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Week of June 14, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of June 14th include THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS by Megan Miranda, a riveting novel of psychological suspense about a young lady plagued by night terrors after a childhood trauma who wakes one evening to find a corpse at her feet; Silvia Moreno Garcia's MEXICAN GOTHIC, a brilliant, page-turning romp --- set in glamorous 1950s Mexico --- about an isolated mansion, a chillingly charismatic aristocrat, and a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets; THE DRAGONS, THE GIANT, THE WOMEN, Wayétu Moore's engrossing memoir of escaping the First Liberian Civil War and building a life in the United States; THE DILEMMA, a poignant, heart-stopping novel from B. A. Paris about a woman's 40th birthday party that takes a dark turn; and THE BUDDHIST ON DEATH ROW, in which BEAUTIFUL BOY author David Sheff explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters, who has become one of America’s most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row.

Byron Lane, author of A Star Is Bored

Charlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for an insane job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and People magazine’s worst-dressed list. She needs an assistant. He needs a hero. Kathi is an icon, bestselling author and an award-winning actress, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She’s also known in another role: crazy. Admittedly so. Famously so. Fabulously so, as Charlie quickly discovers. Their three-year odyssey is filled with late-night shopping sprees, last-minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows, Charlie must make a choice.