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New books, and new in paperback, from authors in the San Francisco Bay Area, listed by release date.
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Do you appreciate?
by Mira Sethi (San Francisco)
(Knopf, April 20)
The first stories of a young Pakistani writer, overturning traditional notions of identity and family, and examining the vulnerable functioning of the human heart.
Titanic luck
by Stacey Lee (Silicon Valley)
(Putnam Books for Young Readers, May 4)
Valora and Jamie Luck, two British and Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its infamous maiden voyage.
Where we started
by Joy Lanzendorfer (Petaluma)
(Blackstone Publishing, May 4)
A multigenerational California saga about a woman who will do anything to get back what her family has lost – except to face the truth about herself.
You look tired
by Jenny True (Oakland)
(Running Press, May 4)
A humorous guide to parenting.
A good mother
By Lara Bazelon (San Francisco)
(Hanover Square Press, May 11)
Two young mothers, a gruesome murder and everything the two women will do on behalf of their children.
Italian love cake
by Gail Reitano (Bolinas)
(Bordighera Press, May 11)
In a historic moment overshadowed by fear, economic uncertainty and the controlling behavior of men, a powerful line of women – living and dead – are helping Marie Genovese navigate her path to independence.
To love before to love
By Joan Steinau Lester (Berkeley)
(University of Wisconsin Press, May 18)
Braiding intellectual, personal and political history, Lester recounts his fight for love and justice before, during and after the landmark 1967 Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia.
Beyond: How Mankind Thinks of Heaven
By Catherine Wolff (Stanford) (Riverhead Books, May 25)
A cultural history of paradise.
Mule Kick Blues: and last poems
by Michael McClure (Oakland)
(City Lights Publishers, April 20)
A final collection of poems by the poet Beat Generation during the last years of his life, with reflections on his own mortality.
A story of fire (updated and developed)
by Brian Fies (Northern California)
(Abrams, April 20)
A firsthand account in graphic novel form of the Northern California wildfires of 2017 – revised and expanded.
See Silicon Valley
Marybeth Meehan and Fred Turner (Stanford)
(University of Chicago Press, May 12)
Breathtaking views of the heart of the tech world.
In case of contact
by Ethel Rohan (San Francisco)
(Dzanc Books, May 18)
Fourteen stories set in Ireland, England and America about contact crises, various forms of injury and survivors of surprising offers of recovery.
The end of the golden gate
Edited by Gary Kamiya (San Francisco)
(Chronicle Prism; May 25)
An anthology of current and former San Francisco authors reflecting on the enduring beauty and ever-changing nature of their city.
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