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Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Here I Am

Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington, D.C., Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel in 11 years is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia Bloch and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a quickly escalating conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the meaning of home --- and the fundamental question of how much aliveness one can bear.

Week of June 5, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of June 5th include BEFORE THE FALL, Noah Hawley's much-talked-about thriller that revolves around the aftermath of a plane crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members; MILLER'S VALLEY by Anna Quindlen, in which a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself; THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD, Jade Chang's debut novel about a wealthy Chinese-American family whose spectacular fall from riches to rags brings them together in a way money never could; and IRENA'S CHILDREN by Tilar J. Mazzeo, the extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler --- the “female Oskar Schindler” --- who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.