Academy Chicago
The Long Journey Home (July, $16.95) by Laurel Means. This post—Civil War pioneer adventure is set in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Algonquin Books
Dorothy on the Rocks (July, $13.95) by Barbara Suter. What happens when an alcoholic middle-aged actress takes on the role of Dorothy?
Bantam
Birmingham, 35 Miles (Mar., $12) by James Braziel recounts the struggles of the youngest clay miner in southern Alabama. 25,000 first printing.
Bywater Books
Red Audrey and the Roping (Apr., $14.95) by Jill Malone. Jane Elliot, a 30-something Latin professor in Hawaii, struggles to let love back into her life after her mother’s death.
Canongate U.S.
Apples (June, $15) by Richard Milward. Eve’s adolescent life is so booze- and drug-filled that she barely has time to notice Adam’s attentions—but is he too preoccupied to notice her?
Coach House Books
(dist. by Northwestern Univ. Press)
Stunt (May, $16.95) by Claudia Dey. A synaesthetic girl hunts for her dad through a world of quirky characters.
Coral Press
Getting in Tune (June, $14.95) by Roger L. Trott depicts the travails of a rock ’n’ roll band on the cusp of punk rock in 1976.
Dafina
After the Dance (Apr., $15) by Lori Johnson. A 30-something woman is torn between an old love and a divorced father of three.
Unfaithful (May, $15) by Devon Scott. A married man’s desire for his best friend’s wife unravels his life.
Delta
Banana Heart Summer (May, $12) by Merlinda Bobis portrays a 12-year-old Filipino girl’s attempt to appease her family’s hunger. 40,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
Featherproof Books
(dist. by PGW)
Boring boring boring boring boring boring boring (Aug., $14.95) by Zach Plague posits that romance fails amid bad drugs, bad sex and dysfunctional education.
Grove/Black Cat
Playing (Apr., $13) by Melanie Abrams chronicles a young woman’s unconventional sexual reawakening.
Harper Perennial
The Summer of Naked Swim Parties (June, $13.95) by Jessica Anya Blau traces a girl’s coming-of-age in 1970s Southern California, replete with stoners, surfers and more. 40,000 first printing.
Candy Everybody Wants (July, $13.95) by Josh Kilmer-Purcell follows a young Midwestern man’s search for fame and fortune in New York City and Los Angeles. 75,000 first printing.
Hawthorne Books
(dist. by PGW)
The Well and the Mine (Mar., $15.95) by Gin Phillips. In a 1930s Alabama coal-mining town, a nine-year-old girl witnesses a baby thrown down a well.
Henry Holt
What Was Lost (July, $14) by Catherine O’Flynn. A lost little girl who appears at a shopping center near London evokes memories of junior detective Kate Meaney, missing for 20 years.
Holy Cow! Press
(dist. by Consortium)
Shelter Half (June, $15.95) by Carol Bly exposes corporate-sponsored murder in Minnesota.
Kensington
Peach Blossom Pavilion (June, $14) by Mingmei Yip. A courtesan vows to avenge her father’s execution and her mother’s banishment to a nunnery.
Manic D Press
(dist. by Consortium)
Train Wreck Girl (May, $14.95) by Sean Carswell examines one man’s quest to face the future now that he’s too old to die young. Author tour.
Random House
Love Marriage (Apr., $13.95) by V.V. Ganeshananthan portrays the American-born daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants caught in the tradition of arranged marriage. 6-city author tour.
Unbridled Books
Marriage of True Minds (May, $14.95) by Stephen Evans follows a couple of divorced environmental lawyers who can’t quite separate. Ad/promo.
Waterbrook Press
Ruby Among Us (May, $9.99) by Tina Ann Forkner follows three generations of women in Sonoma Valley.
Wave Books
(dist. by Consortium)
The Most of It (June, $11.95) by Mary Ruefle presents the poet’s first story collection.
