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Téa Obreht, author of The Morningside

After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia’s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena, Silvia finds a person willing to give glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland. Enchanted by Ena’s stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with Bezi Duras, the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Silvia’s mission to unravel the truth about this woman’s life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything.

Week of March 10, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of March 10th include THE MORNINGSIDE by Téa Obreht, a sweeping novel of mothers and daughters, displacement and belonging, and wondrous tales of a world both fallen and new; GHOST DOGS, Andre Dubus III's retelling of his own successes, failures, triumphs and pain, which he pulls off with emotional generosity and stylistic grace; PARASOL AGAINST THE AXE, a joyous novel from Helen Oyeyemi about competitive friendship, the elastic boundaries of storytelling, and the meddling influence of a city called Prague; Stuart Turton's THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD, an inventive, high-concept murder mystery involving an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop and an audacious solution; and THE BLUES BROTHERS by Daniel de Visé, the story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, the early days of “Saturday Night Live,” and the making of a comedic film classic that helped shape our popular culture.