When in French Lauren Collins PB $ 32.99 Lauren Collins discovers that a language barrier is no match for love when she moves to London and falls for Frenchman Olivier . Lauren senses that there are things language keeps her from understanding about Olivier , and when they move to Geneva , Lauren decides to learn French . A funny , thoughtful memoir , When in French considers how language shapes our lives , from how we think , to how we fall in love , and what happens when two languages collide .
The Pigeon Tunnel John Le Carré PB $ 32.99 From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War , to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion , to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall , John le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times . In this , his first memoir , le Carré is as funny as he is incisive — reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels .
Shirley Jackson : A Rather Haunted Life Ruth Franklin HB $ 49.95 Still known to millions only as the author of the The Lottery , Shirley Jackson remains curiously absent from the American literary canon . A genius of literary suspense , Jackson plumbed the cultural anxiety of postwar America better than anyone . Now , biographer Ruth Franklin reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the author behind such classics as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle .
Dashing for the Post Patrick Leigh Fermor PB $ 35.00 This collection of Patrick Leigh Fermor ' s letters span almost seventy years . His correspondents include Deborah Devonshire , Ann Fleming , Nancy Mitford , Lawrence Durrell , Diana Cooper and his lifelong companion , Joan Rayner . His letters exhibit many of his most engaging characteristics : his zest for life , his unending curiosity , his lyrical descriptive powers , his love of language , his exuberance and his tendency to get into scrapes .
Hillbilly Elegy J . D . Vance PB $ 32.99 Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis — that of white working-class Americans . This demographic has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm , but has never been written about like this . J . D . Vance tells the story of what a social , regional , and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck . A moving memoir with its share of humour , Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels .
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer HB $ 29.99 In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo , Amy Schumer looks back over her life for stories about her teenage years , her family , relationships , her career , good — and bad — sex , and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is : from the riches to rags story of her childhood and her teenage quest for normality to becoming one of the most sought-after comedians on the planet and an outspoken advocate for women ' s rights .