Longfellow Books

this week: maggie o’farrell’s much-heralded novel of historical ireland (LAND); a baroque family saga (LÁZÁR); a twisty LA noir (A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE); marlen haushofer’s one-woman dystopia (THE WALL) and a teeny novelette of the fleetingness of childhood (THE FIFTH YEAR); chelsea bieker’s stories of precarity and desperate measures (HEARTBROKE)

"One of the words that came up when I was initially trying to describe the book was caretaking," author Sarah Braunstein told the Portland Press-Hearld. "I wrote this book over many years while I was raising a son, so writing these stories was a new way to explore the nuances of caretaking, especially earnest but potentially misguided caretaking."

Join Sarah for the launch of "Baby in a Box" in the Mechanics' Hall Library on June 9th at 7 p.m. She'll be in conversation with In conversation with writer Nick Fuller-Googins.