oldest daughter is just coming of age and they are determined to travel to the annual
meeting place and find her a mate. In the modern day, archaeologist Rosamund Gale works
well into her pregnancy, racing to excavate newly found Neanderthal artifacts before her
baby comes. The parallel stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives.
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout – Random House -- 9780812989403 -- $36.00HC – Fiction
– 272 pages – April 2017 The structure recalls Olive Kitteridge: in a sequence of stories, one
sister trades self-respect for a wealthy husband; the other finds a kindred spirit in a book.
The janitor at the local school has his faith tested. And, Lucy Barton returns home after
seventeen years. If you haven’t read My Name is Lucy Barton, do so immediately; pair
these with Life After Life and God in Ruins.
The Heirs by Susan Reiger – Crown – 9781101904718 -- $35.00HC – Fiction – 272 pages – May 2017 A
wealthy, pedigreed Manhattan family comes undone after the death of their patriarch. The
five clever, charismatic Falkes brothers find themselves floundering after Rupert dies of
cancer, suddenly shaken without their beloved father's immense influence on their lives.
When, in the wake of Rupert's death, a long-held secret comes to light, the brothers are
forced to reexamine their place both in the wider world and at home. Another anatomy of a
family: Spoonbenders.
Court of Lions by Jane Johnson – Doubleday Canada – 9780385682657 -- $24.95TP Original – Fiction
– 496 pages – May 2017 Kate Fordham has fled to Granada, where she is scraping by with an job
in a bar. One day in the glorious gardens of the Alhambra, she finds a scrap of paper hidden
in one of the ancient walls, undiscovered since before the fall of Granada in 1492. History
fans, check out The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir; Chosen Maiden; Little French Bistro; Shadow
Land; Before We Were Yours; Everyone Brave is Forgiven.
Pussy by Howard Jacobson – Jonathan Cape – 9781787330207 -- $24.95 TP Original –
Fiction – 208 pages – May 2017 Pussy is the story of Prince Fracassus, heir presumptive to
the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his
boyhood watching reality shows on TV, imagining himself to be the Roman Emperor Nero,
and fantasizing about hookers. He is idle, boastful, thin-skinned and egotistic; has no
manners, no curiosity, no knowledge, no idea and no words in which to express them. Could he, in that
case, be the very leader to make the country great again? More politics: On Tyranny, No is Not Enough,
Shattered.
Here and Gone by Haylen Beck – Crown – 9780451499578 -- $35.00HC – Fiction – 304 pages – June
fleeing an abusive marriage with her kids in tow is pulled over by a local
sheriff. When she gets to the station, her kids are gone, and the cops are saying they never
saw any kids with her, that if they're gone then she must have done something to
them….More domestic suspense: Fierce Kingdom; Trophy Child; Twelve Lives of Samuel
Hawley; Marriage Pact; Sleepwalker; Couple Next Door.
2017 A mother
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown – Spiegel & Grau – 9780812989465 -- $36.00HC – Fiction –
368 pages – July 2017 Billie and her husband Jonathan have an enviable life. As their daughter
Olive reaches adolescence, Billie throws herself into extreme sports. On a solo hike in the
Desolation Wilderness, she vanishes from the trail. Her family is devastated: Jonathan drinks,
Olive grows remote. A year after Billie's death, Olive starts having waking dreams that her
mother is still alive. Jonathan worries about Olive's emotional stability, until he uncovers a secret that
sends him on his own quest for the truth. Check out Stranger in the House for something similar.
Bleaker House by Nell Stevens – Knopf Canada – 9780345811745 -- $24.95TP Original –
Nonfiction/Memoir – 256 pages – March 2017 On a frozen island in the Falklands, with only
penguins
for company, a young would-be writer struggles to craft a debut novel...and instead writes a
funny, clever, moving memoir. More memoirs: Birds Art Life; The Rules Do Not Apply; Dear
Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life; Gone; similar insights: Solitude.
Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson – Random House – 9780812997354 --$40.00HC – Nonfiction/History
– 576 pages – April 2017 A character-driven account of how Britain became an island of refuge
for royals, soldiers, government leaders and resistance fighters who escaped the Nazi
juggernaut as well as the base of operations for their struggles to take back their homelands.
If you like this: Gatekeepers; Spymaster.
The Wonder of Birds by Jim Robbins – Spiegel & Grau – 9780812993530 --$37.00HC –
This book illuminates nineteen seemingly miraculous
qualities of birds. The calliope hummingbird weighs the same as a penny and influenced the
Wright brothers' flight design; the chickadee's song is the most sophisticated language in the
animal world. Still, hundreds of bird species are imperiled because of declining habitat,
pollution, and a rapidly changing climate. More nature and science: Birds, Art, Life; The Bird; The
Genius of Birds; The Physics of Everyday Things.
Nonfiction/Nature – 320 pages – May 2017
Alberta Library Conference- Adult Books-Spring/Summer 2017
HarperCollins Canada
The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie: A Novel by Cecily Ross
- HarperCollins Canada9781443450195- TP Original- $22.99- Fiction / Historical- 400 pp. - April 2017
Engrossing historical fiction for readers of The Bride of New France and The Birth House, about one
of Canada's most inimitable pioneers and her struggles to survive in the wilderness, brought beautifully
to life in this accomplished debut.
Seven Days in May by Kim Izzo
- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443422499- TP Original$22.99- Fiction- 368 pp. - April 2017
For readers of Kate Williams, Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson, a captivating novel of love and
resilience during the Great War, inspired by the author's family history and the tragic sinking of the
Lusitania.
Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan
-MIRA- 9780778330684- TP Original$19.99- Women’s Fiction- 336 pp.- May 2017
There are good moms and bad moms-and then there are hot-mess moms. Introducing Ashley
Keller, career girl turned stay-at-home mom who's trying to navigate the world of Pinterest-perfect,
Facebook-fantastic and Instagram-impressive mommies but failing miserably.
The Dictator by David Layton
-Patrick Crean Editions- 9781554686773- PB Original$22.99- Fiction- 320 pp. – May 2017
From the author of The Bird Factory, a new novel about an estranged father and son forced together
under the same roof-one losing his grip on reality and the other discovering a secret past that he may
never fully understand.
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn- William Morrow Paperbacks- 9780062654199- TP Original$21.00- Fiction/Historical- 528 pp.- June 2017
An enthralling novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn about a female spy recruited to the
real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an American socialite in 1947 searching for
a cousin lost in the war.
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal- William Morrow- 9780062645128HC- $33.50- Fiction- 304 pp. – June 2017
Nikki, a modern young Punjabi woman living in London, takes a job teaching a writing course at the
Sikh community center. Due to a mix-up, the proper Sikh widows who show up for Nikki's class are
expecting literacy lessons, not a course in short-story writing. A lively, and thought-provoking story
about community, friendship, and women’s lives at all ages—Together Tea meets Calendar Girls.
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry- Custom House- 9780062666376- HC- $33.50- Historical
Fiction- 432 pp. -June 2017 (Also avail in TPB, 9780062696274- $23.99 & LP 9780062670380, $33.50)
A talented young British author makes her North American debut with this rapturously acclaimed
historical novel, set in late nineteenth-century England, about an intellectually minded young widow,
a pious vicar, and a rumored mythical serpent that explores questions about science and religion,
skepticism, and faith, independence and love.
Magpie Murders: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz- HarperCollins Canada- 9781443452557- HC$29.99- Mystery- 368 pp.- June 2017 (Simultaneous TP also available: 9781443452564)
When editor Susan Ryeland starts reading the manuscript of Alan Conway’s latest novel, the more she
reads, the more she’s convinced that there is another story hidden in the pages of the manuscript: one
of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
Driving Miss Norma: One Family's Journey Saying "Yes" to Living by Tim Bauerschmidt,
Ramie Liddle- HarperOne-9780062664327 – HC-$33.50- Memoirs- 256 pp.- May 2017
Driving Miss Norma is an inspiring memoir chronicling the remarkable cross-country journey of the
effervescent 90-year-old Miss Norma, who in the face of terminal illness chooses to hit the road in an
RV with her son, daughter-in-law, and 73-pound poodle Ringo.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir by Mark Lukach- Harper Wave9780062422910- HC- $31.99 -- Biography- 320 pp. – May 2017
A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and
affirms the power of love. (Also available in TPB: 9780062698391, $21.99)
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman- Custom House9780062654618- HC- $31.00- History / Middle East- 352 pp. -June 2017
Based on interviews with hundreds of displaced Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle
East and Europe, We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled is a breathtaking mosaic of first-hand
testimonials from the frontlines.
Whisky King: The Remarkable True Story of Canada's Most Infamous Bootlegger and the
Undercover Mountie on His Trail by Trevor Cole
– HarperCollins Canada9781443442237- HC- $34.99- True Crime / Organized Crime- 496 pp. - April 2017
A rich and fascinating history of Canada’s first celebrity mobster, the King of the Bootleggers, Rocco
Perri, and the man who pursued him, “Operative No. 1,” Canada’s first undercover Mountie. Great for
readers of Erik Larson, Dean Jobb and Charlotte Gray.
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Andrea Colquhoun – Penguin Random House (Penguin)
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American War by Omar El Akkad
- McClelland & Stewart – 978-0-77100-939-6 – Hardcover $34.95 – Fiction-Literary – 352 pages - April 2017
An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one
family caught deep in the middle -- a story that asks what might happen if America were to turn its most
devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself.
The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman - Berkley – 978-0-399-58358-2 – Original Trade $22.00 - Fiction - Contemporary Women – 368 pages – May 2017
Not since Good Grief has a book about a young widow been so poignant, funny, original, and utterly
believable. A compelling debut novel about loss. Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—
ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts
later, she’s just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show
up to work, and watch TV like a pro. The only problem is she’s becoming overwhelmed with being
underwhelmed.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - Viking Canada – 978-0-14-319909-0 –
Original Trade - $24.95 - Fiction - Contemporary Women– 336 pages - May 2017
Eleanor Oliphant is, well, a bit of an oddball--albeit a loveable one. She struggles with appropriate social
skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking...and that, combined with her unusual appearance (scarred
cheek, a tendency to wear the same clothes year after year), means that Eleanor has become a bit of a loner.
But she thinks that nothing really important is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding
perplexing social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, Glen's Vodka, and phone
chats with "Mummy." But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and sweet IT
guy from her office.
Please Proceed to the Nearest Exit – Jessica Raya
- McClelland & Stewart – 978-0-7710-7320-5
- Original Trade - $24.95 - Fiction - Coming Of Age – 288 pages – June 2017
Set against the shadow of the Vietnam War and the changing social mores of 1970s America, a sharply
comic novel that follows the tumultuous coming of age of both a mother and daughter, at a time when
womanhood itself was coming of age
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel Wilson – Doubleday – 978-0-385-54178-7 – Hardcover - $35.95 Fiction - Science Fiction - 352 pages – July 2017
In the rugged landscape of eastern Oregon, a young scientist named June uncovers an exquisite artifact—a
three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll whose existence seems to validate her obsession with a harrowing
story she was told by her grandfather many years earlier. The mechanical doll, June believes, is proof of a
living race of automatons that walk undetected among us to this day. Ingeniously hidden inside the ancient
doll is a lost message, addressed to the court of Peter the Great, czar of Russia.
Fitness Junkie by Lucy Sykes – DoubleDay – 978-0-385-54180-0 – Hardcover - $34.95 - Fiction Contemporary Women – 304 pages – July 2017
When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding dress company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion
show eating a bruffin—the delicious lovechild of a brioche and a muffin—her best friend and business
partner, Beau, gives her an ultimatum: Lose thirty pounds or lose your job. As Janey eschews delicious
carbs, pays thousands of dollars to charlatans, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she can't
help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place? A hilarious send-up of the health and
wellness industry a glorious romp through the absurd landscape of our weight-obsessed culture.
Dewey Diva May to August 2017 Adult Presentation
Andrea Colquhoun – Penguin Random House (Penguin)
Contact me at [email protected] or at 416 884 3314
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais
– Putnam – 978-0-3995-7506-8 – Hardcover $35.00 - Fiction – Literary – 432 pages - August 2017
Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her
parents in 1970s Johannesburg. In the same nation but worlds apart, Beauty Mbali, a Xhosa woman in a
rural village in the Bantu homeland of the Transkei, struggles to raise her children alone after her
husband's death. Both lives have been built upon the division of race, and their meeting should never have
occurred . . . until the Soweto Uprising, in which a protest by black students ignites racial conflict, alters
the fault lines on which their society is built, and shatters their worlds when Robin’s parents are left dead
and Beauty’s daughter goes missing.
We All Love the Beautiful Girls by Joanne Proulx
- Hamish Hamilton Canada - 978-0-73523288-4 - Original Trade - $24.95 - Fiction – Literary – 320 pages – August 2017
Sometimes loss brings people together...and sometimes it taints everyone it touches. Mia and Michael Slate
discover that a business partner and best friend has cheated them out of their wealth on the same night that
their love-stricken son Finn passes out in the snow at a party, a mistake that costs him more than he realized
was even possible
The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose – Viking – 9780735221833 – Hardcover - $35.00 - Fiction Coming Of Age – 384 pages – August 2017
Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. After taking the fall
for a rich friend, Lee reluctantly accepts refuge in the Crystal Castle—a cooperative of homeless kids
squatting in an austere, derelict building. But homeless kids are disappearing from the streets in suspicious
numbers, and Lee quickly discovers that the secret society’s charitable façade is too good to be true. She
finds an unexpected ally in Tomi, a young artist and hacker whose knowledge of the Internet’s black market
is rivaled only by his ability to break into and out of buildings. From abandoned aquariums to highly
patrolled museums to the homes of vacationing Philadelphians, Tomi and Lee can always chart a way to the next, perfect
hide-out
All Is Beauty Now by Sarah Faber
- McClelland & Stewart – 978-0-771-00933-4 – Hardcover $29.95 - Fiction - Family Life – 256 pages – August 2017
With settings ranging from the golden beaches of Rio to the squalor of its fishing villages, from the glamour
of the legendary Copacabana Club to the austerity of a remote convent, this revelatory novel takes us into
the soul of a family already living in the shadow of loss and now poised to leave behind everything they've
ever known, if only they could make peace with the past
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Shark Drunk by Morten Stroksnes – Knopf – 978-0-451-49348-4 – Hardcover - $35.95 Sports & Recreation – Fishing – 320 pages – June 2017
In the great depths surrounding the Lofoten islands in Norway lives the infamous Greenland shark. The
shark is known for its large size, but also, its meat contains a toxin that, when consumed, has been known
to make people drunk and hallucinatory. Shark Drunk is the true story of two friends, the author and the
eccentric artist Hugo Aasjord, as they embark on a wild pursuit of the famed creature--from a tiny rubber
boat.
Surfing with Sartre by Aaron James – Doubleday 978-0-385-54073-5 – Hardcover $34.95 - Philosophy - Movements – Existentialism – 240 pages – August 2017
The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once declared "the ideal limit of aquatic sports . . . is
waterskiing." The avid surfer and lavishly credentialed academic philosopher Aaron James vigorously
disagrees, and in Surfing with Sartre he intends to expound the thinking surfer's view of the matter, in the
process elucidating such philosophical categories as freedom, being, phenomenology, morality,
epistemology, and even the emerging values of what he terms "leisure capitalism."
Penguin Random House Canada (Client Publishers) Spring/Summer 2017
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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – WW Norton - 9780303609097 $34.95 HC - Fiction 256 pages February.
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms
of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition
of the great northern tales. Through Gaiman’s deft and witty prose emerge these gods with
their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others,
and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe
pungent life again.
Things to Do When You’re Goth in the Country by Chavisa Woods - Seven Stories Press – 9781609807450
$31.95 HC – Fiction 224 pages May. The eight stories in this literary collection present a
brilliantly surreal and sardonic landscape and language, and offer a periscope into the heart of
the rural poor. Among the singular characters, you’ll meet: a “zombie” who secretly resides in
a local cemetery; a queer teen goth who is facing ostracism from her small town evangelical
church; a woman who leaves New York City once a year to visit her little brothers only to
discover they’ve been having trouble with some meth dealers and UFOs that trouble the area.
The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami; Translated by Allison Markin Powell – Europa Editions –
9781609453992 $21 TR - Fiction 224 pages June. Objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop
appear as commonplace as the staff and customers that handle them. But like those same
customers and staff, they hold many secrets. If examined carefully, they show the signs of
innumerable extravagancies, of immeasurable pleasure and pain, and of the deep mysteries of
the human heart.
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman – Kensington – 9781617734496 $16.95 TR – Fiction 304
pages July .
On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window
of her attic bedroom. She’s never ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it’s for
Lilly’s own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable
night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time—and sold to the circus sideshow. More than two
decades later, nineteen-year-old Julia Blackwood has inherited her parents’ estate and horse
farm. For Julia, home was an unhappy place full of strict rules and forbidden rooms, and she
hopes that returning might erase those painful memories. Instead, she becomes immersed in a
mystery involving a hidden attic room and photos of circus scenes featuring a striking young girl.
Sip by Brian Allen Carr – Soho Press – 9781616958275 $32 HC – Science Fiction 304 pages August.
It started with a single child and quickly spread: you could get high by drinking your own
shadow. At night, lights were destroyed so that addicts could sip shadow in the pure light of
the moon. One hundred and fifty years later, what’s left of the world is divided between the
highly regimented life of those inside dome cities who are protected from natural light (and
natural shadows), and those forced to the dangerous, hardscrabble life in the wilds outside.
In rural Texas, Mira, her shadow-addicted friend Murk, and an ex-domer named Bale search
for a possible mythological cure to the shadow sickness—but they must do so, it is said,
before the return of Halley’s Comet, which is only days away.
The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard – Melville House – 9781612196367 $33.99 HC –
Fiction 304 pages August. Johnny comes from an African-American family that has super
powers – well, more like very special talents. His father could see colors no one else could see.
His brother could scale walls. His cousin spits fire. And Johnny himself can make precise maps
of any space you name, whether he’s been there or not. In the old days, the Ribkins tried to
apply their gifts to the civil rights effort through a group called The Justice Committee. But
when the group fell apart, Johnny and his brother used their talents to stage a series of burglaries, each more
daring than the last. Fast-forward a couple decades. Johnny’s on a race against the clock, digging up money
he’s stashed in holes all over Florida, and he has an unexpected guest in tow: his brother’s daughter, Eloise,
who has a special talent of her own.
Regretting Motherhood by Orna Donath – North Atlantic Books – 9781623171377 $20.95 TR –
Social Science 272 pages July. Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that
they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the
opposite might also be true—that a woman who becomes a mother might regret it. Sociologist
Orna Donath dispels the silence around this profoundly taboo subject in a powerful work that
draws from her years of research interviewing women who wish they had never become
mothers.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson – WW Norton – 9780393609394
$24.95 HC – Science 144 pages May. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit
within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these
mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse
Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe
down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime
and anywhere in your busy day.
Threads: From the Refugee Crisis by Kate Evans – Verso Books – 9781786631732 $33 HC – Graphic Novel
176 pages June. In the French port town of Calais, the historic home of the lace industry, a
city within a city has arisen. This new town, known as the Jungle, is the home of thousands of
refugees, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, all hoping, somehow, to get to the UK. Into
this squalid shantytown of shipping containers and tents, the artist Kate Evans brought a
sketchbook and an open mind. Threads addresses one of the most pressing issues of modern
times—making a compelling case, through intimate evidence, for compassionate treatment
of refugees and the free movement of peoples.
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson – Quirk Books – 9781594749483 $26.95 HC
– Graphic Novel 240 pages May. In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you’ll meet
the most fascinating exemplars of the powerful, compelling, entertaining, and heroic female
characters who’ve populated comic books from the very beginning. With vintage art,
publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women’s roles in
comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The
Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists
belong in comics, they’ve always been there.
Jem and the Holograms: The Misfits by Kelly Thompson – IDW – 9781631409301 $25.99 TR
– Comic Book 120 pages August. IDW’s Jem And The Holograms is one of the strongest
licensed comics currently on stands and the success of the main series has resulted in a new
line - The Misfits, a spin-off spotlighting Jem And The Holograms’ main musical rivals. Writer
Kelly Thompson has done exceptional work building up The Misfits’ individual members in
the ongoing Jem comic, and she continues to explore those characters in this new series,
working with newcomer Jenn St-Onge on art duties.
She and Her Cat by Makato Shinkai; Adapted by Tsubasa Yamaguchi – Vertical Comics –
9781945054402 $13.95 TR – 180 pages August. Award-winning director and author Makoto
Shinkai returns with an adaptation of his very first work. Recently adapted into a TV series
She and Her Cat is a slice of life story of loneliness, sadness and eventually perseverance
expressed by a young woman many people can relate with.
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