When You Are Engulfed In Flames
David Sedaris

$32.99 (Trade paperback / Little Brown )

Sedaris, king of the poignantly absurd, triumphs in this sixth essay collection (after 2004's Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim). There is less focus here on the Sedaris clan as a whole, though the various members ... More »

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The Lucy Family Alphabet
Judith Lucy

$29.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )

Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when a birth relative's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they... More »

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The Boat
Nam Le

$29.95 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )

The Boat will take you everywhere.

In 1979, Nam Le's family left Vietnam for Australia, an experience that inspires the first and last stories in The Boat. In between, however, Le's imagination lays claim to the world.

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