REQUIRED READING
White Ivy
Susie Yang (f iction, Simon & Schuster) Ivy Lin is on the outside, but she wants in: wealth, privilege and Gideon Speyer, the golden boy at her high school. Years later, Ivy is a 20-something in Boston when she bumps into Gideon’s sister — and begins a relationship with him that’s the sum total of everything she ever wanted. Or is it? A delightfully creepy debut novel.
Double Agent Tom Bradby (f iction, Atlantic Monthly Press)
Kate Henderson has been kidnapped in Venice by a Russian defector, generally not a promising development when one is on vacation. But then her kidnapper gives her evidence that the British prime minister is an agent working for Moscow, and Kate knows she’s got her next case.
The Man in the Microwave Oven
Susan Cox (f iction, Minotaur) In the aftermath of a murder and family tragedy, Theo Bogart changed her name and fled from England to San Francisco, beginning a new life where no one knew her secrets. But after a confrontation with a neighbor, Theo worries her past has caught up with her.
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg (f iction, Random House) From the bestselling author of “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe” comes a novel about Bud Threadgoode, who grew up in Whistle Stop with his mother Ruth and his aunt Idgie. But Whistle Stop has become a ghost town, all its shops closed. One day, Bud decides to take a trip back to Whistle Stop and see if it’s possible to go home again.
The Museum of Forgotten Memories
Anstey Harris (f iction, Gallery Books) Cate’s husband Richard died four years ago. Things lately haven’t gotten any better: She has been laid off from her teaching job and can no longer pay rent on her apartment. She and her son head to Richard’s ancestral museum — Hatters Museum of the Wide Wide World — in the town of Crouch-on-Sea.
Perfectly Impossible
Elizabeth Topp (f iction, Little A) Anna is an aspiring artist who works as a private assistant to Bambi Von Bizmark, an Upper East Side matriarch and guest of honor at the upcoming Opera Ball. Hilarious shades of “Devil Wears Prada.”