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<strong>Bookmark</strong><br />
No. 1/<strong>2023</strong><br />
Magazine<br />
The English Magazine<br />
by Orell Füssli Thalia AG<br />
Jay Shetty on<br />
his new book<br />
8 Rules of<br />
Love – p. 5<br />
p. 3 Soul Food<br />
p. 12 Still Waters Run Deep<br />
p. 18 What We Loved
2<br />
EDITORIAL & TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Dear Reader<br />
With summer here and the warm days finally upon us, we are<br />
excited to present to you a brand new issue of <strong>Bookmark</strong> to help you<br />
discover the must-read books of the summer and inspiration for<br />
your reading journey throughout the season.<br />
With our curated selection of cookbooks, you no longer have<br />
to hop on a plane to explore wonderful new places and flavours –<br />
you can do so from the comfort of your own kitchen. Indulge in<br />
mouth-watering dishes and cook nourishing recipes from around<br />
the world to transform your dinner table into the ultimate summer<br />
dining destination.<br />
How can we discover love and maintain it, and what is the<br />
most effective way to establish meaningful connections with<br />
others? Find out more in our interview with author Jay Shetty,<br />
as he discusses his intriguing new book, 8 Rules of Love.<br />
Things are not always what they seem – nothing proves this<br />
better than our collection of stories that allow you to dive under<br />
the surface of human nature. Delve deeper into some of the most<br />
captivating fiction of recent years. Whether you are looking<br />
for profound storylines, gripping dystopian tales or suspenseful<br />
thrillers, we have it all covered.<br />
We also invite you to peruse our book experts’ personal<br />
favourites, and are confident that you, too, will find a new<br />
treasured page-turner.<br />
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Table of<br />
Contents<br />
3 Soul Food<br />
Delicious cookbooks to nourish<br />
your mind and soul<br />
5 “You can choose to connect.”<br />
Interview with author Jay Shetty<br />
8 Rip-Roaring Releases<br />
Discover this season’s<br />
best new reads<br />
12 Still Waters Run Deep<br />
Things are not always what<br />
they seem in this selection of<br />
must-read books<br />
17 Introducing ...<br />
18 What We Loved<br />
Personal recommendations<br />
from our book experts<br />
12<br />
Still<br />
Waters<br />
Run<br />
Deep<br />
Soul Food<br />
Eating is not just the simple act of feeding our bodies – it’s also the enriching<br />
experience of nourishing our minds and souls. It has been such a joy to<br />
select cookbooks with delicious and nutritious recipes that bring happiness<br />
and comfort to eaters and readers.<br />
Text by Christine Modafferi<br />
We live in a fast-paced world, where ticking off tasks on our to-do<br />
list and juggling work, long commutes, family and busy social lives<br />
leave us with little to no time to take care of ourselves. But some of<br />
life’s best experiences are had right at the centre of our homes, at the<br />
dinner table, over mouth-watering spreads of roasts, freshly baked<br />
goods or simple foods that honour where we come from.<br />
The recipes in the beautiful books that we have selected for you<br />
are full of heart and soul, and will hopefully bring you the comfort<br />
and joy that we’ve experienced here at <strong>Bookmark</strong> testing them out.<br />
Whether you’re in the mood for tangy new cocktails, fancy some<br />
heart-warming veggie dishes, crave some sugary chocolate chip<br />
cookies or want more traditional food, the books that follow make<br />
wonderful cooking companions and are perfect for all levels of<br />
culinary expertise. Take some time out of your busy days to engage<br />
your senses and nourish your soul and body with recipes that are<br />
rooted in self-love.<br />
BOOKMARK 1/<strong>2023</strong> – ORELLFÜSSLI.CH<br />
Comfort and Joy does exactly what it says on the tin: packed with<br />
recipes that feel like a comforting hug. Each dish, from savoury<br />
udon to sweet milk cake, brings joy to vegetarians and plant lovers<br />
alike. Crunchy nuts, light beans and grains<br />
and fresh fruit come to life in a symphony<br />
of smells and tastes that celebrate the stories<br />
of life thanks to the very earth we walk on.<br />
A beautiful celebration of vegetarian and<br />
vegan diets, you'll relish in deep-fried veg,<br />
strengthening stews, comforting curries and<br />
carbonaras, and refreshing salads. Comfort<br />
and Joy is a bold progression from Ravinder<br />
Bhogal's previous book Jikoni, loved by many<br />
fans of the homonymous restaurant owned<br />
by her. Being vegetarian has never been this<br />
varied or delicious!<br />
COMFORT<br />
AND JOY<br />
Ravinder Bhogal,<br />
CHF 47.90,<br />
Bloomsbury<br />
Publishing
4<br />
Travel through Iran, Italy and everywhere<br />
in between in a delicious fusion of recipes<br />
with Pomegranates & Artichokes. And what<br />
a journey awaits! 80 flavourful dishes that<br />
speak to the author's experience immigrating<br />
from her homeland, Iran, to her adopted<br />
country, Italy. This is a book for those who<br />
have found themselves by experiencing new<br />
cultures. It shows how the same ingredients<br />
are used across countries and continents,<br />
making us all so much more similar than we<br />
think. This beautiful book is also a feast for<br />
POMEGRAN-<br />
ATES &<br />
ARTICHOKES<br />
Saghar Setareh,<br />
CHF 45.90,<br />
Murdoch Books<br />
the eyes, with stunning photography of all the deliciousness,<br />
from guinea hen braised with pomegranate to Sicilian-style<br />
stuffed artichokes. Saghar Setareh proves that there are no borders<br />
when it comes to food.<br />
Oftentimes it's not just the taste of food<br />
that fills our soul; it's the process of cooking<br />
that soothes the mind. And that is exactly<br />
what psychotherapist Jack Hazan explores<br />
with Mind Over Batter. 75 recipes become<br />
75 ways of experiencing therapy to heal<br />
the heart through baking, inspired by<br />
countries around the world. From luscious<br />
Syrian baked goods inspired by the author's<br />
childhood memories to mainstream American<br />
treats, Mind Over Batter focuses on the<br />
journey rather than the end product, offering therapeutic<br />
techniques of baking to engage body and mind. Let go<br />
of perfectionism, forgive yourself for your mistakes and<br />
MIND OVER<br />
BATTER<br />
Jack Hazan,<br />
CHF 47.90,<br />
Chronicle Books<br />
quiet the overthinking mind while rolling crusts and mixing<br />
meringues. This book is the epitome of 'food for thought'!<br />
Staying on topic with baked goods, First,<br />
Cream the Butter and Sugar makes baking<br />
easy ... and enjoyable. This recipe companion<br />
is perfect for beginner bakers overwhelmed<br />
by the many steps needed to conquer towering<br />
cakes, but will also delight seasoned<br />
pastry chefs that want to add creativity to<br />
their recipes. Beautifully illustrated with<br />
pastel colours throughout, author and pastry<br />
chef Emelia Jackson teaches the basics of<br />
making cakes, cookies, tarts, choux pastries<br />
and baking with yeast – and offers options<br />
to personalise each recipe, too. Bake the<br />
world a better place with this step-by-step<br />
guide of dreamy deliciousness!<br />
“Bake the world a<br />
better place ...”<br />
FIRST,<br />
CREAM THE<br />
BUTTER AND<br />
SUGAR<br />
Emelia Jackson,<br />
CHF 49.90,<br />
Murdoch Books<br />
“Fantastic-tasting and<br />
healthy Persian recipes that<br />
bring joy all around.”<br />
Salamati is the Farsi word to wish good health and cheer at the<br />
table, and sums up perfectly this book's intention: fantastic-tasting<br />
and healthy Persian recipes that bring joy all around. Inspired<br />
by family recipes and street food, and beautifully rooted in culinary<br />
traditions, this book reads like a love letter to<br />
author Hamed Allahyari's Persian origins.<br />
As Hamed tells the stories of his recipes, we<br />
are also gifted insight into his experience<br />
as an Iranian refugee, his relationship with<br />
religion and creating a new home. Dig into<br />
his Walnut and Pomegranate Chicken Stew,<br />
Street Food Tomato Omelette and Persian<br />
Love Cake, and take inspiration from<br />
his menu combinations to mix and match<br />
recipes for the perfect dinner.<br />
SALAMATI<br />
Hamed Allahyari &<br />
Dani Valent,<br />
CHF 47.90,<br />
Murdoch Books<br />
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Fridays will forever<br />
be the best day of the week – and The Art of Friday Night Dinner<br />
is exactly what you need to mark the dawn of<br />
the weekend. Say goodbye to meal-prepping<br />
and leftovers, deadlines and busy schedules:<br />
on Fridays we celebrate freedom. From<br />
cocktails to dressings, pickled treats to<br />
heart-warming roasts and life-saving pasta<br />
dishes, this book will make your Friday<br />
night sparkle and honour all your cravings.<br />
Whether you've got friends over, are going<br />
to a potluck or are simply recharging<br />
while rewatching a comfort movie, Eleanor<br />
Steafel's recipes take Friday night to a<br />
whole new level. Friday? Make it Fri-yay!<br />
THE ART<br />
OF FRIDAY<br />
NIGHT<br />
DINNER<br />
Eleanor Steafel,<br />
CHF 47.90,<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
“You can choose<br />
to connect.”<br />
Bestselling author Jay Shetty talks about how<br />
to find and show love, navigate romantic relationships,<br />
and connect with the people in our lives.<br />
Acknowledgement: Closer Magazine, Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper<br />
BOOKMARK 1/<strong>2023</strong> – ORELLFÜSSLI.CH
7<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
battlefield? Do you expect someone else to<br />
complete you? Are you hoping that a prince<br />
will rescue you, or do you want to be someone’s<br />
knight in shining armour? Then, take<br />
a critical look at what you’ve listed, because<br />
many of those storylines aren’t realistic<br />
or healthy, yet we carry those expectations<br />
into our relationships. Simply becoming<br />
aware of them can be tremendously helpful.<br />
In your discussion with Dr Rangan<br />
Chatterjee you mentioned that we<br />
often think of love in terms of what we<br />
receive, not what we give. Would you<br />
recommend that we put our insecurities<br />
aside and focus more on showing love,<br />
with both friends and partners? I think<br />
this will be very interesting to readers<br />
in the context of friendships too – do<br />
you get more back when you give?<br />
We often focus on all of the love we don’t<br />
feel we’re getting rather than the love we<br />
could be giving. The beautiful thing about<br />
love is that whether you’re receiving it<br />
or giving it, you’re still experiencing it. So,<br />
if you want to feel more connection, you<br />
don’t have to wait for someone to give it to<br />
you – you can choose to connect. One of<br />
the easiest ways to do that, and to show love<br />
for others, is through service. We can<br />
serve our partner, our families, our friends,<br />
our communities, we can serve animals<br />
and the environment – the options are endless.<br />
So, instead of expecting love, we<br />
can find ways of expressing love.<br />
“We often focus<br />
on all of the love<br />
we don’t feel we’re<br />
getting rather<br />
than the love we<br />
could be giving.”<br />
Part 1 of your new book is all about<br />
learning to love ourselves. Why is selflove<br />
crucial, and what is a way all of us<br />
can deepen our love for ourselves?<br />
In the book, I say that in solitude, we<br />
practice giving ourselves what we need before<br />
we expect it from someone else. People<br />
often say they’re looking for their better<br />
half, but then, does that make you the worse<br />
half? That’s not a great way to begin. You<br />
don’t want to feel dependent on another person<br />
for love or to feel good about yourself.<br />
I get it – spending time alone is really hard<br />
for a lot of people. In one study, people<br />
chose to administer an electric shock to<br />
themselves rather than sit with their own<br />
thoughts. But when we learn to appreciate<br />
ourselves, we’re never really alone –<br />
we’re always with someone we love. And<br />
that’s the energy we want to bring to<br />
our relationships.<br />
Jay Shetty is a #1 New York Times<br />
bestselling author, an award-winning<br />
storyteller, and a former monk in<br />
the Vedic tradition who is now on a<br />
mission to share the timeless wisdom<br />
of the world in accessible, relevant,<br />
and practical ways. His vision is<br />
simply to make wisdom go viral, and<br />
indeed Jay is one of social media’s<br />
most influential voices to date, having<br />
produced over 400 viral videos, which<br />
have amassed more than 5 billion<br />
views. He hosts the world’s number<br />
1 health and wellness podcast, On<br />
Purpose, and is followed by over 40<br />
million people across social media.<br />
Jay’s online school has been attended<br />
by over 2 million students, and his<br />
Genius Coaching Community serves<br />
thousands of people in over 100 countries.<br />
Jay has been a keynote speaker<br />
around the world, and in 2<strong>01</strong>7 was<br />
named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for<br />
his game-changing impact in media.<br />
Learning to love through struggle is<br />
challenging for most of us. How do<br />
you recommend those who might be<br />
struggling in a relationship work<br />
on forgiveness and healing – or know<br />
when to let love go?<br />
Well, I think one thing we want to keep<br />
in mind is that when we’re struggling in our<br />
relationship, one of the easiest things to do<br />
is to imagine that if we were with someone<br />
else, things would be different. But unless<br />
you resolve them, you’ll take the same<br />
issues to your next relationship. I know it’s<br />
hard when there’s been a lot of unresolved<br />
conflict, so one of the keys is to go into<br />
the conflict and not avoid it. Studies show<br />
that couples who engage with conflict in a<br />
healthy manner actually become stronger.<br />
But the key is to learn how to disagree and to<br />
fight thoughtfully and with care. A mindset<br />
shift that can be helpful is to stop viewing<br />
yourselves as on opposite sides. The problem<br />
isn’t the other person, it’s the problem, and<br />
you want to take on that problem together,<br />
as a team. Of course, some problems can’t<br />
be worked out, and in some cases, the best<br />
“Studies show<br />
that couples who<br />
engage with<br />
conflict in a<br />
healthy manner<br />
actually become<br />
stronger.”<br />
way to love one another may be to end the<br />
relationship. I truly believe that with the<br />
right attitude and skills, most conflicts can<br />
be resolved, but when they can’t, that’s<br />
not a failure. It’s okay to move on.<br />
You write that while we can’t know<br />
where and when we’ll find love, we can<br />
prepare for it. What’s one thing someone<br />
who’s looking for a romantic partnership<br />
can do today to prepare for it?<br />
In 8 Rules of Love, I include a number<br />
of exercises that people can do to prepare<br />
for love, but one of my favourites involves<br />
uncovering our own impressions about<br />
love and relationships. Many of the ideas<br />
we have about what relationships should be<br />
like come from the media. So, one exercise<br />
that can also be kind of fun is to sit down and<br />
list the movies and songs that have shaped<br />
how you view love. For instance, is love a<br />
A revelatory guide to every stage of romance, drawing<br />
on ancient wisdom and new science. Nobody<br />
sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re<br />
often thrown into relationships with nothing but<br />
romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle<br />
through. Until now. Instead of presenting love<br />
as an ethereal concept or a collection of clichés, Jay<br />
Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help<br />
you develop the skills to practice and nurture love<br />
better than ever before. He shares insights on<br />
how to win or lose together, how to define love,<br />
and why you don’t break in a break-up. Inspired<br />
by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles<br />
the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to<br />
moving in together to breaking up and starting over. By living<br />
Jay Shetty’s eight rules, we can all love ourselves, our partner,<br />
and the world better than we ever thought possible.<br />
8 RULES OF LOVE<br />
Jay Shetty, CHF 29.90,<br />
HarperCollins Publishers UK<br />
An inspiring, empowering book, distilling timeless wisdom into practical steps<br />
for a less anxious, more meaningful life. Shetty draws on his time as a monk<br />
in the Vedic tradition to show us how we can clear the roadblocks to our potential<br />
and power. Drawing on ancient wisdom and his own rich experiences in the<br />
ashram, Think Like a Monk reveals how to overcome<br />
negative thoughts and habits, and access the calm and<br />
purpose that lie within all of us. The lessons monks<br />
learn are profound but often abstract. Shetty transforms<br />
them into advice and exercises we can all apply<br />
to reduce stress, improve focus, boost relationships,<br />
identify our hidden abilities, increase self-discipline<br />
and give the gifts we find in ourselves to the world.<br />
Shetty proves that everyone can – and should – think<br />
like a monk.<br />
THINK LIKE A MONK<br />
Jay Shetty, CHF 28.90,<br />
HarperCollins Publishers UK<br />
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Rip-Roaring Releases<br />
Discover the best new reads of the season.<br />
Text by Christine Modafferi<br />
8 9<br />
RIP-ROARING RELEASES<br />
“Melissa Coss Aquino's debut is a tear-inducing,<br />
emotional look at female friendships.”<br />
© Kooshgraphics<br />
CECILIA RABESS<br />
EVERYTHING'S FINE<br />
CHF 29.90, Picador<br />
Everything's Fine is the debut novel that<br />
has divided TikTok and the Internet even<br />
before its release, catapulting readers back<br />
to the US elections of 2<strong>01</strong>6, which ultimately<br />
ended in Trump's victory and left many<br />
with nothing but a profound sense of uncertainty.<br />
Jess is a Black female analyst at<br />
Goldman Sachs. Josh is her white boyfriend<br />
who went to her same Ivy League college.<br />
Jess is a democrat. Josh is conservative.<br />
The two are a couple. And just like the strawberries<br />
Jess is allergic to but loves to eat,<br />
Josh and his views often make her uncomfortable,<br />
as he idealises political concepts<br />
but fails to grasp that his and Jess's realities<br />
are very different. The book explores<br />
themes of internalised racism, unconscious<br />
bias, emotional labour, self-dilution to<br />
appease others and gaslighting – all while<br />
digging deep into the complicated nuances<br />
of romantic relationships between people<br />
with polar opposite lived experiences.<br />
JAMES HYNES<br />
SPARROW<br />
CHF 29.90, Picador<br />
Sparrows have had different metaphorical<br />
meanings over time: they are a bad<br />
omen but also a sign of love. Representative<br />
of passion and pleasure but also a symbol<br />
of peasants in the Middle Ages. Jacob, who<br />
takes on the identity and new name of<br />
Sparrow, seems to encapsulate all of these<br />
meanings in one. He is a slave on the Spanish<br />
coast of the Roman Empire with no family<br />
but for a group of sex workers that have<br />
taken him under their wing. Together with<br />
them, he navigates the brutality of life<br />
as an orphan slave surviving in the ancient<br />
Roman city, and tells his story to the best<br />
of his memory as an old man, sparing no<br />
detail or crudity of the abuse he has endured<br />
throughout his childhood. History buffs<br />
will love walking through the markets,<br />
eating in lowly tav erns and exploring the<br />
rich mansions of the ancient world perfectly<br />
researched and crafted by James Hynes.<br />
For readers who love unreliable characters,<br />
Sparrow is the book that will break you,<br />
horrify you and tug at each of your heartstrings.<br />
“Sparrow is the<br />
book that<br />
will break you,<br />
horrify you<br />
and tug at each<br />
of your<br />
heartstrings.”<br />
© Steve Pomeroy<br />
LUNA MCNAMARA<br />
PSYCHE AND EROS<br />
CHF 26.90,<br />
HarperCollins Publishers US<br />
There have been many retellings of mythology,<br />
but how many myths have actually<br />
been reimagined? The brilliant Luna Mc-<br />
Namara, through a dual point of view narration,<br />
shows us Psyche and Eros like we've<br />
never seen or imagined them before. Psyche,<br />
a mortal princess, is ambitious, strong and<br />
will not give into patriarchal ideals. Eros,<br />
the ancient Greek god of desire, is sassy,<br />
confident and full of personality. And the<br />
two will find themselves inextricably<br />
linked by one single curse: Eros accidentally<br />
pricks himself with an arrow that dooms<br />
its victim to fall in love with someone who,<br />
upon their first exchange of looks, they<br />
will lose forever. And when Eros sets his<br />
heart on Psyche, they will have to prove that<br />
love can truly conquer all. Set against the<br />
backdrop of the Trojan War, Psyche and Eros<br />
will have readers swooning over the romantic<br />
duo that has inspired artists around the<br />
world over centuries, while showcasing the<br />
cast of the heroic cycle through accessible<br />
language and fantastic world building.<br />
© Caroline Lohrey<br />
THAO THAI<br />
BANYAN MOON<br />
CHF 29.90, Quercus,<br />
Release Date: 27 June <strong>2023</strong><br />
Thao Thai's novel Banyan Moon is a love<br />
letter to grandmothers, the true glue of<br />
families, and maternal relationships. This<br />
multigenerational story, told through three<br />
different point of views and at different<br />
times in history, unfolds the family drama<br />
and tumultuous past of Minh, Huong<br />
and Ann. Minh and Ann have a unique<br />
grandmother-granddaughter bond, a bond<br />
that Ann's estranged mother Huong does<br />
not understand and resents. And when<br />
Minh passes away and leaves her Florida<br />
home to her daughter and granddaughter,<br />
they will have to face – and hopefully<br />
heal – the ghosts of their past to reconnect.<br />
This is a story of grief, complicated relationships<br />
and the strength, but also the trauma,<br />
that is passed on through generations. At<br />
times, this book will feel like a hug in paper<br />
form, while at others, it will bring you to<br />
tears with its raw depiction of the Vietnam<br />
war, family life and life-changing events<br />
that flip the characters' trajectories.<br />
© Nina Subin<br />
MELISSA COSS AQUINO<br />
CAR MEN & GR ACE<br />
CHF 29.90, Head of Zeus<br />
D.O.D. Daughters of Durka. A female-led<br />
drug cartel. A close-knit group of girls<br />
living on the fringe of society. Belonging to<br />
this group are Carmen and Grace, cousins<br />
by birth, bonded by a neglected and tough<br />
upbringing. Both are rescued by the powerful<br />
Doña Durka at a young age and responsible<br />
to keep the legacy of her underground<br />
drug empire alive once she is dead. But<br />
Carmen and Grace's desires are polar opposites:<br />
Carmen is pregnant and wants to<br />
free herself of the burden of a life in illegality,<br />
while Grace has big plans for their<br />
business. This coming-of-age drama is a<br />
story of hope, growth, despair, grief and<br />
love set in a world of drugs, gangs and<br />
family feuds. Told through a dual point<br />
of view and two timelines, with interjections<br />
in Spanish throughout, Melissa<br />
Coss Aquino's debut is a tear-inducing,<br />
emotional look at female friendships,<br />
chosen family, breaking toxic bonds and<br />
forging new paths far away from violence<br />
and brutality.<br />
STEPHEN BUORO<br />
THE FIVE SORROW-<br />
FUL MYSTERIES<br />
OF ANDY AFRICA<br />
CHF 28.90, Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
An Observer debut of the year, The Five<br />
Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa is<br />
the mesmerising five-act story of an ambitious<br />
teenage boy with a knack for maths,<br />
living in Kontagora in northern Nigeria,<br />
where the consequences of colonialism and<br />
a brutal history of civil wars still haunt<br />
a divided population. Andy Africa is<br />
the fifteen-year-old son of a single mother,<br />
who he shares a complicated relationship<br />
with, mainly due to the secretiveness<br />
surrounding his father. While Andy is<br />
figuring out who he wants to be and where<br />
he comes from, he also goes through<br />
teenage experiences like finding friends,<br />
falling in love, breaking hearts and wanting<br />
to evade and travel to places far away<br />
from home for a better future. This cleverly<br />
crafted book will inspire readers to research<br />
beyond the page, look into animism and<br />
afro-futurism, while they laugh out loud<br />
at the light moments and are brought to<br />
tears with emotion at the darkest points in<br />
Andy's life.<br />
© Desiree Adams<br />
KATIE BISHOP<br />
THE GIRLS<br />
OF SUMMER<br />
CHF 28.90, Penguin<br />
Random House UK<br />
They say you never forget your first love,<br />
but what happens when your memory<br />
of it is far from the truth? Well into her<br />
thirties, Rachel is married, but still has one<br />
person on her mind: Alistair, the man<br />
twenty years her senior, with whom she<br />
had a romantic fling as a teenager, on a<br />
backpacking holiday in Greece with her<br />
girlfriends. And so, when she goes back to<br />
Greece with her husband as an adult, the<br />
idea of meeting with Alistair again rekindles<br />
the same feeling she felt so strongly<br />
sixteen years before. But soon she is hit with<br />
the hard truth that what she thought was<br />
a star-crossed lovers' story was actually the<br />
playing out of grooming and manipulation.<br />
And the truth behind the mysterious death<br />
of her friend on that very trip years ago<br />
may just be connected to the love story that<br />
had her daydreaming all these years. Katie<br />
Bishop explores themes of the #MeToo<br />
movement, memory, perceived reality<br />
and trauma in The Girls of Summer,<br />
with fast-paced prose and a story many<br />
women will relate to.<br />
LAUREN FORRY<br />
THE LAUNCH PARTY<br />
CHF 18.90, Bonnier Books UK<br />
Welcome to the very first hotel on the<br />
moon! Told throughout multiple points of<br />
view and a refreshing take on the murder<br />
mystery locked-in-a-room trope, this is<br />
one of the most interesting premises of<br />
novels we've ever shared. Ten very different<br />
but equally lucky people win the prize of<br />
a lifetime: an exclusive stay during the<br />
grand opening of Hotel Artemis, the very<br />
first hotel on the moon. But as soon as they<br />
arrive, things don't quite add up as no staff<br />
is around and they find themselves orbiting<br />
around Earth alone. And things only get<br />
increasingly unsettling when one of the<br />
guests is found dead. As the remaining<br />
characters search for answers, they will<br />
discover hidden rooms and hallways around<br />
the hotel, unpick secrets and guess who the<br />
murderer is. Lauren A. Forry's The Launch<br />
Party is, quite literally, out of this world.<br />
Are you ready to finally discover the dark<br />
side of the moon with this unputdownable<br />
murder mystery?<br />
“... one of the<br />
most interesting<br />
premises of<br />
novels we've<br />
ever shared.”<br />
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RIP-ROARING RELEASES<br />
© Mark Townsend<br />
ASHLEE VANCE<br />
WHEN THE HEAVENS<br />
WENT ON SALE<br />
CHF 26.90, HarperCollins<br />
Publishers US<br />
If your big dream is to one day fly into<br />
space, it might not be that unrealistic. New<br />
York Times bestselling and groundbreaking<br />
author of Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance,<br />
is back with a jaw-dropping analysis of<br />
today's democratised space race. With<br />
reporter-style and accessible writing, Vance<br />
digs deep into one of the most debated topics<br />
of the past decade, focusing on four different<br />
businesses – Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs,<br />
and Rocket Lab – looking to make space<br />
travel more accessible in the near future.<br />
Packed with published press releases,<br />
interviews with the founders and investors<br />
of these companies, and descriptions of the<br />
vehicles that may just one day succeed in<br />
taking us to space, this is a contemporary,<br />
eye-opening book that will expand your<br />
horizons and give you inside knowledge of<br />
an industry that still in many aspects feels<br />
mysterious and unattainable. The privately<br />
owned space industry is, quite literally,<br />
reaching for the stars, and this in-depth<br />
study is a peek into the minds of the people<br />
making this possible.<br />
NICK CAVE AND SEÁN O'HAGAN<br />
FAITH, HOPE AND<br />
CARNAGE<br />
CHF 19.90, Canongate<br />
Multi-award-winning Australian artist<br />
Nick Cave is known for his almost obsessive<br />
exploration of death, religion and violence<br />
through the rock songs he's written over<br />
40+ years. It's no surprise that in his newly<br />
released non-fiction book he does not shy<br />
away from these topics at all. Faith, Hope<br />
and Carnage is the result of over forty hours<br />
of recorded conversation with biographist<br />
and friend Seán O'Hagan, as Nick releases his<br />
© Lynette Garland<br />
innermost thoughts and recounts life-changing<br />
experiences. Reading like a conversation<br />
between friends and sounding like a podcast,<br />
the reflections in this book span from child<br />
loss to thoughts on spirituality and creative<br />
processes with empathy and depth. Grief and<br />
loneliness are discussed with brutal honesty<br />
throughout, which readers will resonate<br />
with as they find hope through Nick's unique<br />
outlook on life. This hauntingly beautiful<br />
book will speak to seasoned fans of the songwriter<br />
as well as new readers.<br />
J. C. CERVANTES<br />
ALWAYS ISN' T<br />
FOREVER<br />
CHF 15.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US<br />
Hart Augusto and Ruby Armenta were<br />
meant to be together since they were<br />
children: first best friends, then destined<br />
to be boyfriend and girlfriend. But their<br />
fairy tale romance is halted to a stop by a<br />
tragic accident. Hart drowns as he tries to<br />
save a boy from a boat accident. Ruby is<br />
heartbroken, left to grieve a love that had<br />
only just begun. Just as all hope seems lost,<br />
an angel gives Hart a second chance at life<br />
– and love – allowing him to take on a new<br />
identity in secret. Will Hart get Ruby to fall<br />
for him again? And can Ruby overcome<br />
her grief and open her heart to unexpected<br />
romance? Most importantly, can Hart keep<br />
his secret for the sake of a new life with<br />
his one and only? This YA romance will<br />
have you tearing up one moment and filled<br />
with hope the next, tugging at all of your<br />
heartstrings at once. J.C. Cervantes is<br />
a seasoned author, and her new release<br />
Always Isn't Forever is no exception to her<br />
rule of character-led stories full of heart.<br />
LEX CROUCHER<br />
GWEN & ART<br />
ARE NOT IN LOVE<br />
CHF 16.90, Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
A YA queer romance of forced proximity<br />
that completely overthrows its trope? Yes,<br />
please! Set in medieval time? Camelot? Count<br />
us in. This fresh take on the tried-and-tested<br />
storyline is fun, sassy and light-hearted<br />
and the perfect read for anyone who loves<br />
sword fights, delightful romance and stories<br />
of forming friendships and, of course,<br />
romance. Hundreds of years after King<br />
Arthur's reign, his direct descendant Arthur<br />
and Gwendoline, princess of England, are<br />
promised to be married. The only problem is<br />
they couldn't be less interested in each other!<br />
Forced to spend the summer together, Art<br />
will grow fond of Gwen's brother, Sidney, and<br />
on the other hand, Gwen falls for her knight<br />
Bridget. Being stuck together all summer<br />
might work out nicely for Gwen and Art after<br />
all, so long they can work together to realise<br />
their hearts' desires ... If you are a sucker<br />
for comforting books with great banter and<br />
chemistry between characters, this LGBTQ+<br />
romantic comedy will entertain you with its<br />
witty dialogue from beginning to end!<br />
“... fun, sassy and<br />
light-hearted.”<br />
CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE<br />
THE R ACHEL<br />
INCIDENT<br />
CHF 24.90, Little, Brown<br />
Set in 2<strong>01</strong>0s Ireland, The Rachel Incident<br />
by Caroline O'Donoghue takes you right<br />
back to the feeling of struggling with university<br />
deadlines and assignments, questioning<br />
the worth of the degree you've chosen and<br />
clawing your way to graduation. This is<br />
a story of entering adulthood, as Rachel<br />
Murray and her gay best friend and housemate<br />
James graduate and begin to figure out<br />
their careers, while also experiencing the<br />
messiness of life as a young adult in search<br />
for self-love and acceptance. The two share<br />
everything: the good, the bad and the ugly –<br />
from parties and fun nights, to making the<br />
biggest mistakes and not speaking to each<br />
other, to finally making peace. Join Rachel on<br />
her journey of falling in and out of love, getting<br />
intertwined in an academic scandal and<br />
making self-destructive choices. And finally,<br />
a unique gem of this book is its historical<br />
backdrop of Catholic Ireland. The Promising<br />
Young Women author does not shy away from<br />
conversations surrounding LGBTQ+ rights,<br />
reproductive health and gender equality<br />
happening at the time.<br />
TAN TWAN ENG<br />
THE HOUSE<br />
OF DOORS<br />
CHF 29.90, Canongate<br />
Longlisted for the Booker Price and<br />
author of The Garden of Evening Mists<br />
Tan Twan Eng sends us to 1920s Penang<br />
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws Lucinda<br />
Riley’s bestselling The Seven Sisters series<br />
to its stunning conclusion<br />
with his utterly beautiful novel The House<br />
of Doors. This is another breath-taking<br />
piece of historical fiction, featuring an<br />
elderly woman's recounting of her time in<br />
Penang when a famous author, William<br />
Somerset Maugham, visited her and her<br />
husband in a moment when they most needed<br />
it, and gave her the space to tell her own<br />
story for the first time. But one must be careful<br />
what to share with an author, for they<br />
might just use it to pen their next bestseller,<br />
especially when they're in trouble and<br />
need to make money quickly. What makes<br />
this book so special, beyond its perfectly<br />
flowing prose and language, is the mention<br />
of true historical figures and events, as well<br />
as gorgeous descriptions of the Malaysian<br />
landscape. All that can be said is that Tan<br />
Twan Eng has done it again.<br />
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STILL WATERS RUN DEEP<br />
In Metronome by Tom Watson, the main characters’ story begins<br />
with a crime and, as their secrets begin to unravel, the theme of trust<br />
is expertly explored through an eerie plotline you simply won’t be<br />
able to get out of your head. Aina and Whitney are exiled on an island<br />
in Scotland far away from society as punishment for something<br />
they did twelve years ago. They must take a cocktail of pills every<br />
eight hours to stay alive on their island and over time they have created<br />
a somewhat enjoyable life for themselves.<br />
But things are not what they seem, and when<br />
a sheep shows up on their island, Aina begins<br />
to question everything, even though her<br />
partner believes it’s all just a test. As Aina<br />
unravels the truth about the dystopian place<br />
they’ve been exiled to for years, she also<br />
discovers secrets that have been hidden in her<br />
relationship, showing that you never truly<br />
know a person, even if you spend your every<br />
waking hour with them.<br />
METRONOME<br />
Tom Watson,<br />
CHF 18.90,<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
Still Waters Run Deep<br />
As the summer fast approaches us, it’s easy to imagine what life will soon look like:<br />
our social media flooded with posts of highlight reels painting perfect lives of<br />
friends on holiday and relaxing weekend breaks at the seaside, soaking up the sun<br />
by pools of crystal clear, perfectly still water. But if there’s one thing any book<br />
lover knows, it’s that not all things are what they seem, and sometimes all it takes<br />
is to dive under the water’s still-looking surface to unravel its hidden secrets.<br />
Text by Christine Modafferi<br />
As the ancient Latin proverb that Shakespeare loved goes: still<br />
waters run deep. And, boy, do waters run deep when it comes to some<br />
of the latest book releases we’ve seen over<br />
the past year! As with most art, literature<br />
reflects the anxieties, changes and underlying<br />
turmoil of our society. Considering the past<br />
years, never has a saying felt more relevant,<br />
or has the unexpected come hand in hand with<br />
each new day.<br />
So begins Silent Waters by L.V. Matthews,<br />
where at the crack of dawn police diver and<br />
protagonist Jen Harper finds herself standing<br />
by a river after a spell of what she can only<br />
SILENT<br />
WATERS<br />
L. V. Matthews,<br />
CHF 17.90, Welbeck,<br />
Release Date:<br />
14 September <strong>2023</strong><br />
suspect is sleepwalking. But less than two days later, she is called on<br />
site to inspect that very river in search for a missing woman, who<br />
also happens to be an old family friend. In this addictive, suspenseful<br />
and unsettling story that readers claim to have raced through in<br />
one sitting, no one is who they seem and it’s hard to trust even those<br />
Jen loves most …<br />
Also set in a dystopian world is Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng,<br />
the New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere,<br />
now also a popular TV series. In this world, people must follow<br />
PACT laws, strict rules that intend to preserve<br />
‘American culture’ and leave no room for<br />
other cultures, especially Chinese culture.<br />
In this society, the brutality of racism is<br />
conveniently veiled by supposed national<br />
values. All work by Bird’s Chinese-American<br />
mother, who has now been gone for years,<br />
is therefore viewed as nothing but unpatriotic<br />
and banned. Bird learns early on that he<br />
shouldn’t wonder about his long-lost mother.<br />
He lives with his father, who fails to call<br />
out the injustices of the world they live in,<br />
OUR MISSING<br />
HEARTS<br />
Celeste Ng, CHF 19.90,<br />
Little, Brown<br />
encouraging Bird to ignore his roots and keep his head down. But<br />
then Bird receives a mysterious letter that takes him to overcome his<br />
fears and find his mother, proving that family bonds can overcome<br />
anything, no matter how dangerous it is.<br />
Relationships are messy, complicated and<br />
often more nuanced than they look on surface<br />
level. Just when you think you know someone,<br />
the reassuring bubble of familiarity is<br />
burst. This is the kind of inciting incident that<br />
makes for a brilliant premise in Two Nights<br />
in Lisbon by Chris Pavone, hailed by Steven<br />
King himself as a book you will struggle to<br />
put down. By the New York Times bestselling<br />
author of The Expats, this thriller begins<br />
with a wife’s quest to find her husband after<br />
waking up alone in a hotel room in Lisbon.<br />
TWO NIGHTS<br />
IN LISBON<br />
Chris Pavone,<br />
CHF 18.90,<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
When she receives a ransom letter, we find out her past is just as<br />
mysterious as her husband’s disappearance. To get the money<br />
she needs and find out where he is, she might need help from someone<br />
she wished she’d never have to turn to. Prepare to be guessing<br />
until the very end of this suspenseful book, moving at a racing<br />
pace with the gorgeous city of Lisbon as your backdrop.<br />
These are the first of quite a few brilliant titles from the past<br />
year that explore secrets in connection to family ties. Ink Blood<br />
Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs, The Covenant of Water by Abraham<br />
Ver ghese, Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love and<br />
Landlines by Sunday Times bestseller Raynor Winn all make for<br />
fantastic reads about family relationships.<br />
In Ink Blood Sister Scribe, readers are<br />
transported to a fantastical world, where,<br />
similarly to Our Missing Hearts, the protagonists<br />
are librarians. But this time, our main<br />
characters are guarding ancient and rare<br />
books of magic that give great knowledge<br />
and power to those who possess them. If they<br />
end up in the hands of wrong people, the<br />
consequences could be irrevocable.<br />
Joanna and Esther are our heroes in this<br />
story, initially living apart but coming together<br />
to uncover the mystery behind the book<br />
that their father died of after reading. Dark<br />
INK BLOOD<br />
SISTER<br />
SCRIBE<br />
Emma Törzs,<br />
CHF 28.90,<br />
HarperCollins<br />
Publishers US<br />
academia mixes with fantasy and thriller, as the two sisters slowly<br />
discover that the magic their family has been guarding is much<br />
more dangerous than they could have ever imagined, and that their<br />
family has been keeping secrets for centuries.<br />
Century-long secrets also float to the surface<br />
in The Covenant of Water, a family<br />
saga by Abraham Verghese, the bestselling<br />
author of Cutting for Stone. This spellbinding<br />
book follows three generations of a family<br />
over the course of seventy-seven years. The<br />
common thread of this family is death by<br />
drowning. This is a heavy read, where the still<br />
waters of South India’s Malabar Coast truly<br />
run deep. Through the drownings, this book<br />
intensely explores Indian culture, Christianity<br />
and morality, traditions and the progress<br />
of medicine, British colonialism and the caste system.<br />
THE COV-<br />
ENANT OF<br />
WATER<br />
Abraham Verghese,<br />
CHF 29.90,<br />
Atlantic Books<br />
One of the most beautiful concepts fleshed out in this books<br />
is how rivers, lakes, lagoons, backwaters and ponds are<br />
all connected, just as the many characters of this book are,<br />
and humanity at its core. If you’re looking for a book with deep<br />
meaning that will stay with you for a very long time, this 700-<br />
page tome will not disappoint.<br />
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support of others, whether that be family,<br />
chosen family, friends or colleagues. Fortitude<br />
explores the importance of having a sense<br />
of belonging, having a sense of control over<br />
your life, decision-making and whether the<br />
ability to lift ourselves up comes from experiencing<br />
trauma (spoiler: it doesn’t!), all backed<br />
up with thorough research. The ultimate<br />
message here is that our community is crucial<br />
for our wellbeing, and the people we choose<br />
to surround ourselves with can be our guiding<br />
light during hard times.<br />
FORTITUDE<br />
Bruce Daisley,<br />
CHF 19.90, Penguin<br />
Random House UK<br />
Travelling back to Scotland, in Landlines by<br />
Raynor Winn, a small family of two must<br />
decide whether they prefer to sink or swim<br />
when Raynor’s husband, Moth, receives a<br />
serious neurodegenerative disease diagnosis.<br />
They are left with only two choices: to await<br />
his inevitable death, or to try and gain some<br />
extra time together by revisiting the activity<br />
that had last improved Moth’s heath: walking.<br />
And so their epic journey begins, starting<br />
with the Cape Wrath trail all the way down to<br />
LANDLINES<br />
Raynor Winn,<br />
CHF 19.90, Penguin<br />
Random House UK<br />
their original home back in Cornwall. As they trek south, they are<br />
met with the most wonderful nature and biodiversity Britain has<br />
to offer. But beneath the seemingly peaceful beauty of untouched<br />
nature are the inevitable dangers of environmental devastation, climate<br />
change and the consequences of Brexit, all rendered beautifully<br />
through Winn’s magically haunting writing. With its beautiful<br />
prose, nods to nature and commentary on humanity, this painfully<br />
beautiful book gently touches on some of the timeless themes explored<br />
in The Covenant of Water, and as Moth gains resilience we are<br />
enriched by Landlines’ nature trail, too.<br />
In these last two books, the theme of resilience is one of their<br />
central aspects, relating to individual characters, families and humanity<br />
itself. But some would argue the word ‘resilient’ is now<br />
obsolete, and that to navigate those deep waters when the elements<br />
are tougher, we need more than just a simple inner quality that<br />
somehow keeps us afloat. Enter Fortitude, the first and only nonfiction<br />
book in our round-up, written by Bruce Daisley, ex-Twitter<br />
VP and workplace culture writer. Daisley builds on the idea that<br />
it takes a village, claiming that resilience is nothing but a myth and<br />
that what’s truly important to sail through troubled times is the<br />
“A book with deep<br />
meaning that will stay with<br />
you for a very long time.”<br />
Community and family are also the building blocks of Arthur and<br />
Teddy Are Coming Out by the wonderful Ryan Love. Seventy-nineyear-old<br />
Arthur finally finds the courage to come out to his family<br />
after a lifetime in the closet, pretending to be someone he is not. But<br />
while Arthur discovers the voice to speak his truth, his twentyone-year-old<br />
grandson is still struggling to share his full self with<br />
the world. They will both have to learn from each other as their<br />
relationships evolve, and the dual point of<br />
view, typically shared between love interests,<br />
is given a fresh new grandson-grandfather<br />
spin. Their relationship is heart-warming,<br />
with the two supporting each other as they<br />
both navigate life as gay men. While this is on<br />
surface a lovely and sweet feel-good rom-com<br />
(readers have all fallen for Arthur!), Love digs<br />
deeper into the genre, offering thought-provoking<br />
commentary on family tensions, homophobia<br />
and the reality of living in a small<br />
town where you feel you do not fit in.<br />
ARTHUR AND<br />
TEDDY ARE<br />
COMING OUT<br />
Ryan Love, CHF 24.90,<br />
HarperCollins<br />
Publishers UK<br />
Similarly to Arthur and his grandson, ten-year-old August also<br />
feels apprehensive about fitting in due to his physical appearance<br />
in the modern classic Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This book has stolen<br />
hearts, brought readers to tears and tugged at<br />
every possible heartstring, becoming an<br />
instant must-read for children and adults<br />
alike, and later a successful film starring the<br />
one and only Julia Roberts. The book begins<br />
with August starting a new school, Beecher<br />
Prep, where his parents hope he will quickly<br />
adjust after having been home-schooled his<br />
whole life. R.J. Palacio manages to capture the<br />
timid first interactions among children, their<br />
ability to be brutally honest, quite cruel but<br />
WONDER<br />
R. J. Palacio,<br />
CHF 15.90, Penguin<br />
Random House UK<br />
also incredibly kind and loving, as she describes August’s interactions<br />
with the other children who will learn to love him if they<br />
are able to go beyond initial first impressions and appearances. August<br />
is not just what he looks like, he has a world to share with others,<br />
if only they are sensible, open and unafraid enough to look. Wonder<br />
also offers a refreshing family dynamic, sharing the viewpoint of August’s<br />
sister, the older child overshadowed by her younger brother’s<br />
special needs. A sincere take on families, we see how none are perfect<br />
no matter how loving and accepting they may be, and get a glimpse<br />
into the everyday life of all characters, not just the star of the show.<br />
Everyday life is complicated, most of the time we do not feel in control<br />
of it, and even more often it’s not really a reflection of our wants<br />
and desires. That’s the case for Gosia Golab in Odd Hours by Ania<br />
Bas. Gosia is stuck in a dead-end job in a 24/7 supermarket, lives in a<br />
house share, her parents are not on speaking<br />
terms and plan to sell her childhood home,<br />
and her father is relying on an allowance that<br />
she can barely afford to give him. And as if<br />
all this was not enough, her ex-boyfriend has<br />
cheated on her, remarried and self-published<br />
a book about becoming successful, with<br />
multiple derogatory references to Gosia in it.<br />
Odd Hours is a story many thirty-somethings<br />
can relate to, depicting the life of someone<br />
ODD HOURS<br />
Ania Bas, CHF 27.90,<br />
Welbeck<br />
whose life did not go to plan and who is still on their journey<br />
to happiness and success.<br />
Success looks different to many people, but similarly to Odd Hours’<br />
Gosia, Anisa Ellahi in The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi feels<br />
particularly stuck in her career. Her biggest<br />
dream is to become a famous translator,<br />
but her only success has been subtitling<br />
Bollywood movies. Then she discovers an<br />
invite-only programme that, within ten<br />
days, teaches you to speak a new language<br />
fluently. She is sold. As she enters the<br />
programme, however, she realises that what<br />
she signed on paper was in fact too good to<br />
be true, and that everything comes at a cost,<br />
even a brilliant career.<br />
THE CENTRE<br />
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi,<br />
CHF 29.90, Macmillan,<br />
Release Date:<br />
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STILL WATERS RUN DEEP INTRODUCING ...<br />
We see a similar dynamic in the thriller<br />
murder mystery Let’s Play Murder by Kesia<br />
Lupo. Players are lured into a virtual reality<br />
game and, if they solve its murder mystery,<br />
their deepest and darkest wish is guaranteed<br />
to come true. With nods to Agatha Christie<br />
and today’s much loved escape room experiences,<br />
the novel quickly takes a dark turn as<br />
one of the characters is murdered, both virtually<br />
and in reality, and the game blacks out<br />
and glitches. To top it all off, the protagonist<br />
soon realises no one can be trusted, and to win<br />
a dream come true comes at a terrible cost.<br />
LET'S PLAY<br />
MURDER<br />
Kesia Lupo, CHF 16.90,<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing<br />
Others see success in happily-ever-after relationships, but the<br />
reality of dating is more like a horror movie than a fairy tale<br />
these days. Sloane Crosley’s Cult Classic captures that perfectly,<br />
mixing humour and suspense in an eerily funny novel that encapsulates<br />
romance in the twenty-first century. On a night out in<br />
Chinatown, Lola escapes her crowd to buy some cigarettes, but meets<br />
a flurry of ex-boyfriends on her way. Ghosts of her past haunt her<br />
on her way back and she is forced to face her current relationship and<br />
her connection with her boss, revealing he might have something<br />
to do with these seemingly coincidental tête-à-têtes with her exes.<br />
Love may be nothing but a cult, contrary to its appearances after all.<br />
Crosley plays with multiple genres in this book, from rom-coms<br />
and literary fiction to psychological thrillers,<br />
and does so masterfully through the main<br />
character’s unreliable narrative voice. But<br />
consider yourself warned: after reading this<br />
book, you may begin to question every person<br />
you’ve let into your heart and everything<br />
you’ve thought about love before …<br />
If there’s one takeaway from this book,<br />
and all the ones above, it’s that nothing<br />
is what is seems. Do not be fooled by those<br />
highlight reels – if it looks too good to be<br />
true, it probably is.<br />
CULT<br />
CLASSIC<br />
Sloane Crosley, CHF<br />
18.90, Bloomsbury<br />
Publishing<br />
“Crosley plays<br />
with multiple genres in<br />
this book, from rom-coms<br />
and literary fiction to<br />
psychological thrillers.”<br />
THE NIGHT<br />
SHIP<br />
JESS KIDD<br />
1629: shipwreck and mutiny.<br />
1989: loneliness and loss. Split<br />
across centuries, The Night<br />
Ship tells the interwoven tales<br />
of Mayken and Gil, who are<br />
connected by place and loss of<br />
parents. Kidd’s latest novel<br />
is a magical story that balances<br />
friendship and brutality<br />
against a historical backdrop.<br />
CHF 19.90, Canongate,<br />
ISBN 9781838856540<br />
CHAIN-GANG<br />
ALL-STARS<br />
NANA KWAME<br />
ADJEI-BRENYAH<br />
Two female prisoners fight<br />
in death-matches for their<br />
chance at freedom. But how<br />
real is this hope? Compared<br />
by The Washington Post to<br />
modern classics like 1984, this<br />
fresh dystopian tale explores<br />
the brutality and injustice<br />
of an American prison system<br />
less far-fetched than we’d<br />
hope it to be.<br />
CHF 19.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 9780375715402<br />
THIS TIME<br />
TOMORROW<br />
EMMA STRAUB<br />
Alice’s father is in hospital and<br />
it doesn’t look good. Is there<br />
any way she can help? Time<br />
travel perhaps? When Alice<br />
wakes up and it’s her sixteenth<br />
birthday, not her fortieth,<br />
she can at least relive precious<br />
moments with him. Funny and<br />
heartfelt, This Time Tomorrow<br />
is a perfect summer read.<br />
CHF 23.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 9780525539<strong>01</strong>8<br />
THE WISHING<br />
GAME<br />
MEG SHAFFER<br />
All readers know that stories<br />
offer refuge. In Lucy’s case,<br />
the chance to win the only copy<br />
of a new book by her favourite<br />
childhood author could mean<br />
financial security and help<br />
her finally adopt orphaned<br />
Christopher. All she has to do<br />
is win … What an absolute<br />
treat for lovers of books!<br />
CHF 23.90, Penguin<br />
Random House US,<br />
ISBN 97805937241<strong>01</strong><br />
BLOCKBUSTER BLOOMSBURY FICTION<br />
9781526638021 • TPB<br />
‘Ticks all the<br />
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9781526654410 • TPB<br />
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9781526634573 • PB<br />
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9781526660343 • TPB<br />
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I loved it to pieces’<br />
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9781526650078 • PB<br />
‘Terrific . . . A book<br />
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Conn Iggulden<br />
THE LOCK-UP<br />
JOHN BANVILLE<br />
Investigating the death of a<br />
young woman who was<br />
pro contraception and abortion<br />
in Dublin in 1957, DI Quirke<br />
has plenty of surprises to<br />
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CHF 26.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571370986<br />
YOU MADE A<br />
FOOL OF DEATH<br />
WITH YOUR BEAUTY<br />
AKWAEKE EMEZI<br />
If the title of this racy new<br />
romance sounds familiar, it’s<br />
not Shakespeare, but a Florence<br />
and the Machine song that the<br />
author felt suited Feyi’s journey<br />
to overcome her heart-breaking<br />
loss. Explicit from the start,<br />
and stunningly written, this<br />
is a story of grief, of love, and<br />
of finding yourself.<br />
CHF 18.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571372683<br />
PENANCE<br />
ELIZA CLARK<br />
Truth is a matter of perspective.<br />
The same goes for what really<br />
happened to a murdered teenager<br />
in a quiet seaside town.<br />
Fiction in the guise of true<br />
crime, Penance is a masterful<br />
and thought-provoking thriller<br />
exploring the media’s role in<br />
spreading information and<br />
the effects of internet culture.<br />
CHF 26.90, Faber,<br />
ISBN 9780571371778<br />
Release Date: 6 July <strong>2023</strong><br />
YELLOWFACE<br />
REBECCA F. KUANG<br />
When aspiring writer Athena<br />
Lui dies, June passes her<br />
friend’s manuscript off as her<br />
own. Can she really keep<br />
Athena’s success for herself?<br />
A satirical exploration of the<br />
publishing industry, Yellowface<br />
is a witty and revealing<br />
novel that refuses to shy away<br />
from uncomfortable issues.<br />
CHF 26.90, HarperCollins<br />
Publishers US,<br />
ISBN 9780008532789<br />
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