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Jen Hatmaker, author of Awake: A Memoir

At 2:30am on July 11, 2020, Jen Hatmaker woke up to her husband of 26 years whispering in his phone to another woman from their bed. It was the end of life as she knew it. In the months that followed, she went from being a shiny, funny, popular leader, to a divorced wreck on antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds parenting five kids alone with no clue about her own bank accounts. Having led millions of women for over a decade --- urging them to embrace authenticity, find radical agency, and create healthy relationships --- this seemed nothing less than total failure. In AWAKE, Jen shares for the first time what happened when she found herself completely lost at sea --- and how she made it to shore.

Week of August 31, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of August 31st include BOOK OF LIVES, “a memoir of sorts” in which Margaret Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape; Charlotte McConaghy's WILD DARK SHORE, a novel of breathtaking twists and dizzying beauty about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears; FINDING MY WAY, in which Malala Yousafzai takes us beyond the headlines in a vulnerable, surprising memoir that buzzes with authenticity, sharp humor and tenderness; and AMITY by Nathan Harris, a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.