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![Happy pub day to these titles!🎉
Here are a few that ended up on our shelves:
📖Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis (@atriabooks)
"Gothic mystery with a captivating sapphic romance as two estranged sisters—celebrated (and fraudulent) spirit mediums—come back together for one last con."
📖We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parsons (@aaknopf)
"A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel"
📖When Among Crows by Veronica Roth (@torbooks)
"A swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we most fear."
📖Sunday Money by Maggie Hill (@shewritespress)
"Growing up working-class Catholic in 1970s Brooklyn, Claire Joyce—the youngest sibling of three street-smart older brothers, an overwhelmed, taxi-driving father, and an alcoholic mother—relies on the stability of basketball to usher her toward maturity and success, only to find her future jeopardized by the prejudices of her time."
A huge thank you to the authors, publishers, and publicist that have sent these titles our way!
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