Less is Lost (fiction, hardbound) by Andrew Sean Greer
In the follow-up to the “bedazzling, bewitching, and be-wonderful” best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning Less: A Novel, the awkward and lovable Arthur Less returns in an unforgettable road trip across America. He grows a handlebar mustache, ditches his signature gray suit, and disguises himself in the bolero-and-cowboy-hat costume of a true “Unitedstatesian” with varying levels of success, as he continues to be mistaken for either a Dutchman, the wrong writer, or, worst of all, a “bad gay.”
On the Rooftop (fiction, hardbound) by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
On the Rooftop is a stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions for their own lives—set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco.
At home they are just sisters, but on stage, they are The Salvations. Thanks to the rigorous direction of their mother, they’ve become a bona fide girl group whose shows are the talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore.
American Rufuge (nonfiction, paperback) by Diya Abdo
In this intimate and eye-opening book, Diya Abdo—daughter of refugees, U.S. immigrant, English professor, and activist—shares the stories of seven refugees. Coming from around the world, they’re welcomed by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, September 24 @ 1 pm (free in store, Corte Madera) Bobbie Scopa, author of Both Sides of the Fire Line
Scopa was a strike team leader for the Dude Fire in 1990, where six firefighters were tragically killed, and she served at Ground Zero immediately after 9/11. She’s worked mountain rescues, city fires, mega-wildfires, etc. While battling conditions and harsh flames on the outside, she also found herself waging a tougher battle on the inside. Scopa was torn between how to maintain the façade everyone expected of her or her true self. “A hero firefighter can’t possibly be transgender, right?” she thought.
Sunday, September 25 @ 4 pm (free in store, Corte Madera) Paola Gianturco, author of Cool: Women Leaders Reversing Global Warming
Women are especially effective leaders when it comes to combating global warming. For this book, Paola Gianturco and her 12-year-old granddaughter and co-author, Avery Sangster, interviewed and photographed heads of grassroots organizations, activists, politicians, corporate executives, scholars, and presidents of nonprofits in the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Denmark, Tanzania, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, and Hong Kong. All of them are using intelligence, creativity, and courage.
Tuesday, September 27 @ 5:30 pm (free online) Victor Ray, author of On Critical Race Theory, & Adam Serwer, author of The Cruelty Is the Point
From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how the often-mischaracterized intellectual movement became a political necessity. To many, our most shocking political crises appear unprecedented—un-American, even. But they are not, writes The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer in The Cruelty Is the Point. He dissects the most devastating moments in recent memory to reveal deeply entrenched dynamics, patterns as old as the country itself.
Top of Your Stack – Recommendations from Book Passage
Published on September 22, 2022
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