Release Date: January 19, 2021 About The Book: The 10th Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Awarded by Barbara Kingsolver Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, has made a family of sorts in the dangerous spaces of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. She knows whom to trust, where to eat, when to move locations, and how to take care of her dog. … Continue reading Book Spotlight: At The Edge Of The Haight by Katherine Seligman

Release Date: January 12, 2021  About The Book: Sometimes heroes appear when we least expect them. Franklin Rock has arrived just when we need him most.  One-part Siddhartha and one-part Forrest Gump, undergraduate student Franklin discovers that he has been chosen. In one extraordinary moment—a brief but crystal-clear glimpse into the future—Franklin learns that his life is to be an adventure unlike any other. Professor … Continue reading Book Spotlight: Franklin Rock by Mark E. Klein

Release Date: January 12, 2021 About The Book: Three generations of women in the Ferrari family must heal the broken pieces of their lives on a trip of a lifetime through picturesque Italy from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.  Workaholic, career-obsessed Francesca is fiercely independent and successful in all areas of her life except one: family. She struggles to make time for her … Continue reading Book Spotlight: Our Italian Summer by Jennifer Probst

Release Date: January 12, 2021  About The Book: You are cordially invited to play a game at Raven Hall . . . When Beth was fourteen, she was invited into Raven Hall, a rambling, isolated manor house in the English countryside. The family who lived there were warm and welcoming, and Beth soon became firm friends with their daughter, Nina. At times, Beth even felt … Continue reading Book Spotlight: The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous

Release Date: January 5, 2021 Charlie Botkin is having a tough time adjusting to ninth grade at an elite prep school.  His transition is awkward because he is on scholarship and from a working-class family. All that changes when Archer is assigned as his big brother. Charlie is drawn to Archer’s charm and kindness and also gets access to his privileged background. Charlie finds himself … Continue reading The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington

Release Date: Feb. 5, 2020 About The Book: An old sixties musician and his trim mama run a pot farm in the Emerald Triangle of northern California and welcome an exonerated ex-con, a Las Vegas prostitute, a union organizer from the Bronx, an escapee of a sex slave cult, a retired carney with Parkinson’s Disease, and an old Mississippi blues guitarist down on his luck. … Continue reading Book Spotlight: The Last Resort by Emily Gallo