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Publishing This Week

Hello,

Happy 4th of July to all our American readers!

This coming week brings two books our members have read and reviewed for our early reader program First Impressions: The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue and The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel; and a third that has just been assigned for review: The Sunset Route by Carrot Quinn. It also brings The War Nurse by Tracey Enerson Wood which we'll be discussing in our book club forum in a couple of weeks' time--please do join us if you wish.

In total, there are 18 new and notable books, just 10 of which are included in this newsletter. This is because email providers like Gmail cut long messages short, making for a frustrating reading experience. So, after you've looked through the titles below, do make sure to click on the link at the bottom to view all the week's books on BookBrowse.

With best wishes,

Davina, BookBrowse Publisher

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy


This Week's New and Notable Books
There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. For more about our process, see “Picking Books” and “Rating Books”.
The Temple House Vanishing book jacket
The Temple House Vanishing
by Rachel Donohue

Debut Author
On sale Jul 6 from Algonquin Books
Genre: Novels. 304 pages
Members' Rating: 4.0/5

At the Temple House School, nothing is as it seems. One day, a student and teacher disappear from the all-girls boarding school housed in a Victorian mansion in Ireland. Now, twenty-five years later, a reporter is determined to find out what happened in this skillful page-turner, perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell's My Dark Vanessa.

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The Forest of Vanishing Stars book jacket
The Forest of Vanishing Stars : A Novel
by Kristin Harmel

On sale Jul 6 from Gallery Books
Genre: Historical Fiction. 384 pages
Members' Rating: 4.6/5

The New York Times bestselling author of the "heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism" (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything.

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The War Nurse book jacket
The War Nurse : A Novel
by Tracey Enerson Wood

On sale Jul 6 from Sourcebooks Landmark
Genre: Historical Fiction. 304 pages

Another gripping historical fiction masterpiece from international bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood.

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The Sunset Route book jacket
The Sunset Route : Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West
by Carrot Quinn

On sale Jul 6 from The Dial Press
Genre: Memoir. 320 pages

The unforgettable story of one woman who leaves behind her hardscrabble childhood in Alaska to travel the country via freight train—a beautiful memoir about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the redemptive power of nature, perfect for fans of Wild or Educated.

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Bolla book jacket
Bolla
by Pajtim Statovci

On sale Jul 6 from Pantheon Books
Genre: Novels. 240 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the author of Crossing - a National Book Award finalist - comes a dazzling tale full of fury, tenderness, longing, and lust.

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Build Your House Around My Body book jacket
Build Your House Around My Body
by Violet Kupersmith

Debut Author
On sale Jul 6 from Random House
Genre: Novels. 400 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A century of Vietnam's history and folklore comes to life in this "brilliant, sweeping epic that swaps spirits and sheds time like snakeskin" (Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Survivor Song).

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Together We Will Go book jacket
Together We Will Go
by J. Michael Straczynski

On sale Jul 6 from Gallery/Scout Press
Genre: Novels. 304 pages

The Breakfast Club meets The Silver Linings Playbook in this powerful, provocative, and heartfelt novel about twelve endearing strangers who come together to make the most of their final days, from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski.

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Wayward book jacket
Wayward
by Dana Spiotta

On sale Jul 6 from Knopf
Genre: Novels. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A moving, funny, engrossing novel about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning, from the renowned author of Stone Arabia and Eat the Document.

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All Our Shimmering Skies book jacket
All Our Shimmering Skies
by Trent Dalton

On sale Jul 6 from Harper Perennial
Genre: Historical Fiction. 448 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

From the internationally bestselling and beloved author of the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe, a mesmerizing, uplifting novel of adventure and unlikely friendships in World War II Australia - calling to mind The Wizard of Oz as directed by Baz Luhrmann.

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Razorblade Tears book jacket
Razorblade Tears
by S. A. Cosby

On sale Jul 6 from Flatiron Books
Genre: Thrillers. 336 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5

A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.

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