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Amy Bass, author of One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together

When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds.

Week of February 25, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of February 25th include I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara, the haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the '70s and '80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case --- which was solved in April 2018; I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU, a stand-alone novel from the "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, which shows us just how far a family and a town will go to protect their own in the wake of tragedy; LYING IN WAIT, a twisty psychological thriller from Liz Nugent (the international bestselling author of UNRAVELING OLIVER) about a Dublin family whose dark secrets and twisted relationships are suddenly revealed; and ONE GOAL, in which Amy Bass tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state --- and ultimately national --- glory.