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And it makes me even more determined to keep telling stories that draw attention to the persecution and oppression endured by queer people in the past and contrast this with how much better things are in the present, in order to celebrate the progress weâve made as a society.
âRomance queen Emily Henry takes home her fourth consecutive GCA with âFunny Story,â an instructive modern parable about a heartbroken librarian who attempts an extremely tricky maneuver: hooking up with her ex-fiancĂ©âs new fiancĂ©eâs ex.
My Life in France (2005), co-written with journalist Alex Prudâhomme, tells the story of âa crucial period of transformationâ in which she found her âtrue callingâ and started writing Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle.
From her childhood growing up in a Florida commune run by a tyrannical female guru, to her journey out of the South and inside the L.A. casting rooms that would eventually drop her into the lush but brutal landscapes of âSurvivor,â Shallow shows readers what it took to build herself into the ultimate survivorâfor better, and more often, for worse.
He watched his dad work, learning how to blow the horn correctly (so it always created the same distinctive tone), and in some cases, greeting visitors like King Gustaf VI Adolf, who âcouldnât believe that a night watchman still existed somewhere within his country,â Stein writes.
Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books), $29 The âCaucasiaâ authorâs darkly comic tale about a struggling biracial novelist on the brink of making it in Hollywood â while she and her young family housesit for an old classmate who is already a top TV writer â is a quick but thought-provoking read.
Now run by The Bookseller, previous winners have included Michelle Obama, Salman Rushdie, Davina McCall, Marcus Rashford, Marian Keyes, GT Karber and Sally Rooney.
About the book: âSelling Sexy: Victoriaâs Secret and the Unraveling of an American Iconâ explores how the once-dominant lingerie brandâs over-reliance on a narrow, sexually charged image and failure to adapt to changing cultural and consumer values led to its decline.
The disappointment for the rank and file follows last yearâs party being called off after S&S top brass pointed to a ritzy Manhattan bash that was being planned for this past April to celebrate the publisherâs 100th birthday, the insider told The Post.
People on BookTok â the book nerds of TikTok â are slamming publishers for re-releasing Maguireâs 1995 novel with a cover image using the movie poster with Grande and Erivo, who play Glinda and Elphaba, respectively.
Kiss of the Basilisk was originally self-published in instalments on Straubeâs website, and then uploaded in its entirety to Amazon, where it became an overnight sensation and Kindle Unlimited bestseller.
The judges also noted that the book faced with an Election Day clash ahead of publication, so "pivoted to a Vote Miriam activation that beautifully brought her personality to the fore, underpinned by smart execution of digital ads".