People USA — August 21, 2017

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BOOK

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The Best New Books

Refusing to surrender to ALS,

resurrecting a village bookstore and

uncovering long-buried secrets

at the DakotaEDITED BYKIM HUBBARD

Simon Fitzmaurice

It’s Not Yet Dark

MEMOIRIn 2008 this 33-year-old Irish

film director was diagnosed with ALS

and given four years to live. As his

paralysis worsened, doctors urged

him to go off the ventilator that was

keeping him alive. Instead he had five

children with his wife and made prize-

winning films using an eye-movement

computer. Now 42, he’s still working

(a documentary about his life is out this

month). His book is a fiercely eloquent

testament to making the most out of

every moment we’re given.

Fiona Davis

The Address

NOVEL Sara Smythe, the

manager at the address in

question (New York City’s

Dakota), is mesmerized

by—and then accused of

stabbing—the building ’s

architect Theo Camden.

A century later the grand-

daughter of Camden’s

ward is asked to renovate a

Dakota apartment, and in

the process she unearths

old secrets. A delicious tale

of love, lies and madness.

Veronica Henry

How to Find Love

in a Bookshop

NOVEL Taking over her

late father’s bookstore

in rural England, Emilia

Nightingale discovers

it’s in the red. With the

help of her dad’s friends

and customers, including

a Goth sales assistant and

a shoplifting art director,

Emilia sets out to save

the store—and saves

herself in the process.

Absolutely delightful.

NEW IN FICTION

KID PICK

Janelle Brown

Watch Me Disappear

A Berkeley mom

vanishes while out

hiking, her smashed

cell phone an

ominous clue to

herfate.Orisit?

Her daughter’s not

so sure. A twisty,

involving mystery.

Augustus Rose

The Readymade Thief

In this coolly creepy

debut, a young

woman steals a Marcel

Duchamp artwork

and finds herself

shadowed by a mysteri-

ous group that believes

Duchamp holds

the key to immortality.

Lawrence Osborne

Beautiful Animals

On the island of Hydra

two women encounter

a desperate Syrian

refugee. Their decision

to help him hide from

the authorities comes

with consequences

none of them could

have imagined.

Alan Gratz

Refugee

Three children escape

political crises—in

Nazi Germany, ’90s

Cuba and modern-day

Syria—in this harrowing,

timely narrative that

will enlighten young

readers. (Ages 9-12)

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INSETS, FROM LEFT: KRISTEN JENSEN; JENNY LEWIS; SIMON FITZMAURICE; (BOOKS) PETER ZAMBOUROS(5)

CONTRIBUTORSBOOKSSue Corbett, Lisa Greissinger, Caroline LeavittMUSICEric Renner Brown