Every so often we notice a trend in book titles. Last year we saw many fiction books with "ist" in the title (The Miniaturist, The Supernaturalist, The Archivist, etc.) and wrote a post about it. After the publication of the bestselling book, "Girl on the Train", our book purchaser recently mentioned seeing a lot of books with titles starting with the word Girl. Here's a list of some of these "Girl" books that have come out this year or will be coming out soon:
Girl Waits With a Gun by Amy Stewart (expected publication September 1, 2015)
Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers
over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been
isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into
hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner
runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks,
bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the
sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront
her past and defend her family — and she does it in a way that few women of
1914 would have dared.
Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island
estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the
house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life
becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously
driven from her home a century before. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in
silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core —
and force her to make an impossible choice.
Inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut serves as a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, and the power of our own stories.
Inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut serves as a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, and the power of our own stories.
Girl at War by Sara Nović
Zagreb, summer of 1991. Ten-year-old Ana Jurić is a
carefree tomboy who runs the streets of Croatia's capital with her best friend,
Luka, takes care of her baby sister, Rahela, and idolizes her father. But as
civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, soccer games and school lessons are
supplanted by sniper fire and air raid drills. When tragedy suddenly strikes,
Ana is lost to a world of guerilla warfare and child soldiers; a daring escape
plan to America becomes her only chance for survival.
Ten years later Ana is a college student in New York. She's been hiding her past from her boyfriend, her friends, and most especially herself. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, she returns alone to Croatia, where she must rediscover the place that was once her home and search for the ghosts of those she's lost. With generosity, intelligence, and sheer storytelling talent, Sara Nović's first novel confronts the enduring impact of war, and the enduring bonds of country and friendship.
Ten years later Ana is a college student in New York. She's been hiding her past from her boyfriend, her friends, and most especially herself. Haunted by the events that forever changed her family, she returns alone to Croatia, where she must rediscover the place that was once her home and search for the ghosts of those she's lost. With generosity, intelligence, and sheer storytelling talent, Sara Nović's first novel confronts the enduring impact of war, and the enduring bonds of country and friendship.
The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family by Roger Cohen
In this luminous memoir, award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them across continents and decades, mapping individual lives that diverge and intertwine, vital patterns of struggle and resilience, valued heritage and evolving loyalties (religious, ethnic, national), converge into a resonant portrait of cultural identity in the modern age.
Girl in the Moonlight: A Novel by Charles Dubow
Since childhood, Wylie Rose has been
drawn to the charming, close-knit Bonet siblings. But none affected him more
than the enchanting Cesca, a girl blessed with incandescent beauty and a wild,
irrepressible spirit.
Growing up, Wylie’s friendship with her brother, Aurelio, a budding painter of singular talent, brings him near Cesca’s circle. A young woman confident in her charms, Cesca is amused by Wylie’s youthful sensuality and trusting innocence. Toying with his devotion, she draws him closer to her fire—ultimately ruining him for any other woman.
Spanning several decades, moving through the worlds of high society, finance, and art, and peopled with poignant characters, Girl in the Moonlight takes us on a whirlwind tour, from the wooded cottages of old East Hampton to the dining rooms of Upper East Side Manhattan to the bohemian art studios of Paris and Barcelona. As he vividly brings to life Wylie and Cesca’s tempestuous, heart wrenching affair, Charles Dubow probes the devastating depths of human passion and the nature of true love.
Growing up, Wylie’s friendship with her brother, Aurelio, a budding painter of singular talent, brings him near Cesca’s circle. A young woman confident in her charms, Cesca is amused by Wylie’s youthful sensuality and trusting innocence. Toying with his devotion, she draws him closer to her fire—ultimately ruining him for any other woman.
Spanning several decades, moving through the worlds of high society, finance, and art, and peopled with poignant characters, Girl in the Moonlight takes us on a whirlwind tour, from the wooded cottages of old East Hampton to the dining rooms of Upper East Side Manhattan to the bohemian art studios of Paris and Barcelona. As he vividly brings to life Wylie and Cesca’s tempestuous, heart wrenching affair, Charles Dubow probes the devastating depths of human passion and the nature of true love.
Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water.
Growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts, she took swim lessons at her community
pool and captained the local team; in high school, she raced across bays and
sprawling North American lakes. Now a sophomore on her university’s nationally
ranked team, she struggles under the weight of new expectations but life is
otherwise pretty good. Perfect, really.
That all changes when Avery’s red-eye home for Thanksgiving makes a ditch landing in a mountain lake in the Colorado Rockies. She is one of only five survivors, which includes three little boys and Colin Shea, who happens to be her teammate. Colin is also the only person in Avery’s college life who challenged her to swim her own events, to be her own person—something she refused to do. Instead she’s avoided him since the first day of freshman year. But now, faced with sub-zero temperatures, minimal supplies, and the dangers of a forbidding nowhere, Avery and Colin must rely on each other in ways they never could’ve imagined.
That all changes when Avery’s red-eye home for Thanksgiving makes a ditch landing in a mountain lake in the Colorado Rockies. She is one of only five survivors, which includes three little boys and Colin Shea, who happens to be her teammate. Colin is also the only person in Avery’s college life who challenged her to swim her own events, to be her own person—something she refused to do. Instead she’s avoided him since the first day of freshman year. But now, faced with sub-zero temperatures, minimal supplies, and the dangers of a forbidding nowhere, Avery and Colin must rely on each other in ways they never could’ve imagined.
Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski
Set in Arco, Idaho, in 1970, Val Brelinski’s powerfully
affecting first novel tells the story of three sisters: young Frances,
gregarious and strong-willed Jory, and moral-minded Grace. Their father, Oren,
is a respected member of the community and science professor at the local
college. Yet their mother’s depression and Grace’s religious fervor threaten
the seemingly perfect family, whose world is upended when Grace returns from a
missionary trip to Mexico and discovers she’s pregnant with—she believes—the
child of God.
Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
A gorgeous memoir of an unthinkable life: a young woman
writes of the sensitivity to light that has forced her to live in darkness, and
of the love that has saved her.
Anna was living a normal life. She was ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. But then she started to develop worrying symptoms: her face felt like it was burning whenever she was in front of the computer. Soon this progressed to an intolerance of fluorescent light, then of sunlight itself. The reaction soon spread to her entire body. Now, when her symptoms are at their worst, she must spend months on end in a blacked-out room, losing herself in audio books and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. During periods of relative remission she can venture cautiously out at dawn and dusk, into a world that, from the perspective of her normally cloistered existence, is filled with remarkable beauty.
Anna was living a normal life. She was ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. But then she started to develop worrying symptoms: her face felt like it was burning whenever she was in front of the computer. Soon this progressed to an intolerance of fluorescent light, then of sunlight itself. The reaction soon spread to her entire body. Now, when her symptoms are at their worst, she must spend months on end in a blacked-out room, losing herself in audio books and elaborate word games in an attempt to ward off despair. During periods of relative remission she can venture cautiously out at dawn and dusk, into a world that, from the perspective of her normally cloistered existence, is filled with remarkable beauty.
An account executive in a Mad Men world, Anna Wyatt is at
a crossroads. Recently divorced, she’s done a lot of emotional housecleaning,
including a self-imposed dating sabbatical. But now that she’s turned forty,
she’s struggling to figure out what her life needs. Brainstorming to win over
an important new client, she discovers a self-help book—Be the Heroine, Find
Your Hero—that offers her unexpected insights and leads her to a most unlikely
place: a romance writers’ conference. If she can sign the Romance Cover Model
of the Year Pageant winner for her campaign—and meet the author who has
inspired her to take control of her life—she’ll win the account.
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