Hello!
I've been reading The Good Son, Jacquelyn Mitchard's newest book released yesterday. Tonight we are hosting her with our friends from Bowell Books in Milwaukee. She will be in conversation with Karen Dionne.
The book digs deep into the emotional turmoil of a community and specifically the family whose son has been released from prison after serving time for involuntary manslaughter. Set in the area around and north of Madison, the story is riveting. It is hard to put down, not so much for the fast pace, but for the characters. It leaves you thinking and rethinking what it means to forgive, how we seek and grant redemption, and how we choose to see a story.
I hope you can join us for the conversation tonight and pick-up a signed copy of The Good Son to read this weekend! You'll want to have it read before next week when we talk with Jonathan Evison for January's Readings from Oconomowaukee and the following night host Kathie Giorgio in conversation with Jim Higgins. The pressure is on!
Cheers and Happy Reading!
Lisa with Katrina, Ken, Chloe, Genavieve, Toni, Kristen, Elisabeth, Beth, Lynn, Judy, Emma, Lizzy, Connie, and Grace
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TONIGHT!!
JACQUELYN MITCHARD
in conversation with Karen Dionne
Wednesday, January 19th
7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
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Boswell Book Company of Milwaukee and Books & Company of Oconomowoc present a virtual evening with Jacquelyn Mitchard, the beloved author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Cage of Stars, and former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist. For this event, Mitchard will be in conversation with Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter.
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Readings from Oconomowaukee
JONATHAN EVISON
Thursday, January 26
7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
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Books & Company and Boswell present the January edition of Readings from Oconomowaukee, featuring Jonathan Evison, author of Small World. For this event, Evison will be in conversation with Lisa Baudoin and Daniel Goldin.
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KATHIE GIORGIO
in conversation with Jim Higgins
Thursday, January 27th
7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
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Join Books & Company and the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books for a virtual event with Kathie Giorgio for her latest novel, All Told. This virtual event is the wrap up to the Festival's 2021 season.
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Readings from Oconomowaukee
TESSA HADLEY
in conversation with
Daniel Goldin & Lisa Baudoin
Thursday, February 10th
2:00 p.m.
Via ZOOM
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Join us for the February Readings from Oconomowaukee installment, featuring author Tessa Hadley, author of Free Love- a compulsive new novel about one woman’s sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London.
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LAN SAMANTHA CHANG
in conversation with
CHANG-RAE LEE
Thursday, February 24th
7:00 p.m.
Via ZOOM
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Boswell Book Company of Milwaukee and Books & Company of Oconomowoc present a virtual evening with Lan Samantha Chang in conversation with Chang-rae Lee for her latest novel The Family Chao: a kaleidoscopic, highly entertaining portrait of a Chinese American family grappling with the dark undercurrents of a seemingly pleasant Wisconsin small town.
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Wednesday, January 26th
1:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Kim Michele Richardson
Wednesday, February 23rd
1:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Paulette Jiles
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Wednesday, January 19th
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Hannah Capin
Wednesday, February 16th
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Darcie Little Badger
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Wednesday, January 25th
6:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Samantha Downing
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Sunday, January 30th
3:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Hallie Rubenhold
Sunday, March 27th
3:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
Registration coming soon
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - hardcover |
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FICTION
New and Favorites in Hardcover!
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by Sosuke Natsukawa
Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for—or rather, demands—the teenager’s help in saving books with him. The world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and Rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners. Bookseller Katrina says "I adored this novel! It is charming and full of love for books, reading, and bookshops."
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by Hanya Yanagihara
In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances.
**Signed copies available, while supplies last!**
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by Heather Gudenkauf
Bookseller Toni says "It was a dark and stormy night... When a child is found in the snow outside an isolated farm house; Wylie Lark's past comes back to haunt her. In the farmhouse Wylie is staying in there was a double murder years ago as well as a child gone missing. The story unfolds over the night and will have you reeling. I dare you to put this one down before you have read it all! Gudenkauf is one of the best authors in the thriller genre right now. I have read every one of her books and have not be disappointed once."
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NONFICTION
New and Favorites in Hardcover!
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by Mallory O'Meara
From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide. But when exactly did drinking become a gendered act? And why have bars long been considered "places for men" when, without women, they might not even exist? Bookseller Genavieve says "What a delightfully decadent world history, following our love of booze from the dawn of civilization to modern times. Drinking culture and the women who were it's driving force even while being marginalized from it are a facinating focal point."
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by Leonard Mlodinow
We’ve all been told that thinking rationally is the key to success. But at the cutting edge of science, researchers are discovering that feeling is every bit as important as thinking. Using deep insights into our evolution and biology, Mlodinow gives us the tools to understand our emotions better and to maximize their benefits. Told with his characteristic clarity and fascinating stories, Emotional explores the new science of feelings and offers us an essential guide to making the most of one of nature’s greatest gifts.
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by Carl Bernstein
In 1960, Bernstein was just a sixteen-year-old at considerable risk of failing to graduate high school. Inquisitive, self-taught—and, yes, truant—Bernstein landed a job as a copyboy at the Evening Star, the afternoon paper in Washington. By nineteen, he was a reporter there. Funny and exhilarating, poignant and frank, Chasing History is an extraordinary memoir of life on the cusp of adulthood for a determined young man with a dogged commitment to the truth.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - paperback |
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FICTION
New and Favorites in Paperback!
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by Syed M. Masood
With deep insight, warmth, and an irreverent sense of humor, Syed M. Masood examines universal questions of identity, faith (or lack thereof), and belonging through the lens of Muslim Americans. Booksellers Lynn, Katrina, and Judy all loved this novel! Judy says "Religion - Politics - Family. The trifecta of taboo topics...but sooo interesting & fun. Fast reading and culture rich. I learned so much. Perfect when you want to gain an appreciation of America's NEW immigrant story."
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by Andrew J. Graff
It’s the summer of 1994 in Claypot, Wisconsin, and the lives of ten-year-old Fischer “Fish” Branson and Dale “Bread” Breadwin are shaped by the two fathers they don’t talk about.
One night, tired of seeing his best friend bruised and terrorized by his no-good dad, Fish takes action. A gunshot rings out and the two boys flee the scene, believing themselves murderers. They head for the woods, where they find their way onto a raft, but the natural terrors of Ironsforge gorge threaten to overwhelm them.
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by Sarah Pearse
You won't want to leave... until you can't...
Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous...
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NONFICTION
New and Favorites in Paperback!
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by Annalee Newitz
Acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today.
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by Quiara Alegria Hudes
The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and co-writer of In the Heights tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse. Weaving together Hudes’s love of music with the songs of her family, the lessons of North Philly with those of Yale, this is a multimythic dive into home, memory, and belonging—narrated by an obsessed girl who fought to become an artist so she could capture the world she loved in all its wild and delicate beauty.
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by Charlie Gilmour
This is a story of two men who could talk to birds—but were completely incapable of talking to each other. A father who fled from his family in the dead of night, and the jackdaw he raised like a child. A son obsessed with his absence—and the young magpie that fell into his path and refused to fly away. This is a story about the crow family and human family; about repetition across generations and birds that run in the blood; about a terror of repeating the sins of the father and a desire to build a nest of one’s own.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - kids/teen |
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by Jacqueline Woodson
On a dreary, stuck-inside kind of day, a brother and sister heed their grandmother’s advice: “Use those beautiful and brilliant minds of yours. Lift your arms, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and believe in a thing. Somebody somewhere at some point was just as bored you are now.” And before they know it, their imaginations lift them up and out of their boredom.
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by Meg Wollitzer
Max's room has his name all over it--on his blanket and night light and wall. His parents call him The One and Only Max. And so, he is in for a big surprise at the playground one day, when he hears "Max, time to go home!" and two other kids come running. He's not the one and only after all! How many Maxes are in the world?! Millions of Maxes?
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by David Atherton
Gather your frying pan, mixing bowls, and rolling pin—it’s time to cook! David Atherton, 2019 winner of The Great British Baking Show, walks readers through delicious and delightful recipes. Accompanied by warm illustrations from Rachel Stubbs that capture the joys of cooking together.
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by Gary Paulsen
When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif is forced to take to the water in a cedar canoe. He flees northward, following a wild, fjord-riven shore, navigating from one danger to the next, unsure of his destination. Yet the deeper into his journey he paddles, the closer he comes to his truest self as he connects to “the heartbeat of the ocean... the pulse of the sea.”
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by Brenda Woods
Summer 1965. When Eden’s cousin Winter comes for a visit, it turns out he’s not just there to sightsee. He wants to figure out what happened to his dad, who disappeared ten years earlier from the Watts area of L.A. So the cousins set out to investigate together, and what they discover brings them joy—and heartache. It also opens up a whole new understanding of their world, just as the area they’ve got their sights on explodes in a clash between the police and the Black residents.
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by John David Anderson
Riley Flynn is alone. It feels like she’s been on her own since sixth grade, when her best friend, Emily, ditched her for the cool girls. Girls who don’t like Riley. Girls who decide one day to lock her in the science closet after hours, after everyone else has gone home.
When Riley is finally able to escape, however, she finds that her horror story is only just beginning.
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by Jason Reynolds &
Jason Griffin
Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art.
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by Jessie Burton
Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love, betrayal, and destiny itself. Bookseller Katrina calls this "A lyrical retelling of Medusa’s story — from a girl unfairly punished by the Gods and Goddesses to a woman who knows her true self. Full of love and longing, hope and betrayal, strength and power, this dazzling book should not be missed!"
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by Kathryn Williams
It’s not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia…or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna. For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt’s diaries shows her she’s not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax?
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Upcoming events from our friends at Boswell Book Company! |
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A Ticketed Virtual Event
Isabel Allende
Saturday, January 29
6:00 pm
Isabel Allende, author of many bestselling favorite novels, from The House of the Spirits to A Long Petal of the Sea, celebrates the release of her latest with a special virtual ticket event coordinated by Books & Books and cosponsored by 14 other independent bookstores from across the United States - including us! Allende's new novel is a sweeping novel that tells the epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.
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A Virtual Event
Quan Barry
Tuesday, February 22
7:00 pm
Boswell presents an evening with poet and novelist Quan Barry, author of We Ride Upon Sticks, the novel that was called “spellbinding” by O, The Oprah Magazine, for a conversation about her latest, When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East - a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding.
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