Reg. price $27.95, our price $22.36

From Karen: When I heard that best-selling non-fiction author Amy Stewart (Drunken Botanist), was trying her hand at fiction, I must say I was a bit trepidatious.  But I am happy to say that the author has turned a true story from the early 1900's into an exciting and hilarious tale of three sisters who defied convention and threats by a local mobster. Her sense of language, fashion and the morals of the time are captured beautifully in this novel, and I look forward to what promises to be a witty and engaging return of amateur sleuth Constance Kopp!

In this poetic and haunting tale set in contemporary Appalachia, author Ron Rash (Serena) illuminates lives shaped by violence and a powerful connection to the land.

Les, a longtime sheriff, is just weeks from retirement when he is forced to contend with the ravages of crystal meth and his own corruption in his small Appalachian town. Meanwhile, Becky, a park ranger with a harrowing past, finds solace amid the lyrical beauty of the North Carolina mountains. Gripping!  Reg. price $26.99, our price $21.59

We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

From the author of staff favorite The Language of Flowers, this novel deals with immigration, motherhood, family, duty, and heartbreak.

Lisa Genova writes, "I was hooked from the first breathtaking pages..., caring about this exquisitely vulnerable family, hoping right along with them on every page that each heart-rending, impossible choice would lead them somewhere better together."  Reg. price $27.00, our price $21.60

From Kathy:  I loved this! Lauren Goff's earlier novels, The Monsters of Templeman and Arcadia were also favorites of mine. Fates and Furies is a dazzling examination of a marriage. We meet Lotto and Mathilde at age twenty-two. Tall, glamorous, madly in love, they are destined for greatness. The novel centers first on Lancelot "Lotto" Satterwhite, a dashing actor at Vassar, who marries his classmate, flounders, then becomes a famous playwright (the Fates). His wife, Mathilde, takes over the second section (the Furies). A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, although things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. I was riveted! Reg. price $27.95, our price $22.36 (available Sept. 15)

This debut novel by New York Times reporter Stephanie Clifford is being compared with the works of Edith Wharton and Tom Wolfe. Clifford's protagonist is 26-year-old Evelyn Beegan. Evelyn attended Sheffield, an elite boarding school, then relocated to New York City and took a job recruiting socialite movers and shakers for an exclusive social media start-up called People Like Us (PLU). It isn't long before Evelyn's focus is less about her career ambition and more about her personal ambition. "Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch - everybody rise!" (Stephen Sondheim) 

Reg. price $26.99, our price $21.59

We were so pleased to have Judy Chicurel come to the bookshop to speak about her novel last March! We are happy to tell you that it's now in paperback and we know you will enjoy it.  Set in the summer of 1972, Katie has just turned eighteen. Most of the time, she feels that life is a movie starring everyone in the world except her. But things are about to change: it's summer on Elephant Beach, a seaside town on the skids whose faded glamour dims a little more each day. When a tragic death unites everyone for the last summer of their lives together, they learn that sometimes no matter how hard you try to make your dreams come true, there comes a time when you have to let them go. $16.00

This Sherlock Holmes story was commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate and follows Horowitz' earlier Holmes novel, The House of Silk. 

What really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty tumbled to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls? The game is afoot!  $15.99

Family Furnishings by Alice Munro

This remarkable book includes two dozen of the very best short stories by the writer widely acknowledged as the best short story writer in the English language. "Hateship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage"; "The View from Castle Rock"; "The Bear Came Over the Mountain": These are just a few of the stories in this wonderful collection from Alice Munro.  Spanning twenty years from 1995 to 2014, talented Nobel Prize winning Munro can say more in few words than most novelists say in 900 pages. If you haven't read Alice Munro yet, this is a perfect volume to try.  $16.95

A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike--by the beloved comic author of Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island.  The movie comes out September 2 and stars Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. The movie looks like fun, but of course this classic book, which has been in print since 1998, is absolutely wonderful! Why not enjoy both? $15.99

When the San Jose mine collapsed outside of Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and  brings them hauntingly to life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place. A stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed. $16.00

In the lively Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, best-selling author Karen Abbott showcases four women who fought the war on their own terms. There were actually several hundred women on each side who disguised themselves as men and made it to the front lines. The four women described here used guile, charm, seduction and disguise. Two women fought for the Union and two for the Confederates.  A fascinating look at some little known history! $16.99 (available Sept. 8)

Yes, Please by Amy Poehler

Unlike so many memoir writers who air family grievances, Poehler has only wonderful, kind things to say about her parents and family. Poehler grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. $16.99

The Day the Crayons Came Home by Oliver Jeffers

Did you and your children love The Day the Crayons Quit? We sure did - and you will love this continuation just as much! This time the crayons send a series of postcards asking to be rescued. From Maroon Crayon, who was lost beneath the sofa cushions and then broken in two after Dad sat on him; to poor Turquoise, whose head is now stuck to one of Duncan's stinky socks after they both ended up in the dryer together; to Pea Green, who knows darn well that no kid likes peas; each and every crayon has a woeful tale to tell and a plea to be brought home to the crayon box. Look for a special glow-in-the-dark picture [Note: make sure to charge it under a light first.]  $18.99

"When you were too small/ To tell me hello,/ I knew you were someone/ I wanted to know."

We love this book! It's really a love letter to a child and the illustrations are so charming! Aimed at ages 3-5, we think it would make a perfect new baby gift or graduation present, too.  $17.99