Jun '20 Notable Books: Marie-Helene Bertino, Megha Majumdar, Rebecca Kauffman & More
A monthly series on the most interesting upcoming book releases...
Parakeet - Marie-Helene Bertino (Jun. 2) - Acclaimed author of 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas, Marie-Helene Bertino's Parakeet is a darkly funny and warm-hearted novel about a young woman whose dead grandmother (in the form of a parakeet) warns her not to marry and sends her out to find an estranged loved one.
A Burning - Megha Majumdar (Jun. 2) - An electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise — to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies — and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
The House on Fripp Island - Rebecca Kauffman (Jun. 2) - A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families — one rich, one not — vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home.
The End of Everything - Katie Mack (Jun. 9) - From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at the five different ways the universe could end — the Big Crunch; the Heat Death; Vacuum Decay; the Big Rip; and the Bounce — and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in physics.
The Bell in the Lake - Lars Mytting (Jun. 16) - Lars Mytting, bestselling author of Norwegian Wood, brings his deep knowledge of history, carpentry, fishing, and stave churches to this compelling historical novel.
Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh (Jun. 23) - A novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
Parakeet - Marie-Helene Bertino (Jun. 2) - Acclaimed author of 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas, Marie-Helene Bertino's Parakeet is a darkly funny and warm-hearted novel about a young woman whose dead grandmother (in the form of a parakeet) warns her not to marry and sends her out to find an estranged loved one.
A Burning - Megha Majumdar (Jun. 2) - An electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise — to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies — and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.
The House on Fripp Island - Rebecca Kauffman (Jun. 2) - A taut, page-turning novel of secrets and strife. When two families — one rich, one not — vacation together off the coast of South Carolina, little do they know that someone won't be returning home.
The End of Everything - Katie Mack (Jun. 9) - From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look at the five different ways the universe could end — the Big Crunch; the Heat Death; Vacuum Decay; the Big Rip; and the Bounce — and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in physics.
The Bell in the Lake - Lars Mytting (Jun. 16) - Lars Mytting, bestselling author of Norwegian Wood, brings his deep knowledge of history, carpentry, fishing, and stave churches to this compelling historical novel.
Death in Her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh (Jun. 23) - A novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home.
(Blurbs reproduced verbatim from Goodreads.)
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