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Bitterroot
Suzy Vitello
A recently widowed forensic artist confronts a crime against her own family, while MAGA politics, racism and violence rage in a small town in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho. During all this, Hazel Mackenzie stumbles on a different kind of love and a more courageous way to live her life.
“…a gripping and emotionally intelligent tale of resentment and loss. —Kirkus Reviews
“...an exceptional novel by a great talent.” —Rene Denfeld, author of Sleeping Giants
Sibylline Press, 9781960573964, $18.00, May 21, 2024
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The Coin
Yasmin Zaher
A "brilliant, audacious, powerhouse of a novel" (Katie Kitamura) about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind. Literary Hub says that The Coin by Yasmin Zaher is “A very stylish novel that manages to broach class and statelessness with tact and humor.”
Catapult, 9781646222100, $27.00, July 9, 2024
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Fredrick Douglass
Sidney Morrison
Frederick Douglass: A Novel distinguishes the fierce abolitionist as one of the founders of American democracy instrumental in ending the institution of slavery. What makes this story unique is it takes readers beyond the public persona by also detailing the women in his life: wife, Anna Murray Douglass, Julia Griffiths, Ottilie Assing, and second wife, Helen Pitts.
"Should be required reading!" Margaret George, New York Times Bestselling Author
Hawthorne Books, 9780998825793, $32.00, June 04, 2024
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Irrevocable Acts
Jonnie Hyde
After a day at the Oregon Zoo with her granddaughter, Anna is convinced radical action is necessary if her family is to have a viable future in a deteriorating climate. She asks for help from two friends she hasn’t seen in years. They meet in New Mexico, where they they reconnect, open old wounds and reveal deep secrets that shaped their pasts and will transform their futures in ways none of them could have imagined.
Austin Macauley Publishers, 9798891550636, $15.95, February 20, 2024
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Little Ships:
A Novel
Sandra Scofield
After Juni and Tilde Becker wake up to find their mother dead, their grandmothers take them and their inconsolable father, Nick, to small-town Oregon. Good intentions are small guns against the waves of adolescence and the family's shocking history. There is no best way forward, but making-do offers the girls a path to the future; and the women discover they have surprising futures of their own yet to live.
Wellstone Press, 978-1-93083-531-3, $17.95, June 3, 2024
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All They Ask Is Everything
Hadley Leggett
In this hopeful debut about the silent struggles of motherhood, three very different women want custody of the same two little girls—and learn they have more in common than the children they’re fighting for. Set in Seattle and written by Seattle author Hadley Leggett.
"A riveting, heartfelt debut that examines all the nuances of motherhood with sensitivity and grace. I didn't want it to end.”
– Tara Conklin, NYT-bestselling author of The Last Romantics
Lake Union Publishing, 9781662519017, $16.99, August 27, 2024
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Group Living and Other Recipes
Lola Milholland
“Reading this book is like finding a friend. Lola Milholland invites us to join her in a timely (and delicious!) interrogation of the ethics of food, housing, family, land, and self.”—Ruth Ozeki
A spirited and timely exploration of group living from a Portland native that encourages readers to reconsider the meaning of family and home. Lola makes a convincing case that “now is always the right time to reimagine home and family.”
Spiegel & Grau, 978-1954118577, $28.00, August 6th, 2024
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More Than Two:
Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity
Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin
A modern topology of nonmonogamy’s many possibilities—and consequences—fully revised and updated for the tenth anniversary of the first edition.
“Can you love more than one person?” When we discuss “opening” relationships, contemplate whether to be exclusive, or introduce multiple partners to friends and family, we are asking the people in our lives, and ourselves, to contend with this question.
More Than Two can’t promise outcomes, but it is a guide to the paths possible within nonmonogamy.
Thornapple Press, 978-1-990869-58-7, $39.95, September 2, 2024
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No Ordinary Journey:
Stories of Men on the Overland Trails
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
Mary Barmeyer O'Brien recounts the harrowing journeys of pioneer men in the mid-19th century, driven by the promise of a new life in the West. These adventurers, often lacking expertise, faced grueling challenges on the overland trails. Some sought escape from monotony, while others fled persecution or poverty. Traveling with families proved particularly daunting. O'Brien's narrative vividly captures their extraordinary endeavors, shedding light on the realities of life in pursuit of the Western dream.
Farcountry Press, 9781560378389, $18.95, January 31, 2024
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Runaway Climate
Steven Earle
56 million years ago our planet experienced rapid, intense warming known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, resulting in a global temperature increase of about 7°C. Runaway Climate explores the causes of this catastrophic event, its dramatic impact on life on Earth, and its stark lessons for our climate future.
New Society Publishers, 9780865719897, $22.99, April 30, 2024
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The Story of Upfront Carbon
Lloyd Alter
We must cut carbon emissions to halt climate change. But they aren't just produced by driving a car or heating a home. Upfront carbon – all emissions involved in manufacturing an item – can dwarf operating emissions, which is why when you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes.
New Society Publishers, 9780865719927, $22.99, May 21, 2024
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Wounded for Life
Robert D. Hicks, MD
Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide for and raise families or engage in business. Wounded for Life complicates this picture by examining how seven veterans—six soldiers and one physician—coped with their changed bodies in their postwar lives. Robert Hicks reveals the changing social circumstances of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as they impacted the traumatized veteran's body.
Indiana University Press, 9780253070760, $35.00, September 3, 2024
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Beware the Dragon and the Nozzlewock:
A Graphic Novel Poetry Collection Full of Surprising Characters!
Vikram Madan
Award-winning author and Seattle resident Vikram Madan’s new poetry collection for young readers features delicious vocabulary, hilarious poems, and a full-color graphic novel format!
This collection is packed with whimsical stories told in rhyme, surprise twist after surprise twist, and a host of unusual characters. This quirky collection begs to be read over and over again.
Wordsong / Astra Books for Young Readers
9781635928174 $19.99, November 12, 2024
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Ready Set Dance
Once Upon a Dance
Meet Quinn Hops and Bella Beak—the most adorable duo to ever don ballet slippers! As the studio doors swing open, their hearts flutter with anticipation. It’s their very first dance class! Will wobbly toes lead to whimsy, wiggles, or woes? Find out in the charming introduction to the world of dance.
Once Upon a Dance, 978-1-955555-94-4, $24.99, May 21, 2024
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