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Lauren Groff, author of Florida

Lauren Groff brings readers into a physical world that is at once domestic and wild --- a place where the hazards of the natural world lie waiting to pounce, yet the greatest threats and mysteries are still of an emotional, psychological nature. Among those navigating this place are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character --- a steely and conflicted wife and mother.

The 2018 Kirkus Prize

At a special ceremony at the new Central Library in Austin, Texas, Kirkus Reviews, the nation’s leading journal of prepublication book reviews, announced the winners of the fifth annual Kirkus Prize in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature.

Week of May 20, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of May 20th include BEFORE WE WERE YOURS, Lisa Wingate's beloved New York Times bestselling novel inspired by firsthand accounts of the stories behind a notoriously corrupt adoption agency; THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER by Kate Morton, the story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadow across generations; THE RESTLESS WAVE, the late Senator John McCain's inspiring, moving, frank and deeply personal memoir in which he looks back with appreciation on his years in the Senate, his historic 2008 campaign for the presidency against Barack Obama, and his crusades on behalf of democracy and human rights in Eastern Europe and the Middle East; and POPS, a collection of heartfelt, humorous, insightful and wise essays from Michael Chabon on the meaning of fatherhood.