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The Book of Salt

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A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits.Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal, Monique Truong ... Read more

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A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits.Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal, Monique Truong
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Bitter in the Mouth

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Bitter in the Mouth is a brilliant, virtuosic novel about a young woman’s search for identity and the true meaning of family from the author of The Sweetest Fruits“What I know about you, little girl, would break you in two” are the prophetic last words that Linda Hammerick’s grandmother says to her. Growing up in small-town North Carolina in the 1970s and ’80s, Linda already knows that she is ... Read more

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Bitter in the Mouth is a brilliant, virtuosic novel about a young woman’s search for identity and the true meaning of family from the author of The Sweetest Fruits“What I know about you, little girl, would break you in two” are the prophetic last words that Linda Hammerick’s grandmother says to her. Growing up in small-town North Carolina in the 1970s and ’80s, Linda already knows that she is
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The Sweetest Fruits

by Monique Truong ...

With brilliant sensitivity and an unstinting eye, The Sweetest Fruits illuminates the women’s tenacity and their struggles in this novel that circumnavigates the globe in the search for love, family, home, and belonging.Monique Truong gives voice to three women, Rosa, Alethea, and Setsu, who each tell the story of their life with Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), a globetrotting Greek-Irish writer best ... Read more

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With brilliant sensitivity and an unstinting eye, The Sweetest Fruits illuminates the women’s tenacity and their struggles in this novel that circumnavigates the globe in the search for love, family, home, and belonging.Monique Truong gives voice to three women, Rosa, Alethea, and Setsu, who each tell the story of their life with Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), a globetrotting Greek-Irish writer best
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The Sweetest Fruits

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**From Monique Truong, winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, comes “a sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention” (Anthony Marra)"[Truong] imagines the extraordinary lives of three women who loved an extraordinary man [and] creates distinct, engaging voices for these women" (Kirkus Reviews)**A Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's cloistered house, ... Read more

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**From Monique Truong, winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, comes “a sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention” (Anthony Marra)"[Truong] imagines the extraordinary lives of three women who loved an extraordinary man [and] creates distinct, engaging voices for these women" (Kirkus Reviews)**A Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's cloistered house,
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Mai's Áo Dài

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Celebrity fashion designer Thai Nguyen from Netflix’s Say I Do joins forces with bestselling author Monique Truong and illustrator Dung Ho in this irresistibly charming picture book about embracing your heritage and the traditions that tie generations together—centered around Tet**, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.**It’s the morning of Tet, and Mai can’t wait to celebrate at her beloved grandmother ... Read more

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Celebrity fashion designer Thai Nguyen from Netflix’s Say I Do joins forces with bestselling author Monique Truong and illustrator Dung Ho in this irresistibly charming picture book about embracing your heritage and the traditions that tie generations together—centered around Tet**, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year.**It’s the morning of Tet, and Mai can’t wait to celebrate at her beloved grandmother
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The Book of Salt

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"[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper." It began captivatingly for those days: "Two American ladies wish…" It was these lines in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book that inspired The Book of Salt.In Paris, 1934, B├¼nh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own ... Read more

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"[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper." It began captivatingly for those days: "Two American ladies wish…" It was these lines in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book that inspired The Book of Salt.In Paris, 1934, B├¼nh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own
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Bitter in the Mouth

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Booklist calls author Monique Truong a "gifted storyteller." Here Truong pens a mesmerizing tale starring Linda Hammerick, a woman with a truly unique gift-the ability to experience words through taste. The word "disappoint" always leaves a bad taste in Linda's mouth, like burnt toast. And this taste is particularly powerful around her family. Yet when a tragedy occurs, Linda has no choice but to ... Read more

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Booklist calls author Monique Truong a "gifted storyteller." Here Truong pens a mesmerizing tale starring Linda Hammerick, a woman with a truly unique gift-the ability to experience words through taste. The word "disappoint" always leaves a bad taste in Linda's mouth, like burnt toast. And this taste is particularly powerful around her family. Yet when a tragedy occurs, Linda has no choice but to
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New Stories from the South 2026

by Chantel Acevedo, Susan Gregg Gilmore, LaTanya McQueen, Jason Mott, Monique Truong, Daniel Wallace ...

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A revival of the iconic anthology of best Southern short stories featuring eminent and emerging voices.This anthology marks the much-anticipated return of the annual story collection, New Stories from the South, gathering outstanding short stories written by Southern writers or about the American South. Stories were nominated by editors of literary journals and magazines, publishers of short story ... Read more

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A revival of the iconic anthology of best Southern short stories featuring eminent and emerging voices.This anthology marks the much-anticipated return of the annual story collection, New Stories from the South, gathering outstanding short stories written by Southern writers or about the American South. Stories were nominated by editors of literary journals and magazines, publishers of short story
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The Sweetest Fruits

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Narrated by Cassandra Campbell, Lisa Flanagan, Adenrele Ojo, Emily Woo Zeller ...

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**From Monique Truong, winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, comes “a sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention” (Anthony Marra)"[Truong] imagines the extraordinary lives of three women who loved an extraordinary man [and] creates distinct, engaging voices for these women" (Kirkus Reviews)**A Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's cloistered house, ... Read more

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**From Monique Truong, winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, comes “a sublime, many-voiced novel of voyage and reinvention” (Anthony Marra)"[Truong] imagines the extraordinary lives of three women who loved an extraordinary man [and] creates distinct, engaging voices for these women" (Kirkus Reviews)**A Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's cloistered house,
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The Best of Southern Food Writing

by Francis Lam, John T. Edge, John T. Edge, Sara Camp Milam, Sara Camp Milam, Daniel Patterson, Susan Orlean, Sara Roahen, Edward Lee, Eddie Huang0, Sara Wood1, Ida MaMusu2, Kathleen Purvis3, Argentina Ortega4, Nikki Metzgar5, Todd Kliman6, Robert F. Moss7, Rayna Green8, Burkhard Bilger9, Barry Estabrook0, Gabriel Thompson1, Besha Rodell2, Jane Black3, Bill Heavey4, Dan Baum5, Jonathan Miles6, Sue Nguyen7, Julia Reed8, Seán McKeithan9, Sarah Hepola0, Patricia Smith1, John Sullivan2, Amy Evans3, Ann Taylor Pittman4, Jack Pendarvis5, Jeffrey Steingarten6, Mary Louise Nosser7, Langston Hughes8, Jessica B. Harris9, Stephen A. Crockett Jr.0, Monique Truong1, Brett Anderson2, Courtney Balestier3, Joe St. Columbia4, Joe York5, Jake Adam York6, Robb Walsh7, Kevin Young8, Lolis Eric Elie9, Estate of Lucille Clifton0 ...

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How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and ... Read more

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How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and
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Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

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A dark and surreal collection of stories from the author of The Nimrod Flipout and The Girl on the Fridge. With Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, "It's tempting to say," according to Jonathan Safran Foer, "[these stories] are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque."Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's short story ... Read more

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A dark and surreal collection of stories from the author of The Nimrod Flipout and The Girl on the Fridge. With Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, "It's tempting to say," according to Jonathan Safran Foer, "[these stories] are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque."Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's short story
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True Believers

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • San Francisco ChronicleIn True Believers, Kurt Andersen—the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century—delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidoscopic tour de force of cultural observation and seductive storytelling ... Read more

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • San Francisco ChronicleIn True Believers, Kurt Andersen—the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century—delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidoscopic tour de force of cultural observation and seductive storytelling
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