Publishers Weekly - 02.09.2019

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.

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Akashic 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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