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Jeannette Walls, author of Hang the Moon

Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother, who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother’s son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out. Nine years later, she returns, determined to reclaim her place in the family. That’s a lot more complicated than Sallie expected, and she enters a world of conflict and lawlessness.

Week of March 25, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of March 25th include ROMANTIC COMEDY, a hilarious and deeply tender novel from Curtis Sittenfeld, in which a comedy writer thinks she has sworn off love --- until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions; HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls, a riveting work of historical fiction about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition; EARTH'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR LOVE, a beautiful novel from Elizabeth Berg that tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how a shy young man named Arthur Moses becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV; THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER by Larry Loftis, the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII --- at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp; and the paperback original EVERYONE IS WATCHING, a twisty thriller from Heather Gudenkauf in which a mysterious high-stakes game proves life-threatening.