The Peach Seed (fiction – hardbound) by Anita Gail Jones
This is a sweeping multigenerational novel from a Bay Area author who shows the origins of one South Georgia family’s tradition of giving carved peach seed monkeys to all male descendants. It also shows how the family’s modern day sons and daughters navigate the legacies of America’s Civil Rights Movement and the far-reaching impacts of the 1800 slave trade from Northern Senegal to Charleston, South Carolina. An indelible portrait of a family, The Peach Seed explores how kin pass down legacies of sorrow, joy, and strength. It is a parable of how a glimmer of hope as small as a seed can ripple across generations.
Yerba Buena (fiction – paperback) by Nina LaCour
The debut adult novel by the bestselling, award-winning, beloved YA author Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena follows two women on a star-crossed journey toward one another. The book is perfect for readers of Normal People, Writers & Lovers, and Call Me By Your Name. It’s a gorgeous, melancholy queer love story set in California that captures the sweet and the sour and the bitterness of life.
At once exquisite and expansive, and astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a love story for our time and a propulsive journey through the lives of two women finding their way in the world.
What’s the T?: The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary (YA/nonfiction – paperback) by Juno Dawson
From bestselling author Juno Dawson (This Book Is Gay) comes a candid, funny, illustrated guide that helps readers discover what it means to be a young trans and/or non-binary person in the twenty-first century.In What’s the T?, Stonewall ambassador Dawson defines a myriad of labels and identities. She offers uncensored advice on coming out, sex, and relationships with her trademark humor and lightness of touch.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 12 @ 7 pm (ticketed – Corte Madera store) Andrew McCarthy, author of Walking With Sam
(This event is presented as part of the 2023 Travel Writers & Photographers Conference.)
When Andrew McCarthy’s eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as to recreate his own life-altering journey decades before, McCarthy decided the two of them should set out on a trek like few others: 500 miles across Spain’s Camino de Santiago.
Monday, August 21 @ 5:30 pm (free – online event) Norman Solomon, author of War Made Invisible
More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in America’s foreign policy: a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public. War Made Invisible, by the journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, exposes how this happened, and what its consequences are, from military and civilian casualties to drained resources at home.
Wednesday, August 23 @ 5 pm (free – Ferry Building store) Chris Guillebeau, author of Gonzo Capitalism
Join New York Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau on a fascinating tour of this brave new world where novelty and creativity are currency, and the creators are in control. From the community of gamers getting paid to play, to the armchair pundits beating the bookies in online prediction markets; to TikTok “Sleepfluencers,” AI artists, and the band of renegade entrepreneurs and investors upending the rules of finance, in the world of Gonzo Capitalism, anything goes. Along the way, Guillebeau shows how we can all capitalize on the new tools and platforms at our disposal to discover how to turn our time, talents, and creativity into income—on our own terms.
Top of Your Stack – Recommendations from Book Passage
Published on August 10, 2023
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