The Best 19 Books to Read This August
A memoir that serves up the troubled family history behind an iconic American dessert; crime fiction force Laura Lippman's roundup of her favorite new thrillers; 10 titles to pick up now, including two comedies set in Russia; and more.
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A Place for Us
By Fatima Farheen Mirza
400 pages;
SJP for Hogarth
Mirza's debut novel—the first offering
from Sarah Jessica Parker's book
imprint—is a many-layered saga of Indian
immigrants in California whose children
struggle to reconcile tradition and the lure
of American culture.
— Stephanie Powell Watts
Published 07/27/2018
