Spring 2004 Trade Paperbacks: Fiction/General & Short Stories
Edited by Laurele Riippa. Compiled by Robert Dahlin, Charles Hix and Karole Riippa. -- Publishers Weekly, 1/26/2004
FICTION/GENERAL & SHORT STORIES
AKASHIC
A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond (Apr.,
$15.95) as recounted to Percival Everett and James Kincaid is a satire about the
South Carolina senator’s decision to pen his version of African-American
history. Author publicity.
Leave It
to Beaner (July, $14.95) by Lalo
Alcaraz is a graphic novel inspired by the political cartoonist’s childhood as
the son of Mexican immigrants living on the U.S.–Mexico border. Author
publicity.
ALGONQUIN
New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best,
2004 (July, $14.95), edited by Shannon Ravenel, anthologizes 17 tales
by Jill McCorkle, Edward P. Jones and others.
ALYSON
Latter Days (Apr., $13.95) by T.A. Fabris
is a gay romance about a shallow L.A. party boy who falls for a hunky but
repressed Mormon missionary.
ANCHOR
The Whole Story: And Other Stories (Mar.,
$13) by Ali Smith celebrates chance and coincidence. Advertising. 5-city
author tour.
The Anchor Book of New American Short
Stories (Aug., $13), edited by Ben Marcus, collects the work of a new
generation of writers. Advertising. Author publicity.
Reprints: Oryx & Crake (May, $14) by Margaret
Atwood; Good Faith (June, $14.95) by Jane Smiley.
ATRIA
The Innocent (Mar., $14) by Posie
Graeme-Evans is the first in a trilogy about forbidden love in 15th-century
England between King
Edward IV and a young peasant
girl.
Imagine This (July, $14) by Vickie Stringer.
Pamela, from Let That Be the Reason, starts an escort service when Chino walks.
5-city author tour.
Reprints: The Sisters of
Apf (Aug., $14) and Nervous (Aug., $15) by Zane.
AVON
Sweetest Taboo (June, $13.95) by Carole
Matthews. Sadie Nelson is torn between a flashy Hollywood producer and a
gorgeous actor. 100,000 first printing.
On the Couch (July, $10.95) by Alissa Kwitney.
Will romance bloom between a Manhattan psychologist and a blunt NYPD detective
dumped by his wife? 75,000 first printing.
Call Waiting (Aug., $10.95) by Michelle
Cunnah. Emma and Jack face blissful matrimony, or do they?
50,000 first
printing.
BALLANTINE
Loverboy and Bad Girl
(June, $14.95) by Michele Jaffe. A thriller and an urban police procedural are
packaged together. Advertising.
Bride of the Fat White
Vampire (Aug., $13.95) by Andrew Fox follows the author’s debut, The
Fat White Vampire Blues. Author publicity.
Reprints: The Poorhouse Fair and Of the
Farm (Apr., $12.95 each) by John Updike; Rise to Rebellion: A
Novel of the American Revolution (July, $15.95) by Jeffrey M.
Shaara.
BALLANTINE/ONE
WORLD
Passing Through (May,
$14.95) by Colin Channer is peopled with complex women. Author
publicity.
BALLANTINE READER’S
CIRCLE
Reprints: The Three Miss
Margarets (June, $13.95) by Louise Shaffer; Lucia, Lucia (July, $13.95)
by Adriana Trigiani; The Probable Future (Aug., $13.95) by
Alice Hoffman; Standing in the Rainbow (Aug., $14.95) by Fannie
Flagg.
BALLANTINE/STRIVERS
ROW
The Last King: A Maceo Redfield
Novel (Apr., $13.95) by Nichelle D. Tramble. Redfield returns to
Oakland to help an old friend accused of murder.
BANTAM
Dear Prince Charming (Aug., $11) by Donna
Kauffman. A trend-setting magazine scrambles to find a straight man to replace
advice columnist Prince Charming, who turns out to be gay. 40,000 first
printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Reprints: The
Shelters of Stone (Apr., $15) by Jean M. Auel; Villa Incognito (Apr.,
$14) by Tom Robbins.
BASKERVILLE
The Fat Friend (May, $14.95) by Julie
Edelson features a narrator whose obese chum starts shedding pounds and making
up for lost time.
BERKLEY
Diary of a Working Girl (Mar., $13) by
Kay Hooper is an omnibus of three romances.
Hot Legs
(June, $15) by Susan Johnson is an erotic novel from the author of Hot
Pink
.
Reprints: Fire Ice (June, $16) by Clive Cussler; Hidden
Riches (July, $13.95) by Nora Roberts.
BERKLEY
SIGNATURE
Ladies with Prospects (Apr.,
$13.95) by Cynthia Hartwick offers a female bonding novel.
Solos
(Aug., $13) by Kitty Burns Florey involves an older woman and a younger
man.
BET/ARABESQUE
Falcon Saga (Aug., $13)
by Francis Ray collects three novels in a single volume on the 10th anniversary
of Arabesque.
BET/NEW SPIRIT
A Measure of Faith (Apr., $14) by
Maxine Billings. A potential medical problem throws Lynette Montgomery’s
marriage into chaos that can only be saved by faith.
BET/SEPIA
If You Only Knew (Mar., $14) by Alex
Hairston. An aspiring artist realizes that the woman in his life isn’t Ms.
Right, then discovers a family secret that will change his life.
Shades of a Chameleon (June, $14) by Jdaniels. FBI
agent Margo Hunter investigates the murder of an exotic dancer and encounters
shady politicians, prostitution and corruption.
BLACK SPARROW/DAVID R.
GODINE
Here & Elsewhere:
Collected Short Fiction (Aug., $22) by Kenneth Burke combines the
avant-garde novella Towards a Better Life and the story collection The Complete
White Oxen with early, uncollected pieces.
BLOOMSBURY/TIN
HOUSE
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
(July, $13.95) by Liz Jensen is about a family falling apart as told through the
voices of a comatose son and the doctor drawn into their
circle.
Reprints: Bobby Gold Stories (May, $9.95) by
Anthony Bourdain, 40,000 first printing; Hey Nostradamus! (July, $13.95) by
Douglas Coupland.
MARION BOYARS
The Flea Palace (Apr., $14.95) by
Elif Shafak. Ten dysfunctional families live together in a stately residence in
Istanbul.
BRAVA
The Secret Life of Bryan (Mar., $14) by
Lori Foster. Bounty hunter Bryan Kelly chases a woman whose effect on his senses
is truly criminal.
Bad Boys Next Exit (Apr., $14) by
Shannon McKenna, Donna Kaufman and E.C. Sheedy continues this erotic series with
lively girls and bad boys.
BRIDGE WORKS (dist. by
NBN)
The Trouble with Mental
Wellness (Apr.; $15.95, $23.95 cloth) by Joseph Colicchio. Endearing
characters outline the role of love in lonely lives.
BROADMAN &
HOLMAN
The Narrow Door at Colditz
(May, $12.99) by Robert Wise is based on a true story about Allied prisoners
plotting their escape during WWII.
Wilderking Trilogy: Bark of the
Bog Owl (Aug., $12.99) by Jonathan Rogers is an allegorical fantasy
about the life of King David.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Reprints: Babyville (Mar., $12.95)
by Jane Green; The Devil Wears Prada (Apr., $12.95) by Lauren
Weisberger.
BROADWAY/HARLEM
MOON
Dad Interrupted (May,
$12.95) by Van Whitfield is a love triangle that follows the author’s Beeperless
Remote.
Love Is Stronger than Pride (May, $15.95) by E.
Lynn Harris et al. includes a novella featuring Basil Henderson, along with a
collection of debut novellas from young writers selected by Harris.
CARROLL &
GRAF
Tuesday Nights and Wednesday
Mornings (June, $13) by Gwendoline Riley offers a novella and stories
about skeptical romantics searching for companionship.
Good Girl
Wants It Bad (July, $13) by Scott Bradfield channels the confessions of
a nymphomaniac serial killer.
CHRONICLE
Reprint: And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to
You (Apr., $13.95) by Kathi Kamen Goldmark.
CITY LIGHTS
Ingrid Caven (June, $12.95) by
Jean-Jacques Schuhl is inspired by the German actress and cabaret singer who was
film director R.W. Fassbinder’s star and wife. Advertising. Author
tour.
CLEIS PRESS
Heat Wave: Sizzling Sex Stories (May,
$14.95), edited by Alison Tyler, gathers 20 erotic stories set in the sultry
summertime.
Taboo: Forbidden Fantasies for Couples (May,
$14.95), edited by Violet Blue, is a collection of naughty couples-oriented
stories.
COFFEE HOUSE
PRESS
The Moon in Its Flight (Apr., $16) by Gilbert Sorrentino groups stories that span
35 years. Advertising.
DAFINA
Havoc After Dark (Mar., $14) by Robert
Fleming. This collection of stories blends traditional horror with political and
sociological chills.
Enchanted Heart (July, $15) by
Felicia Mason. Lance Smith changes women the way he changes his suits—until he
meets Vivienne la Fontaine, a woman with secrets.
Reprint: God
Still Don’t Like Ugly (Aug., $15) by Mary Monroe.
JOHN
DANIEL
Stealing Home (Mar., $14.95) by Irving Weinman is
about obsessive characters living in south Florida.
DEL REY MANGA
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (May,
$10.99) by CLAMP has characters from the Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits
series.
Negima Vol. 1 (May) and ...Vol.
2 (Aug., $10.99 each) by Ken Akamatsu both have a young wizard in
training as their hero.
DELL/DELTA
Breakfast at Stephanie’s (June, $12)
by Sue Margolis. Stephanie’s singing career is stalled, and even her grandmother
is having better luck at dating. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author
publicity.
Reprints: Dreaming the Eagle: A Novel of
Boudica, The Warrior Queen (Mar., $14) by Manda Scott, 35,000 first
printing; Easter Island (June, $13) by Jennifer Vanderbes,
35,000 first printing.
ECCO
Reprint: The Tattooed Girl (June, $13.95) by
Joyce Carol Oates.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
Reprint: The Fixer
(May, $14) by Bernard Malamud.
FC2 (dist. by Northwestern Univ. Press)
The Wavering
Knife (Mar., $13.95) by Brian Evenson is a story collection that ranges
from horror to humor.
FRIGATE BOOKS (dist. by Midpoint)
Henrietta Snow
(Apr., $16.95) by Ruth Doan MacDougall is the third installment in a series
about teenagers from the “Fabulous ’50s” who now face the millennium.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
Potential Weapons (Apr., $15) by
Jocelyn Lieu. Short stories depict racial and cultural ambiguities. Advertising.
Author tour.
The Lovers of Algeria (Aug., $16)
by Anouar Benmalek, trans. by Joanna Kilmartin, is a love story set in war-torn
Algeria’s past and present. Advertising. Author tour.
GROVE PRESS
Troll: A Love Story
(May, $12) by Johanna Sinisalo. A fairy-tale creature reveals the beast in all
of us.
Tokyo Doesn’t Love Us Anymore (Aug., $13) by Ray
Loriga. A salesman journeys from Arizona to Bangkok hawking a drug that
eradicates memories. 25,000 first printing.
Reprints: Ten Little
Indians (Apr., $13) by Sherman Alexie, 75,000 first printing;
The Mammoth Cheese (June, $13) by Sheri Holman, 100,000 first
printing; Gilgamesh (June, $13) by Joan London, 25,000 first
printing.
HARCOURT
Reprints: Star of the Sea (Mar., $14) by
Joseph O’Connor, 50,000 first printing; Crabwalk (Apr., $13) by
Günter Grass, 40,000 first printing; Vernon God Little (June,
$13) by D.B.C. Pierre; The Time Traveler’s Wife (July, $14) by
Audrey Niffenegger, 200,000 first printing.
HARLEQUIN/STEEPLE
HILL
Grounds to Believe (Mar.,
$12.95) by Shelley Bates. A police investigator probes a secretive
cult.
After the Storm (May, $12.95) by Lenora Worth.
When unmoored Jared meets single mother Alisha, he learns about love, truth and
God’s devotion.
HARPER SAN
FRANCISCO
Reprint: Home to Harmony
(Apr., $19.95) by Phillip Gulley, 50,000 first printing.
HAWORTH PRESS
Beyond the Wind (Apr., $19.95) by
Rob N. Hood centers on a young gay man’s road to
self-acceptance.
Aura (May, $19.95) by Gary Glickman
portrays the turmoil of New York City life over the past three decades.
HOLT/OWL
Reprint: Fight Club (May, $14) by Chuck
Palahniuk.
HOMA & SEKEY
The Eleventh Son: A Novel of Martial
Arts (Mar., $19.95) by Gu Long is a problematical romance involving an
infamous bandit who allegedly kills without blinking.
HOUGHTON/MARINER
The Matter of Desire (Apr., $12)
by Edmundo Paz Soldán. A Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches in an
upstate New York university returns to Bolivia to investigate his father’s
shadowy past. Ad/promo. Author tour.
The Good
Life (June, $12) by Erin McGraw is a collection about characters
battling daily demons. Author tour.
Reprints: Long for
This World (May, $13) by Michael Byers; Bay of Souls
(June, $13) by Robert Stone, 35,000 first printing; The Book of
Salt (June, $13) by Monique Truong, 25,000 first printing.
HOWARD
PUBLISHING
Secret Tides (Mar., $12.99) by
Gary E. Parker is a saga about passion and faith set in the Old South just
before the Civil War.
HYPERION
Reprints: Making Waves (Apr., $13.95) by
Cassandra King, 50,000 first printing; Trading Up (June,
$13.95) by Candace Bushnell, 200,000 first printing; The Center of
Everything (July, $14) by Laura Moriarty, 100,000 first printing.
INDIANA UNIV.
PRESS
Ebony Rising: Short Fiction of the
Harlem Renaissance (June; $24.95, cloth $60), edited by Craig Gable,
collects 52 stories from authors famous and obscure.
KENSINGTON
Naughty Little Secrets (Aug., $14) by
Mary Wilbon introduces two heroines who romp through martinis, sex, seduction
and very stylish murder.
Club Fantasy (Aug., $14) by
Joan Elizabeth Lloyd. Will a young woman in New York City who fulfills men’s
fancies fulfill her own dreams?
KENSINGTON/URBAN
BOOKS
Around the Way Girls
(Mar., $14.95) by Dwayne S. Joseph, La Jill Hunt, Angel Hunter. Three voices in
urban fiction create three street smart women.
She’s Got
Issues (June, $14.95) by Stephanie Johnson. Two women become unlikely
friends and learn the value of love, understanding and trust.
LEAPFROG
PRESS
Junebug (July, $14.95) by Maureen
McCoy. An imprisoned murderer attempts to salvage her hormone-addled 17-year-old
daughter. Advertising.
LITTLE, BROWN/BACK BAY
Maybe Baby (Aug., $13.95)
by Tenaya Darlington deals with the wildly dysfunctional Glides family of Fort
Cloud, Wis. Ad/promo.
Reprints: The Lovely
Bones (Apr., $13.95) by Alice Sebold; Hunger (May,
$12.95) by Elise Blackwell; The Dogs of Babel (June, $13.95) by
Carolyn Parkhurst.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV.
PRESS
Malaise (Mar.,
$17.95) by Nancy Lemann. A 40-year-old pregnant mother of two relocates from
Alabama to Southern California, where she risks all for the love of an aging
tycoon; a Voices of the South book. Advertising.
Guest
of a Sinner (Mar., $17.95) by James Wilcox recounts the exploits of
half a dozen New York City eccentrics; a Voices of the South book.
Advertising.
MACADAM/CAGE
Reprint: Beautiful Girls (Mar.,
$12.50) by Beth Ann Bauman.
MANIC D PRESS
Gutter Boys (June, $13.95) by Alvin
Orloff concerns a naïve young hustler’s adventures in lower Manhattan’s
nightclubs and gay bars in the early 1980s. Advertising. Author tour.
MCBOOKS PRESS
Tested by Fate: The Nelson and Emma Trilogy,
Part 2 (Apr., $17.95) by David Donachie blends biography and romance in
the retelling of the affair between Lady Emma Hamilton and Horatio
Nelson.
The Spithead Nymph (May, $14.95) by Jan Needle.
This third book in a noir-inspired sea adventure series focuses on the cruelty
of slavery.
MIRA
The Roofer (May, $12.95) by Erica Orloff.
The daughter of an infamous Hell’s Kitchen criminal is endangered when Hollywood
decides to make a movie about her father’s exploits.
The Halo
Effect (July, $12.95) by M.J. Rose. A sex therapist with a call-girl
patient who has written a tell-all book joins forces with a police detective
when the patient disappears.
MONKFISH (Bookcohen@aol.com)
Happy
Maisy Coleman (June, $14.95) by Juli I. Huss relates the
multigenerational account of a family of early pioneers in the Salvation
Army.
NAVPRESS
Rogue Nation (June, $12.99) by Stephen
and Ross Lawhead. The second in a trilogy opens with an undercover agent on the
trail of a terrorist mastermind. 35,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
NELSON
His Truth Is Marching On: A World War II Novel
(Mar., $14.99) by Robert Vaughan. A German soldier helps a
disillusioned American soldier recover his faith.
NEW AMERICAN
LIBRARY
Private Pleasures (July,
$14) by Bertrice Small is the author’s first contemporary erotic novel.
Reprints: Eat Cake (May, $14) by Jeanne Ray; The Other
Woman (July, $12.95) by Eric Jerome Dickey.
NAL/ACCENT
One Small Thing (Apr., $12.95) by
Jessica Barksdale Inclán is about letting go of expectations and finding
unexpected joy.
NEW
DIRECTIONS
The Last Will and Testament of Señor da
Silva (June, $14.95) by Germano Almeida deals with a businessman’s
secret identity.
Reprint: Amerika: The Man Who
Disappeared (May, $12.95) by Franz Kafka.
NEW YORK REVIEW OF
BOOKS
CLASSICS
The Siege of Krishnapur (Apr., $14.95) by J.G. Farrell
chronicles the breakdown of civilization in a British colony under siege.
Memoirs of Hecate County (May, $15.95) by Edmund Wilson
gathers stories about the bewitched American libido.
W.W. NORTON
Reprint: Sappho’s Leap (May, $13.95)
by Erica Jong.
NORVIK PRESS (dist. by Dufour Editions)
The Angel
House (May, $22.95) by Kerstin Ekman, trans. by Linda Schenck,
completes the four-novel cycle that covers 100 years in a Swedish town and its
memorable women.
OREGON STATE UNIV.
PRESS
Trask (May, $18.95) by
Don Berry reissues a 1960 historical novel set in the rain forests and rugged
headlands of the Oregon coast in 1848.
OVERLOOK
PRESS
Reprint: Actress in the House
(June, $16.95) by Joseph McElroy.
PENGUIN
The Anxiety of Everyday Objects (Mar., $14) by Aurelie Sheehan. A young working
woman fears a life without creative fulfillment. 75,000 first printing.
Author tour.
Reprints: Lost
in a Good Book (Mar., $14) by Jasper Fforde, 150,000 first printing;
Miss Julia Hits the Road (Apr., $14) by Ann B. Ross, 100,000
first printing; The Quality of Life Report (June, $14) by
Meghan Daum, 100,000 first printing; Maisie Dobbs (June, $14)
by Jacqueline Winspear, 100,000 first printing.
PERENNIAL
Almost Like Being in Love (May, $13.95)
by Steve Kluger. A fellow sets out to find the love who got away two decades
earlier. 30,000 first printing.
Reprints: The Saving Graces
(Apr., $12.95) by Patricia Gaffney, 100,000 first printing;
Warrior of the Light (Apr., $9.95) by Paulo Coelho, 50,000
first printing; Fluke (May, $13.95) by Christopher Moore,
100,000 first printing; Little Bitty Lies (June, $13.95) by
Mary Kay Andrews, 100,000 first printing.
PICADOR
The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains,
Elevators and Waiting Rooms (July, $15) by the Paris Review editors is
a themed compendium of reading material to peruse while waiting.
Reprints: The Colour (Apr., $14) by Rose Tremain;
The Great Fire (July, $14) by Shirley Hazzard.
PLUME
Weekend in Paris (Mar., $13) by Robyn
Sisman. A low-level assistant in London impulsively takes off for
Paris.
Cuba (Apr., $13) by Emily Barr. Disheartened
Maggie decides Cuba is her destination.
Reprints: Family
Trust (May, $14) by Amanda Brown.
POCKET BOOKS
Fourplay (Mar., $12) by Brenda L.
Thomas continues the escapades of Sasha Borianni, the sexy African-American
executive from Threesome.
POCKET/DOWNTOWN
PRESS
Shout Down the Moon (Apr.,
$12) by Lisa Tucker. A woman’s past threatens to destroy the life she’s created
for herself and her young son.
Dead Father’s Guide to Sex and
Marriage (June, $13) by John Scott Shepard. A son embarks on a journey
of self-discovery after his father is found dead.
Reprint:
Maneater (May, $12) by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
RANDOM HOUSE
Cloud Atlas (Aug., $14.95) by David
Mitchell boomerangs through time, from 1850 into the future and back, with
interconnecting stories, characters and fates. Ad/promo.
RED DRESS INK
Spitting Feathers (Mar., $12.95) by
Kelly Harte. Tao Tandy baby-sits a parrot before becoming entangled in a bizarre
art theft.
Bombshell (May, $12.95) by Lynda Curnyn.
Should Grace spurn the singles scene for the sperm bank?
The Sex
Was Great But (Aug., $12.95) by Tyne O’Connell. Sleeping with Leo
becomes Holly’s secret habit.
REED PRESS
Reprints: Seven Miles a Second (Apr.,
$16.95) by David Wojnarowicz.
REVELL
A Delirious Summer (May, $12.99) by Ray
Blackston. The girls hopscotch from church to church, denomination to
denomination, searching for Mr. Right.
LYNNE RIENNER
Oranges in the Sun: Contemporary Short
Stories from the Arabian Gulf (Aug., $17.95), edited by Deborah S.
Akers and Abubaker A. Bagader, contains stories of hope and love, bereavement
and acceptance.
RIVERHEAD
Beijing Doll (July, $14) by Chun Sue.
This autobiographical novel that explores a girl’s sexual awakening was banned
in China.
Reprint: The Kite Runner (May, $14) by Khaled
Husseini.
ST.
MARTIN’S/GRIFFIN
Tempest Down (Mar., $14.95)
by Jeff Rovin is a techno-thriller set in the icy depths of the Antarctic.
Advertising.
The Hunted (June, $14.95) by L.A.
Banks continues the Vampire Huntress Legend series. Advertising.
Robert Ludlum’s The Lazarus Vendetta (June, $15.95) by
Keith Ferrell is a thriller in the Covert-One series created by Ludlum.
Advertising.
Reprints: The Dirty Girl Social Club
(May, $12.95) by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez; Gettysburg
(May, $14.95) by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen.
SERPENT’S
TAIL
Blind Love (Mar., $14) by Mary
Woronov is a story collection about love, from euphoric first to jaded last.
The Language of Sharks (June, $14) by Pat MacEnulty
assembles stories about women intimate with men, drugs and guilt.
SILHOUETTE
Reprints: Men of the West (Mar.,
$12.95) by Diana Palmer; The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared
(Mar., $14.95) by Nora Roberts.
SIMON &
SCHUSTER
Reprints: Diary of a Groupie
(June, $13) by Omar Tyree, 75,000 first printing; Evidence of Things
Unseen (June, $13) by Marianne Wiggins, 50,000 first printing.
S&S/TOUCHSTONE
’Mater Biscuit: A Homegrown
Novel (Apr., $13) by Julie Cannon is a sequel to Truelove &
Homegrown Tomatoes, wherein Mama Jewell moves in with Imogene Lavender.
Advertising.
The Glory Cloak (May, $14) by
Patricia O’Brien. Orphaned Susan Gray, cousin of Louisa May Alcott, becomes a
friend of Clara Barton during the Civil War. Advertising. Author
publicity.
Susie Bright Presents: Three the Hard Way:
Erotic Novels (July, $14) by William Harrison, Greg Boyd and Tsuarah
Litsky. Stories deal with the one sexual moment that can change a person
forever.
SOFT SKULL
PRESS
The Pornographer’s Poem (Apr.,
$14.95) by Michael Turner pushes the boundaries of sexuality and the novel form.
20,000 first printing.
Skels (May, $14.95) by Maggie
Dubris. An EMT perceives the mystical underworld of the homeless people she
encounters on rescue runs. 15,000 first printing. Author tour.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV.
PRESS
Dead Balls and Double
Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction (Mar.; $19.95, cloth
$60), edited by Trey Strecker, collects 22 classic stories in chronological
order.
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV.
PRESS
In the River
Province (May, $15.95) by Lisa Sandlin. Stories find northern New
Mexicans encountering saints, both literally and metaphorically.
STRAPLESS
Hard (Mar., $12.95) by Emma Gold
follows Easy with new woman-about-London dealing with the dating scene.
Ex-Girlfriends (Apr., $12.95) by Kylie Adams tells what
happens when a swinging bachelor gets married—and three ex-girlfriends find out
about it.
Spur of the Moment (July, $12.95) by Theresa
Alan. The author of Who You Know introduces three outrageous roommates
who are pursuing their dreams.
THREE RIVERS
PRESS
Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and
Bitter Birthday (May, $10.95), edited by Megan McCafferty, addresses
the adolescent milestone.
Waking Beauty (June, $12.95)
by Elyse Friedman. An overweight and unhappy 22-year-old wakes up one morning
with the body of a sex goddess.
Reprint: The
Metamorphosis (July, $10) by Franz Kafka, adapted by Peter
Kuper.
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Arctic Summer (Mar., $12) by E.M.
Forster is the first of 15 short classics made newly available; a Hesperus Press
book.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI
PRESS
Last Stands (May, $19.95)
by Gordon Weaver is a story collection about crucial moments in people’s
lives.
VILLARD
A Certain Chemistry (May, $13.95) by Mil
Millington. A ghost writer for a TV soap actress’s bio imperils his relationship
with safe and sure Sara. Advertising.
Slave to
Love (July, $12.95) by Rebecca Campbell. Brainy Londoner Alice has a
biology degree but little knowledge about the birds and the bees.
Advertising.
VINTAGE
The Second Death of Unica Aveyano (Mar.,
$13) by Ernesto Mestre-Reed chronicles four generations of a Cuban family.
Advertising. Author tour.
Cuba in Mind (June,
$14), edited by Maria Finn Dominguez, is an anthology by visitors, expatriates
and exiles beguiled by Cuba. Advertising.
Reprints: The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (May, $12) by Mark
Haddon, 200,000 first printing; The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
(May, $12.95) by Elinor Lipman, 50,000 first printing.
W PUBLISHING
Beyond a Doubt: Second in the Rock Harbor
Series (Apr., $13.99) by Colleen Coble probes the death of a local
lighthouse keeper.
WARNER
Reprint: The Wedding (July, $12.95) by
Nicholas Sparks.
WARNER FAITH
Nazareth’s Song (June, $12.95) by
Patricia Hickman is the second in the Millwood Hollow series about a
drifter-turned-pastor and a trio of orphans. Advertising.
WASHINGTON SQUARE
PRESS
Becoming Finola (June,
$13) by Suzanne Strempek Shea. In an Irish village, Sophie refashions herself in
the image of the much-talked-about but absent Finola—then Finola
returns.
Bulletproof Girl (July, $12) by Quinn Dalton
offers 11 stories about women on the brink of change.
WHITE PINE
PRESS
I Have Forgotten Your Name
(June, $16) by Martha Riviera is a novel that explores U.S. influence
on life in the Dominican Republic.
WISDOM
PUBLICATIONS
Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree and Other
Works of Buddhist Fiction (Apr., $16.95), edited by Kate Wheeler,
collects stories by such writers as Pico Iyer and Lama Surya
Das
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