very, hilariously profane,” says Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, co-
owner of Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, N.Y. “Fuck, Now
There Are Two of You once again gives us outwardly cheerful
parents a moment to realize—through the tears of helpless
laughter—that we aren’t alone.”Beacon Press
The Seven Necessary
Sins for Women and Girls
Mona Eltahawy (Sept.,
$24.95, hardcover)
Announced first printing:
35,000
Publicity & marketing
highlights: Indie pre-order
campaign; print and online
advertising.
The activist and journalist
offers a feminist manifesto for women
and girls on how to defy, disrupt, and
destroy the patriarchy by embracing
the qualities they’ve been trained to
avoid. PW’s review says, “Eltahawy’s
arguments come through with as
much intelligence and clarity as pas-
sion and evocative imagery; they are
built on facts about racism, capitalism,
and homophobia, as well as her own
and others’ experiences.”Biblioasis
Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann (Sept., $22.95,
trade paper)
First printing: 10,000
Publicity & marketing highlights:
An Observer 2019 Fiction Pick;
confirmed coverage in the New
York Times and the Globe and
Mail, among others.
In this novel, which was long-
listed for the Booker Prize and
received a boxed review from
PW, an Ohio housewife contem-
plates her four kids, husband,
cats and chickens, as well as America’s
ignoble past, and her own regrets.
“Far more than the typical examina-
tion of contemporary domestic
life, Ducks, Newburyport is a poetic
observation and haunting account of
what it’s like to be a woman in
Trump’s America and the messiness of
everyday existence,” writes Cristina
Rodriguez of Deep Vellum Books in
Dallas.WWW.PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM 71Akashic Books
Fuck, Now There Are Two
o f Yo u
Adam Mansbach, illus. by
Owen Brozman (Oct., $15.95,
hardcover)
First printing: 100,000
Publicity & marketing highlights:
Author events; drive-time radio tour;
aggressive social media campaign;
advertising; promotional
giveaways via social media
and on popular book
networking sites.
The third installment
in Adam Mansbach’s
bestselling Go the Fuck
to Sleep series addresses
what happens when a
second child arrives.
“God bless motherfucking Adam Mansbach, again, for chan-
neling the parental id into verse that’s vulnerable, bleak, and so
After consulting with PW’s reviews editors
and speaking with booksellers and
distributors, we selected a list of adult
and children’s titles from independent and
university presses that readers won’t want
to miss. These 20 books due out from
now until the end of the year include both
fiction and nonfiction, for children and
adults, many in translation.By Judith Rosen
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