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CHRISTINA

AGUILERA

Liberation

No longer a coach on the US version

of The Voice—hence an explanation

for the title of this album?—former

Mickey Mouser Aguilera has had time

and headspace to work on her sixth

studio album, her first in six years.

Liberation showcases a few stand-out

singles. There is the big vocalled

#MeToo duet with Demi Lovato, “Fall in

Line”, a performance of which rocked

he crowd at the May 21 Billboard

Music Awards. Then there is the catchy

up tempo “Accelerate”, bringing

Aguilera into the hip-hop cred

one with assists from Ty Dolla

ign and 2Chainz. And for

he real big gun: Kanye West

produced “Maria”, which borrows

rom both Michael Jackson and

heSound of Music. It’s an eclectic

but interesting album.

Out Fri., June 15)

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Anna.

LADY BIRD

STARRING: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf

If you missed this sweet indie when it was

on at the movies, now is your chance to

enjoy it at your leisure. Set in 2002,

Christine McPherson (Ronan) is a typical

self-obsessed 17-year-old—she rebels by

dying her hair and asking everyone to call

her by the moniker “Lady Bird.” She can be

pretentious and brattish and not always

the best of best friends to Julie (Beanie

Feldstein), and her ongoing spats with her

stressed out ma, Roseanne’s Metcalf, ring

too true for every parent of teens who

feel loved and loathed in equal measure.

A keenly observed character study,

deserving of more than its five Academy

Award nominations. (Out now)

A PLACE FOR US
Fatima Farheen Mirza

A rich portrait of a fractured Muslim family
in California, Mirza’s debut opens circa 2009
with the return of the prodigal son, Amar, for
his older sister’s wedding. Three years earlier,
he had left home, disgraced and devastated
over the end of his secret romance with Amira,
the daughter of his Indian-born parents’
wealthy friends.
With compassion,
this beautiful heart-
breaker unravels the
mystery of who may
be to blame for Amar’s
estrangement. Pack
tissues.
(Out June 15. ‘A Place
for Us’ is the first
book in Sarah Jessica
Parker’s imprint for
Hogarth)

BOOK

Family

friction:

Ronan (left)

and Metcalf.

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