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The editors of The Friend Who Got Away are back with a new anthology that will do for money what they did for women’s friendships. Ours is a culture of confession, yet money remains a distinctly taboo subject for most Americans.

The ingenious author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore and a brilliant illustrator and production designer of the Coraline movie have created a hilarious, touching picture book perfect for young animal lovers. Like the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, Sparky stars a pet who has more to offer than meets the eye. When our narrator orders a sloth through the mail, the creature that arrives isn't good at tricks or hide-and-seek . . . or much of anything. Still, there's something about Sparky that is irresistible.

Lizzie töötab ülikooli raamatukogus ning vastab kirjadele, mis saabuvad tema endise mentori kliimamuutuse-podcast’ile „Läbi tule ja vee”. Selline hingetohtri amet paistab Lizziele esialgu sobivat – ta on seda oma lahutatud ema ja eksnarkomaanist vennaga piisavalt palju praktiseerida saanud. Ent kuidas säilitada vaimset tasakaalu ja lootust olukorras, kus inimesed valmistuvad üha meeleheitlikumalt maailmalõpuks? USA nüüdiskirjanike koorekihti kuuluva Jenny Offilli teoses „Ilm” põimub hell osavõtlikkus sünge huumoriga. „„Ilma” fragmentaarne struktuur kutsub esile talumatu emotsionaalse intensiivsuse: selle loo tuumas on midagi, mida ei saa jutustada otseselt, sirge kronoloogia järgi, sest seda tehes vaataksid otsekui päikesesse.” – New York Times

«Бюро слухов» — объемный портрет одной семьи, но в то же время — это увлекательное размышление о тайнах близости и доверия и о состоянии всеобщего кораблекрушения, которое объединяет нас всех. Героиня романа влюбляется, выходит замуж, рожает дочь, преподает литературное мастерство, борется с клопами в квартире, ходит на йогу, пытается осознать, что у мужа есть…

Grace's father believes in science and builds his daughter a dollhouse with lights that really work. Grace's mother takes her skinny-dipping in the lake and teaches her about African hyena men who devour their wives in their sleep. Grace's world, of fact and fiction, marvels and madness, is slowly unraveling because her family is coming apart before her eyes. Now eight-year-old Grace must choose between her two very different, very flawed parents, a choice that will take her on a dizzying journey, away from her home in Vermont to the boozy, flooded streets of New Orleans--and into the equally wondrous and frightening realm of her own imagination.
With eloquence and compassion, Jenny Offill weaves a luminous story of a wounded family and of a young girl yearning to understand the difference between fiction, fact, and hope. A novel of vibrant imagination and searing intelligence, Last Things is a stunning literary achievement.