Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Manguso, Blake, Lavery, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Sarah Manguso, Sarah Blake, Grace Lavery, and more—that are publishing this week.

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Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso

Here’s what  about : “A solemn yet deeply empathic bildungsroman, Manguso’s debut novel (after the essay collection ) centers on a girl whose life unravels in a fictional Massachusetts town. The only child of a European Jewish mother and an Italian father, Ruth has spent her entire youth in Waitsfield, a place defined by its colonial histories and class differences. She shares stories of her personal and ancestral history in abbreviated accounts, delving into how the