A new week brings new books, and with them come recommendations. This week, in the realm of brand new releases, we've got three Kays, a Jason, and a Daniel. So let's get into it.
Kay Wosewick starts us off with the novel At the Edge of the Woods by Masatsugu Ono, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Kay says: "Ono stealthily darkens the lives of a family who recently moved to a foreign country. They live in a house at the edge of a forest. The few locals they meet tell frightening stories about the woods. When the wife becomes pregnant, she returns home to have the baby in a safer setting. Left alone, father and son turn inward and become unable to have a conversation, much less draw comfort from each other. Fear and isolation give way to paranoia, then loss of touch with reality. This is a perfect book for readers of psychological horror."



And finally, Daniel Goldin sings this to the tune of the old Louis Armstrong song, as is probably the author's wont: Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Molly Shannon with Sean Wilsey. Daniel says: "Unlike many fans, I wasn’t aware of the defining moment of Molly Shannon’s childhood - when her father, drinking and driving, crashed the family car, killing Shannon’s mom, younger sister, and cousin. Raised by her prone-to-rage, still-struggling-with-addiction, yet loving and shockingly permissive father, along with extended family and Dad’s drinking buddies, Molly grew to become a good girl who nonetheless broke a lot of rules, even stowing away with her best friend on a plane when she was 13. I was surprised and excited to see that Shannon’s cowriter was Sean Wilsey, author of the Daniel-favorite Oh the Glory of It All. It’s an inspired collaboration. Shannon focuses a lot on the years of struggle, and not so much on the post-SNL roles, even though her work on Will and Grace led to an Emmy. But this was the right decision, giving Hello, Molly! a satisfying narrative arc for this autobiography. And hey, there can always be a sequel."
And as is our wont, we end with the paperback releases - this week, we've got one paperback pick from, you guessed it, Kay Wosewick! She recommends The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack, the second book about the wolves of Yellowstone national park by Rick McIntyre. Kay says: "I was skeptical that McIntyre could write a second book as beguiling and insightful as his first about the wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone. Wow, was I wrong. This book is equally captivating as The Rise of Wolf 8 (which you must read before 21)." Guess what - both books are in paperback, so you can snag Wolf 8 and Wolf 21 for a perfect spring reading pairing.
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