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Featuring giveaways and book-inspired menu ideas from authors
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June brings two new novels focused on marriage. Randy Susan Meyers'
The Widow of Wall Street
explores a woman's loyalty to her husband as his career is crumbling. And Jen Waite reveals in her memoir how her fairytale marriage became a nightmare.
You'll also find a gripping story of twin sisters who become involved with a sociopath, and a novel about the enduring bond of childhood friendship -- even in the face of betrayal.
Lady Be Good
sweeps readers into the glitzy nightlife of 1950s New York, Miami, and Havana.
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Jenna Blum tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who emigrates to New York, opens an iconically successful restaurant, and starts a new family—only to find that he, and they, are haunted by the family he lost during the war in her new novel,
The Lost Family.
We invited food and book bloggers to create recipes inspired by
The Lost Family
for a virtual dinner party,
The Lost Family Supper Club.
Read our event recap, and browse their inventive and delicious creations on
The Lost Family Supper Club menu page.
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Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp
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THE LOST FAMILY
Jenna Blum
HarperCollins
Fiction
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German-Jewish concentration camp survivor, Peter Rashkin, emigrates to New York, opens an iconically successful restaurant, and starts a new family—only to find that he, and they, are haunted by the family he lost during the war.
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A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING:
A MEMOIR OF MARRIAGE
AND BETRAYAL
Jen Waite
Plume
Nonfiction
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What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When "it could never happen to me"
does
happen to you? This is the true story of how one woman’s fairytale marriage turned into her worst nightmare.
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GUILT
Amanda Robson
Avon/HarperCollins
Fiction
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In this psychological thriller, the lives of twin sisters become irrevocably unraveled when they become involved with a charming sociopath.
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THE SUMMER LIST
Amy Mason Doan
Graydon House
Fiction
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A tender yet tantalizing novel about two friends, the summer night they fell apart, and the scavenger hunt that reunites them decades later—until the clues expose a breathtaking secret that just might shatter them once and for all.
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LADY BE GOOD
Amber Brock
Crown
Historical Fiction
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Set in the 1950s,
Lady Be Good
sweeps readers into the world of the mischievous, status-obsessed daughter of a hotel magnate and the electric nightlife of three iconic cities: New York, Miami, and Havana.
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THE WIDOW OF WALL STREET
Randy Susan Meyers
Atria
Fiction
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From Brooklyn to Greenwich to Manhattan, from penthouse to prison, with tragic consequences rippling well beyond Wall Street,
The Widow of Wall Street
exposes a woman struggling to redefine her life and marriage as everything she thought she knew crumbles around her.
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This month we were delighted to host #TheLostFamilySupperClub. On June 3rd, eighteen bloggers gathered for a virtual dinner party to celebrate author Jenna Blum's new book,
The Lost Family,
sharing novel-inspired recipes and creating a memorable menu for readers, foodies and book clubs to enjoy. It was quite an evening!
Read our recap
and see all the bloggers' recipes on
The Lost Family Supper Club menu page
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BOOK CLUB SPOTLIGHT
Book Club of Greater Baltimore
Initially a social club, the Book Club of Greater Baltimore evolved into a book group as members found their conversations turning to books. The group has met for the past 12 years in restaurants and homes with members ranging in age from the 30s to the 60s. Favorite titles include Jodi Picoult's
Small Great Things
, Tayari Jones's
An American Marriage
, and William Paul Young's
Eve
. Each summer, the group reads a book set on Martha's Vineyard, a place they have visited. A favorite:
Sisters One, Two, Three
by Nancy Star.
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