Paperback releases for the week of July 27th include THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach, a propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew; EMPIRE OF THE ELITE, Michael M. Grynbaum's dishy history of the Condé Nast magazine empire --- home of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and more --- focusing on its glitzy heyday from the 1980s through the 2000s; NORMAL WOMEN, a landmark work of feminist nonfiction from Philippa Gregory that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history; and THIS HAPPENED TO ME, a transformative, exquisitely rendered memoir in which Kate Price describes how she broke free of that which had defined her childhood and went on to create a purpose-driven life and family, on her own terms.
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