REQUIRED READING
The Company I Keep
Leonard Lauder (memoir, Harper Business) In this memoir from the former CEO and chairman emeritus of The Estee Lauder Companies, Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned while transforming his mother’s company from a kitchen shop into a global beauty brand.
The Lies You Told Harriet Tyce (f iction, Grand Central Publishing)
After her marriage falls apart, Sadie Roper moves back to London in a hurry with her daughter Robin, enrolling her in the same competitive private school she herself attended. The other mothers are horrid, and Sadie’s childhood home is falling apart with neglect. But as she and Robin slowly settle into their new lives, it turns out the school has some dark secrets.
Plant-Based Gourmet: Vegan Cuisine for the Home Chef
Suzannah Gerber, Tina Picz-Devoe (cookbook, Apollo Publishers) If you’re all about plant-based cuisine, look no further than this gorgeously photographed book containing 150 recipes for highend, homemade vegan meals.
Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything
Kristin Bair (f iction, Alcove Press) Agatha Arch’s life explodes when she discovers her husband in the backyard shed with the dog walker. The nervous New England mom is afraid of just about everything — but this crisis gives her the kick she needs to start facing her fears, one phobia at a time.
Heirs on Fire Jon Pepper (f iction, Independent)
Things aren’t going well for Robbie Crowe. His global energy company is on a downward spiral, his marriage is a joke, and his former CEO is planning a takeover. But there’s one threat he didn’t see coming: his soon-tobe-former wife, Lindsey, who just might stage her own business coup. A clever corporate satire.
Every Last Secret
A.R. Torre (f iction, Thomas & Mercer) Cat Winthorpe and her husband William have pretty much everything: success, good looks, and a perfect home. When a new couple moves in next door, Cat welcomes them politely. It turns out Neena, the wife, works with William. But as the couples get closer, it becomes apparent that Neena wants everything Cat has — including her husband.