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Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents

Born in Rome, Maria Lagana immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father’s arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Over the coming months, as the bright lights go dark across LA, Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties and jockeying ambitions. But when the arrival of a stranger from her father’s past threatens Maria’s carefully constructed facade, she must finally confront her father’s fate --- and her own.

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Week of June 26, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of June 26th include THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham, a riveting story of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law; A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, the 18th installment in Louise Penny's beloved series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, which our reviewer calls "elegant and beautiful yet horribly violent"; UPGRADE, an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale from Blake Crouch that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity --- and our boundless potential; LESS IS LOST, the follow-up to Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, LESS, which marks the return of the awkward and lovable Arthur Less in an unforgettable road trip across America; and LIKE A ROLLING STONE, the deeply personal memoir of Rolling Stone founder, co-editor and publisher Jann Wenner, who vividly describes and brings readers inside the music, the politics and the lifestyle of a generation.

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