Cynthia
D&rsquo\;Aprix Sweeney is the author of the \;New York Times&
nbsp\;bestselling novels \;The Nest \;(named a best book
of the year by \;People\, the \;Washington Post\
, and NPR) and \;Good Company \;(a Read with Jenna select
ion). \;She has been a guest on \;Today\, \;Late
Night with Seth Meyers\, and NPR&rsquo\;s \;All Things Consid
ered. Her work has been translated into more than 28 languages\, and&
nbsp\;The Nest \;is in development as a limited series with A
MC Studios. Sweeney\, who holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminar
s\, lives with her husband in New York City. \;
\;
In&n
bsp\;Lake Effect\, when Nina Larkin is given a copy of \;
The Joy of Sex \;by her newly divorced friend\, she can no longer
dismiss the \;nearly nonexistent \;intimacy of her marriage. Just
as her oldest child\, Clara\, is falling in love for the first time\, Nin
a finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxic
ating fling with a prominent neighbor brings Nina a freedom she never thou
ght possible&mdash\;but also risks the reputations of both families and un
ravels Clara&rsquo\;s world\, just as she stands on the threshold of adult
hood. \; \;
Judy \;Batalion&nb
sp\;is the author of several award-winning works of nonfiction\, most rece
ntly the \;New York Times \;bestselling history \;The Light of Days\, which won a National Jewish Book Award. Batalion
&rsquo\;s work has been translated into 24 languages\, was optioned by War
ner Bros. and Amblin Partners\, and has appeared in the \;New York
Times\, the \;Washington Post\, \;Vogue\,
the Forward\, Salon\, and others. \;The Last Wom
an of Warsaw \;is her first novel. \;
\;
Set i
n the dazzling and sophisticated pre-war capital of Poland\, \;The
Last Woman of Warsaw \;follows two \;very different \;yo
ung Jewish women&mdash\;Fanny\, a feisty fashion \;photographer\, and
Zosia\, a political activist. The women are unexpectedly thrown together o
n a rescue mission and develop an unlikely and powerful friendship as they
search for love\, freedom\, and a sense of home. \;
Tolani Akinola is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club \;LitUp&n
bsp\;Fellow. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MPH from
the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She lives outside of Atla
nta. \;
\;
In the novel \;Leave Your Mess at Ho
me\, when the four \;Longe \;siblings find themselves togethe
r again at their Nigerian immigrant parents&rsquo\; Thanksgiving table\, a
decade&rsquo\;s worth of secrets and a lifetime of resentments explode to
the fore. \;Big-hearted\, hilarious\, and poignant\, \;Leave
Your Mess at \;Home \;is an insightful debut about forgivenes
s\, unconditional love\, and becoming who you want to be\, asking the ques
tion: what do we owe to our families\, and what do we owe to ourselves?&nb
sp\;
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