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Claire Lombardo, author of Same As It Ever Was

After a youth marked by upheaval and emotional turbulence, Julia Ames has found herself on the placid plateau of mid-life. But Julia has never navigated the world with the equanimity of her current privileged class. Having nearly derailed herself several times, making desperate bids for the kind of connection that always felt inaccessible to her, at age 57 she finally feels that she has a firm handle on things. Julia is unprepared, though, for what comes next: a surprise announcement from her straight-arrow son, an impending separation from her spikey teenage daughter, and a seductive resurgence of the past, all of which threaten to draw her back into the patterns that previously had kept her on a razor’s edge.

Week of April 21, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of April 21st include IN TOO DEEP by Lee Child and Andrew Child, another gripping thriller featuring Jack Reacher, who this time finds himself handcuffed to a makeshift bed with no memory of how he got there; CITY IN RUINS, an epic crime novel of love and hate, ambition and desperation, vengeance and compassion --- and the final book of Don Winslow’s extraordinary career; SWAN SONG, a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart --- and the last of Elin Hilderbrand's Nantucket novels; Ruth Reichl's THE PARIS NOVEL, a dazzling, heartfelt adventure through the food, art and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris; and WE LOVED IT ALL, a lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet that explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child and human at a moment when the richness of the planet’s life is deeply threatened.