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Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and a link.
Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother’s Compulsive Hoarding by Jessie Sholl: “When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her mother prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any adult dealing with an aging parent, it’s compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder.” (December 2010)
Shades of Gay by Stephanie Silberstein: “A first-person account of a gay teenager’s attempt to openly have a same-sex relationship with a bisexual neighbor. The novel, which takes place over the course of the protagonist’s senior year of high school, addresses anti-LGBT bullying, homophobia among the community’s adults, and suicide and self-harm by LGBT youth. The novel features an asexual teen as the protagonist’s best friend, making it the first piece of literature to feature an explicitly asexual character.” (December 2010)
Lies Inside by Lindsey Gray: “How do you say goodbye to the love of your life when you are only twelve years old? Finn O’Malley and Lucy Butler had to figure out how to do just that as Finn left his home in Clarkstown, New York for Two Roads School of Music in California. Being a young talented musician, Finn thought it best for his future but wasn’t sure about leaving Lucy behind. Now, just one semester short of graduation and a promising future at UCLA, he throws it all away to return home. This leaves his family and friends questioning why.” (December 2010)