Seeking your next good read? Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop at 5928 Falls Road in Baltimore, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
Fiction
“Fight Night” (Hardcover)
By Miriam Toews
Bloomsbury Publishing, 272 pages, $24
Alternating between the exuberant, precocious voice of young Swiv and her irrepressible, tenacious grandma, “Fight Night” is a love letter to mothers and grandmothers, and to all the women who are still fighting for a way to live on their own terms.
“O Beautiful” (Hardcover)
By Jung Yun
St. Martin’s Press, 320 pages, $27.99
Baltimore author Jung Yun presents an immersive portrait of a small town in the Bakken Formation in North Dakota rife with tensions and competing interests, and one woman’s attempts to reconcile her anger with her love of a beautiful but troubled land.
Nonfiction
“How the Suburbs Were Segregated: Developers and the Business of Exclusionary Housing, 1890-1960”
(Paperback), By Paige Glotzer
Columbia University Press, 320 pages, $30
Focusing on the Roland Park Company as it developed Baltimore’s wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods, Glotzer charts how the real estate industry shaped residential segregation.
“Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World” (Paperback)
By Linda Hirshman
Harper Perennial, 432 pages, $16.99
Meticulously researched and compellingly told, “Sisters in Law” is an authoritative account of our changing law and culture, and a moving story of a remarkable friendship.
Children
“Home” (Hardcover)
By Carson Ellis
Candlewick, 40 pages, $17.99
A meditation on the concept of home and a stunning visual treat that invites many return visits. (Ages 4 – 8)
“Echo Mountain” (Paperback)
By Lauren Wolk
Dutton Books for Young Readers
368 pages, $8.99
Historical fiction at its finest, “Echo Mountain” is a stunning tale of resilience, persistence, and friendship across three generations of families. A celebration of finding your own path and becoming your truest self. (Ages 10+)
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Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.