Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and fiction in a surprising, thought-provoking saga spanning 12 significant days across nearly 100 years in the life of a single man, beginning in 1920s Utah.“Each day is a story, whether or not that story makes any damn sense or is worth telling to anyone else.”At the age of ninety-six, Isaac Dahl sits down to write his memoir. For Isaac, an accomplished...

**When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown – and all the ghosts he left behind.Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Bryan Washington, and Jonathan Tropper will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant novel from the award-winning author of Leave Myself Behind.**As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, really don’t want to . . .

Tommy and Nathan Bishop are as different as two brothers can be. Carefree and careless, Tommy is the golden boy who takes men into his bed with a seductive smile and turns them out just as quickly. No one can resist him--and no one can control him, either. That salient point certainly isn't lost on his brother. Nathan is all about control. At thirty-one, he is as dark and complicated as Tommy is light and easy, and he is bitter beyond his years. While Tommy left for the excitement of New Y...

“Noah’s voice is more than just honest or original; it’s real.” --The Plain DealerTHE WORLD ACCORDING TO NOAH YORK:*“Anybody who tells you he doesn’t have mixed feelings about his mother is either stupid or a liar.”“Real life seldom makes me cry. The only thing that gets to me is the occasional Kodak commercial.”“Sometimes I feel like Michelangelo, chiseling away at all the crap until nothing is left but the exquisite thing in the m...

Readers of Mad Honey will adore this clever, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from an award-winning author. When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown—and all the ghosts he left behind.As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, really don't want to . . .Home, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town ...

Meet seventeen-year-old Noah York, the narrator of Bart Yates's astonishing debut novel. With a mouth like a truck driver and eyes that see through the lies of the world, Noah is heading into a life that's only getting more complicated by the day.His dead father is fading into a snapshot memory. His mother, the famous psycho-poet, has relocated them from Chicago to a rural New England town that looks like a bad advertisement for small-town America. He can't seem to start a sentence...

At the age of ninety-six, Isaac Dahl sits down to write his memoir. For Isaac, an accomplished journalist and historian, finding the right words to convey events is never a problem. But this book will be different from anything he has written before. Focusing on twelve different days, each encapsulated in a chapter, Isaac hopes to distill the very essence of his life.There are days that begin like any other, only to morph through twists of fate. An avalanche strikes Bingham, Utah, ...

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition!Both sweeping and exquisitely intimate, award-winning author Bart Yates blends historical fact and fiction in a surprising, thought-provoking saga spanning 12 significant days across nearly 100 years in the life of a single man, beginning in 1920s Utah.“Each day is a story, whether or not that story makes any damn sense or is worth telling to anyone else.”At the ...

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition!The voice of Noah York—a smart, outspoken, complicated artist reluctantly returning to his New Hampshire hometown and all the ghosts he left behind—rings with absolute authenticity in this poignant and witty novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of Leave Myself Behind.As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, really don’t want t...

Can a disillusioned former cop track down a missing girl before it's too late?Seven years ago, criminologist Ben Ames thought he'd change a big city police force from the inside. He failed. Now he's a private detective trailing insurance frauds and cheating spouses through the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Like police work, the job would be easier if he didn't have a conscience.When university student Kimberly Moy goes missing, her sister begs Ben to take the case. But be...

This program includes a multicast narration."Aoife Hinds, Ioanna Kimbook, and Ainsleigh Barber perform this stunning debut historical novel, which follows three orphaned Vietnamese refugees." - AudioFile Magazine"A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope."—Ocean VuongA boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, expanding into a...

Robert Westfall's life is falling apart—everywhere but in math class. That's the one place where problems always have a solution. But in the world beyond high school, his father is terminally ill, his mother is squabbling with his interfering aunts, his boyfriend is unsupportive, and the career path that's been planned for him feels less appealing by the day. Robert's math teacher, Andrew McNelin, watches his best student floundering, concerned but wary of crossing the line between profess...