lostintheshelves

A sharply observed, deeply nostalgic coming-of-age story set against the indie music scene of the early 2000s. It's 2005, and Susan is barreling down the Long Island Expressway driving a car full of friends to an indie rock show. Eliza is a...

"There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than anyone...

"You don't see rain stop, but you sense it. You sense something has changed in the frequency you've been living and you hear the quietness you thought was silence get quieter still, and you raise your head so your eyes can make sense of what your...

"It's 1982 and eighteen-year-old Pearl steps off the bus onto Hollywood Boulevard, looking for her best friend, Joan. When she finds her at Ladies of the Valley, a strip club known for its connections to the adult film industry, the two embark on...

A mesmerizing, fable-like debut novel about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in an insular neighborhood threatens to shake its foundations When Baby appears in Original Hill, her name is on everyone's lips. A young Black woman is a...