Alison Espach, Scribner, $25 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4391-9185-9
In Espach's charming coming-of-age debut, 14-year-old Emily Vidal's life begins to veer off course at her father's 50th birthday party when he announces that he and her mother are divorcing. The birthday night ends with dad kissing the neighbor, Mrs.
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Alison Espach. Holt, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-82314-4
A young woman addresses her older sister, who died when they were teens, in Espach’s inventive and powerful latest (after The Adults). Sally Holt, now 28, continues to find her life shaped by sister Kathy’s absence, prompting her to recount her life
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Alison Espach. Holt, $28.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-89957-6
Espach (Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance) offers a sparkling and slightly macabre novel of a 30-something woman finding a new lease on life. After adjunct English professor Phoebe Stone’s husband leaves her for her colleague, she declines an...
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