Elle UK – September 2019

THEFALCONER

ByDanaCzapnik

Thiscoming-of-age

novelis differentto

anythingyou’veever

read.Setin1993,

inNewYork,it

followsLucy,a tough

17-year-oldbasketball

playerasshe

navigateslove,

privilegeandsexism.

Theprosevibrates

withtheenergyofthe

cityandwillleave

yourootingforLucy.

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DISAPPEARING

EARTH

byJuliaPhillips

Whentwogirls

disappearinan

easternpeninsulaof

Russia,localwomen

areworriedsick.

Butthisbooktakes

the‘missinggirl’trope

andturnsit onitshead

witheachchapter

toldbya different

oneofthesewomen

intheyearfollowing

theabduction.

SAYSAYSAY

byLilaSavage

Arelationshiptriangle

betweenEllaand

thecoupleforwhom

sheworksasa carer

is attheheartof

thisgrippingstory.

AsEllabecomes

obsessedwiththe

couple’senduring

loveforeachother,

shebeginstoquestion

herownrelationship

andnotionsofgender,

loveandcompassion.

INLAND

byTéaObreht

Fromtheauthor

ofTheTiger’sWife,

thishighlyanticipated

secondnovel

reimaginesthemyths

oftheAmericanWest.

SetinArizonainthe

late19thcentury,

Inlandis anepicstory

ofa frontierswoman’s

relationshipwitha

formeroutlaw,plusan

addedtwistofghosts

andwildbeasts.

MYFRIEND

ANNA

byRachelDeLoache

Ourfascinationwith

scammingcultureand

truecrimeconvergein

thisexplosivememoir

aboutAnnaDelvey,

thefakesocialite

whodeceivedthe

NewYorkelite

andperpetrated

a $275,OOOscam.

Toldbyherbestfriend,

thisis definitelyone

forthebeach.

BLUEPRINT

by Theresia

Enzensberger

Bringing to life the

Bauhaus movement

(which is now in

its 1OOth year),

thisbookfollows

studentLuiseasshe

startsuniversityin

192OsGermany.

Fullofdreams,she

soongetscaught

upina cult-like

spiritualgroup.

TRICKMIRROR

byJiaTolentino

Apage-turning

holidayread,which

countsZadieSmith

andRebeccaSolnit

asfans,thisbook

ofessaysdissects

culturalmovements

includingsocial

media,scams,

mind-alteringdrugs,

weddingsand

realityTV,skilfully

blendingthepersonal

withthecritical.

BABY

by Annaleese Jochems

It’s easy to see why

this dark comic thriller

has been compared

to works by queen of

the genre Patricia

Highsmith.Impatient

tostartherlife,the21-

year-oldprotagonist

runsoffwithheryoga

instructortoliveon

a boatcalledBaby,

wherestrangeevents

starthappening.

DISAPPEARING

‘LOUISE WILSON [the L ATE CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS FASHION MA PROFESSOR ] TOLD US to INVEST IN BOOKS THAT WOULD INSPIRE US

FOREVER. THESE are A FEW of THE BOOKS I REFER to FOR ALMOST ALL of MY BODIES OF WORK. ’ Charles Jeffrey, designer

Th e SHELFIE

Photography: Lucky If Sharp. Shelfie books, from lef t: Ir ving Penn: Centennial by Maria Morris Hambourg, Jef f L Rosenheim, Alex

andra Dennett, Philippe Garner and Adam

Kirsch. Cimarron: Freedom and Masquerade by Charles Fréger. Mauvais Genre: Les travestis à travers un siècle de photographie amateur by Sébastien Lifshitz. The Kindred

of the Kibbo Kif t: Intellectual Barbarians by Annebella Pollen. Halbstarke (Vol 1) by Karlheinz Weinberger. Pina Bausch und das

Tanztheater Wuppertal by Ursula Kaufmann.

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