BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS
embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest ques- tion: how do we learn a new skill?
My Russia
Mikhail Shishkin, Gesche Ipsen 30th March, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781529427783 Passionate, eye-opening account of a state entan- gled in a complex and bloody past as well as a love letter to a conflicted country.
Rizzoli Electa
Ta’s Red Book: The Life of Wanda Ferragamo Genevra Visconti, Melania Mazzucco 7th February, pb, £35, 9788892822610 Ferragamo’s life is an opportunity to analyse the role of a woman at the head of an important business during the economic boom.
Women in Balance 1955/1965 Stefania Ricci, Elvira Valleri 7th February, pb, £57.95, 9788892822627 Catalogue of the exhibition dedicated to Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, which focuses on female empowerment from the 1960s onward.
Rizzoli
Regarding Ingres Darin Strauss 7th March, hb, £29.95, 9780847899128 Talented emerging fiction writers find inspiration in one of the most famous paintings in New York s Frick Collection: Jean- August-Dominique Ingres’s “Comtesse d Haussonville” from 1845.
Sandstone Press
Pages From My Passport Amelia Dalton 4th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781913207786 Dalton has landed her dream job—creating itineraries for exclusive holidays in exotic places. For a woman travelling alone, though, it is a riskier venture than she anticipated.
Lipstick and Leather Kim Hawes 6th April, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781914518003 Hawes, a pioneer for women in the music industry, spent decades on the road with the biggest and baddest bands ever: Rush, Black Sabbath and Motorhead.
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Small by Small Ike Anya 18th May, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781914518096 Anya’s story of training and working as a doctor in tempestuous 1990s Nigeria. Full of compassion and insight, often humorous and always moving, this is a unique doctor’s journey.
Sceptre
Back in the Day Melvyn Bragg 2nd March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529394498 Bragg’s first memoir—an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in postwar Cumbria, which vividly evokes a vanished world.
Burn
Ben Short 16th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529370379 From City advertising exec to wood-dwelling charcoal burner: how to let go of what we are told we want and risk everything for happiness.
Scribe
Abortion: A Personal Story, a Political Choice Pauline Harmange, Caitlin O’Neil 11th May, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781915590008 From the author of I Hate Men a timely reflection on abortion rights publishing at a critical moment for reproductive rights globally.
A Little Give Marina Benjamin 13th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781914484568 Our lead non-fiction from the author of The Middlepause and Insomnia examines the paradox of domestic labour for middle-aged women. For readers of The Cost of Living and Grief Works.
Taking Sides Sherine Tadros 9th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781914484254 Touching memoir of an award-winning war correspondent turned activist and her rousing defence of human rights in times of resurgent authoritarianism.
The Autists: Women on the Spectrum Clara Toernvall, Alice Olsson 8th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781914484810 Tells the story of the author’s diagnosis as an adult and re-examines women in history through the lens of autism. For
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-fiction
readers of We’re Not Broken and Square Haunting.
Women We Buried, Women We Burned Rachel Louise Snyder 9th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914484315 From the No Visible Bruises author a story of family struggle, female survival and the drive to bear witness at the front- line of the global epidemic of violence against women.
The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street Pieter Waterdrinker, Paul Evans 9th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781912854462 Thrilling escapade through the Soviet Union of the 1990s and early 2000s by a tour guide turned smuggler turned novelis.
Cells
Gavin McCrea 11th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914484988 From the author of acclaimed Mrs Engels and The Sisters Mao an intimate family memoir about filial love and its limits, separation, and loss. Rejacketed to reach a broader readership.
When I Grow Up Moya Sarner 8th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914484902 Searching and nuanced examination of adulthood praised as thoughtful by the Sunday Times and authentic by The Guardian. Possible appeal for readers of Dolly Alderton, Adam Phillips and Philippa Perry.
Empress of the Nile Lynne Olson 13th April, hb, eb, £25, 9781911344261 Riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones—an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and saved Egypt’s ancient temples.
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War Lynne Olson 9th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781915590169 A Washington Post Book of the Year, the little- known true story of the woman who headed the largest spy network in Vichy France during the Second World War.
The Pulling Adele Dumont 13th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781914484834 Deeply affecting essay
collection about the author’s experience with the mental illness trichotil- lomania. Those engaged by Small Acts Of Disap- pearance will be moved by this.
Scribner
The Problem With My Normal Penis Obioma Ugoala 25th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398504813 Ugoala relates his own story as he examines the way that race, sex and masculinity are portrayed and experienced by Black men and how that can be changed.
America Made Me a Black Man Boyah J Farah 11th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398504844 Scorching memoir of American racism from a Somali American who survived crushing hard- ships in his birth country only to experience first- hand the dehumanisa- tion of Black people in his adopted land.
The Passion of Private White Don Watson 2nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398506930 The story of a 50-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe. A miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and resilience.
Don’t Forget Me Philomene Grandin 2nd March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398511408 In a raw and unembel- lished manner, Grandin depicts the emotional rollercoaster of losing her father, Izzy Young, to an invisible, invincible foe.
Making a Scene Constance Wu 8th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781398516830 Intimate portrait of the pressures and pleasures of existing in the world.
The Hard Parts Oksana Masters 21st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398519923 The remarkable story of how Masters triumphed over extraordinary challenges to become a Paralympic champion and an inspiration to many.
Brown Boy: A Memoir Omer Aziz 27th April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781471190339 Charts the author’s jour- ney from growing up in
One Fine Day Ian Marchant 6th April, hb, £18.99, 9781912836994 Family history at its most immersive, adventurous and moving.
Run Towards the Danger Sarah Polley 2nd March, 2nd edn, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781914613296 In this extraordinary book Polley explores what it is to live in one’s body in a constant state of becoming, learning and changing.
Serpent’s Tail
Wish I Was Here M John Harrison 25th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781800812970 One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation.
Prostitute Laundry Charlotte Shane 25th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781800815834 Taboo-breaking and radically honest account of love, friendship and sex work.
Seven Dials
Where’s My Mummy Maggie Hartley 16th February, pb, £7.99, 9781399606578 A young girl is left fighting for her life after a car
a working-class, immi- grant family in Toronto to becoming foreign policy advisor to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Scribner Audio
Brown Boy: A Memoir Omer Aziz 27th April, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398513013 Details above.
The Hard Parts Oksana Masters 21st February, audiofile, £14.99, 9781398519954 Details above.
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crash which claimed both her parents.
Maybe Baby Kate Lawler 16th March, pb, £9.99, 9781399602372 Honest, entertaining and relatable memoir on motherhood.
What We Fear Most Ben Cave 6th July, pb, £9.99, 9781841885568 Utterly compelling journey through the life and case files of one of the UK’s leading forensic psychiatrists.
Simon & Schuster
G-Man Beverly Gage 30th March, hb, eb, £30, 9780857201058 Groundbreaking biogra- phy of the uncompromis- ing FBI director, a contro- versial colossus who dominated 20th-century America.
Boris Johnson Andrew Gimson 20th July, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781398502819 In a series of brilliant vignettes, Gimson sheds light on the parts played by sex, greed, boredom and frivolousness in Johnson’s rise and fall.
In Search of Mary Seacole Helen Rappaport 16th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398504455 In-depth biography unveils the truth about Seacole’s remark- able achievements and debunks the many myths about her life.
Agent Twister Philip Augar, Keely Winstone 8th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781398505438 The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John Stonehouse.
Camilla Angela Levin 8th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398513082 Compelling, revelatory insight into the life of Camilla, Duchess of Corn- wall, highlights how she has grown to become one of the key members of the royal family.
The People Hacker Jenny Radcliffe 16th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781398518995 Addictive and compelling insight into the world of those who are paid to find out the secrets we want to keep hidden.
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