August is right around the corner, as are the publication of these exciting new books!
The World Doesn't Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott
20th
First up, isn't this cover just great? The minute I saw it I was intrigued. This is a short story collection and I think all of these stories are set in Nigeria and we follow all kinds of different people. It's always difficult to predict what a short story collection is going to be like or what it really is about until you've read it, but I'm definitely going to give this a go.
A Fire Sparkling by Julianne Maclean
1st
This is a historical fiction novel about a woman who discovers a photograph of her grandmother that rattles her and as she digs deeper into her family history, we're transported back to World Word II and see her grandmother's love, loss and courage during wartime.
Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood
6th
This is a historical fiction novel set in Massachusetts in 1969 and we follow a mother who gives birth to a daughter with Downs syndrome and then has the child taken from her when her husband sends their daughter off to a school for the feeble minded. Sounds extremely heartbreaking, but interesting as well! I've never read any books dealing with this topic before, so I'm very interested in it!
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
6th
This is a YA retelling and it's about this family living in isolation at a manor and initially there are twelve sisters but when they start dying, it's believed that the family have been cursed by the gods.
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
13th
This is a mystery thriller set at a prep school where the new creative writing teacher gives his students an assignment and the students answers raise some disturbing questions and eventually sparks a gender war with deadly consequences. Sounds totally crazy, but I feel like it could also be really good! Also, the cover is obviously gorgeous!
