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James
by Percival Everett
A retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, told from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man in danger of being torn away from his family before escaping with young Huck on a raft down the Mississippi River.
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Nicola Harrison "Set in 1956 against the sun-drenched beaches of Balboa Island, the lives of three women begin to unravel. Can an unlikely friendship and tennis save them?" |
Rachel Hochhauser "A reimagining of Cinderella, as told through the eyes of its iconic evil stepmother, revealing a love story about the lengths a mother will go to protect her children." |
Eve J. Chung "Trapped behind enemy lines during the Korean War, a Chinese American journalist is rescued by a woman who claims she is her long-lost daughter." |
Lori Inglis Hall "Eager to do their part, twins Tessa and Theo are separated for the first time during World War II. When Theo returns, he forms an unlikely partnership to uncover the truth about what happened to Tessa." |
Maggie O'Farrell "After the Great Hunger ravaged the land, Tomás and his son are working to map the whole of Ireland. Determined for the map to be a record of the disaster, an unsettling encounter causes Tomás to be sent off course." |
Emma Parry "Jump back 250 years to a retelling of the American Revolution through the eyes of Peggy Shippen, the daughter of a prominent Philadelphia family who becomes an integral part of infamous historical treason." |
Laura Anthony "Taking place in present-day and 1950s Ireland, a story of feminism and resilience that follows a young woman as she works to protect women from a system built to ensure they disappear." |
Rebecca Lehmann "In a retelling of one of history's most egregiously wronged women, Anne Boleyn wakes up the day after her beheading, sews her head back on, and seeks revenge." |
Ayelet Waldman "When Alice, a lady's maid at Alderwick Park, falls for a visiting valet, she embarks on a matchmaking scheme to ensure that she won't be separated from her beloved." |
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