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ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Judy Hogan Baba Summer Part Two hitting stores everywhere now. “…With enthusiasm I have translated the second part of Baba Summer, and I am convinced that you have found a very original genre form–an organic combination of a diary that grows into deep fictional prose, which, acquiring aesthetic tension, is suddenly crowned with poetic explosions. Literally, in front of the reader’s eyes, high literature is born out of fluid everyday life. By the way, you are here, perhaps unconsciously, connecting to the Russian tradition. Turgenev, in his speech about Pushkin, ... Read more

ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Joseph Reilly Vanishing Love hitting stores everywhere now. On that morning, Leona realized her boyfriend Mateo wasn’t coming back. And now her mother was gone too. Instead of warm scrambled eggs, on the breakfast table sat a note that read: “Don’t mistake this for me not loving you”. With a little sister to look after and her entire world now vanished, Leona is left with questions and no answers, unbeknownst to the fact that Mateo cheated on her with a girl who’s now eager to start a friendship with her. ... Read more

ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Susan L Pollet: Juliette Rose’s Dream of Becoming hitting stores everywhere now. Juliette Rose’s Dream of Becoming is a wish list of human traits, embodied by famous women in different fields, that make for an exemplary human being. She strives to grow up to have these qualities, but ultimately, she wants to accept herself as she becomes, with selflove and love for her family and the world community. The illustrations show each of these women, with a visual representation of the corresponding traits. Susan L. Pollet lives in New York ... Read more

ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Johnny Bell The Dirt Court hitting stores everywhere now. The Dirt Court follows Travis, a middle schooler, through the ups and downs of life in foster care. Throughout the story, he learns how to recognize and manage the damaging feelings that linger from his childhood. The Moorings, foster parents, are patient and give him time and space. We follow Travis as he makes mistakes, one that nearly ends his current placement with new friends and foster parents that love sports and Travis. He asks the Moorings if they will adopt him. But ... Read more

ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Lyn Coffin The Aftermath hitting stores everywhere now. “As a psychoanalyst for many years, I worked with countless PTSD victims. I highly recommend The Aftermath for those seeking to understand trauma and know more about its manifestations and repercussions. Coffin writes with a deep and compelling veracity.” –Lore Reich Rubin, Author of Memories of a Chaotic World “Coffin has written a deeply engaging novel of the struggle of a trauma survivor that makes the reader question what survival really means. We are carried into the near-madness of PTSD and the ... Read more