Gabrielle Zevin, Author . Hyperion $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4013-5242-4
An unusual telling of boy-meets-girl, Zevin's debut reiterates female complexity through a husband and daughter's experiences with one surprising woman. N., the earnest narrator, describes meeting captivating, mercurial Maggie Towne when he&#
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Gabrielle Zevin, Author . FSG $16 (275p) ISBN 978-0-374-32091-1
Even readers who have strong views on what happens after death may find themselves intrigued by the fascinating world of "Elsewhere," the place 15-year-old Liz ends up after she is killed in a bicycle accident. A surreal atmosphere permeates
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Gabrielle Zevin, Author . FSG $17 (271p) ISBN 978-0-374-34946-2
Departing from the science fiction premise of Elsewhere,
Zevin cooks up an entertaining love story out of what her narrator calls “chance, gravity and a dash of head trauma.” As the novel opens, 16-year-old Naomi has fallen down a...
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Gabrielle Zevin, Author . Grove/Black Cat $14 (283p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1923-0
Zevin (YA novel Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
, etc.) delivers in her blazing second adult novel a Corrections
for our recessionary times. While Roger Pomeroy spins his middle-aged wheels in graduate school, his wife, George, supports the family...
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Gabrielle Zevin. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-374-30210-8
In this first installment of the Birthright series, Zevin (Elsewhere) paints a disturbing picture of a not-so-distant future, when the economy has shrunk along with natural resources, and precious luxury items—like chocolate, coffee, and newly...
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Gabrielle Zevin. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-374-38074-8
In this second installment of Zevin’s Birthright series, following All These Things I’ve Done and set in the late 21st century, Anya Balanchine faces additional tragedy and danger as she increases her involvement with her late father’s illegal...
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Gabrielle Zevin. Algonquin, $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-61620-321-4
The only thing that’s “storied” in the life of A.J. Fikry, a curmudgeonly independent bookseller, in this funny, sad novel from Zevin (The Hole We’re In), is his obvious love of literature—particularly short stories. Fikry runs Island Books, located
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Gabrielle Zevin. Algonquin, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-61620-504-1
Zevin (The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry) offers a satisfying and entertaining story of reinvention and second chances in the wake of a political sex scandal. Aviva Grossman was far and away the most capable intern working in the Florida district...
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Gabrielle Zevin. Knopf, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-32120-1
Zevin (Young Jane Young) returns with an exhilarating epic of friendship, grief, and computer game development. In 1986, Sadie Green, 11, visits a children’s hospital where her sister is recovering from cancer. There, she befriends another patient,...
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Gabrielle Zelin, read by Scott Brick. HighBridge Audio, , unabridged, six CDs, 7 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-62231-353-2
Bookstore owner A.J. Fikry is a bitter curmudgeon, but, as we soon learn, his sour attitude masks deep sadness and loneliness about the death of his wife. The mysterious arrival of a baby girl in A.J.’s shop with a note asking him to care for her...
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Gabrielle Zevin, read by Ilyana Kadushin. Macmillan Young Listeners, unabridged, eight CDs, 10 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-1358-7
Approximately 50 years in the future, New York is a ruined city where goods are rationed and chocolate is illegal. Anya Balachine, orphaned teen daughter of a chocolate-producing crime boss, struggles to keep her brother and sister safe and avoid...
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