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May 14, 2024 | 
travelandleisure.com | Jessamine Chan
Trending Videos The main pool at Martinhal Sagres. Photo: Rodrigo Cardoso We brought a tooth to Portugal. It wasn’t planned. Our six-year-old daughter’s first wiggly tooth had been bothering her for days and had fallen out just before we left for the airport. I wrapped the precious cargo in tissue, promising that the tooth fairy would visit her once we reached Lisbon.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
pilotonline.com | Jessamine Chan
The elegant, effortless world-building in Téa Obreht’s haunting new novel, “The Morningside,” begins with a map. Island City resembles Manhattan, but alarmingly smaller, the borders of the city redrawn by the rising water. There’s the River to the east, the Bay to the west.
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May 11, 2023 | 
bookclubs.com | Polly Rosenwaike |Ainslie Hogarth |Rachel Yoder |Jessamine Chan
Mother's Day is a special occasion celebrated around the world to honor and appreciate the significant role that mothers play in our lives. It can be a joyful day spent with family and friends, but it can also be a painful day for those who have lost their moms or mother figures in their lives. While gifts and gestures are lovely ways to show our appreciation, sometimes the best way to honor mothers is by taking a step back and reflecting on their immense contributions.
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Apr 22, 2023 | 
vnexplorer.net | Gabrielle Zevin |Taylor Jenkins Reid |Richard Osman |Jessamine Chan
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow By Gabrielle ZevinThis New York Times bestseller was also hailed as GoodReads Winner for Best Fiction last year. This heart-spiralling book revolves around Sam and Sadie, two college friends who are more than often in love, but sadly never lovers. The two become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality.
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Apr 22, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Jessamine Chan |Alfred A. Knopf |Eliza Minot
IN THE ORCHARD,by Eliza MinotWhat is the relationship between motherhood and capitalism? It’s an uncomfortable question, to put it mildly. There’s the invisible (unpaid) labor of caring for children and managing a household. The (also unpaid) emotional labor of keeping track of tasks and deadlines. The still controversial idea of child care as infrastructure. All the mothers who left the work force during the pandemic.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Jessamine Chan |Colin Winnette
FictionColin Winnette’s new novel, “Users,” examines the innovations and fears of our tech-driven age. Send any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Colin Winnette, author of “Users.”Credit...Jennifer YinFeb. 23, 2023, 3:25 p.m. ETUSERS, by Colin WinnetteIs anxiety the dominant emotion of our time?
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Feb 15, 2023 | 
offtheshelf.com | Jana Li |Jessamine Chan |Patti Callahan |Robin Kirman
Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022! In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this “surreal” (People), “remarkable” (Vogue), and...
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Feb 7, 2023 | 
bookpeople.com | Jessamine Chan
Warning messageMean Menu style requires jQuery library version 1.7 or higher, but you have opted to provide your own library. Please ensure you have the proper version of jQuery included. (note: this is not an error) Join us in celebrating Jessamine Chan’s new book The School for Good Mothers! Jessamine will be joined in conversation with Szilvia Molnar. The event will include a moderated discussion, an audience Q&A, and a signing line.
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Feb 7, 2023 | 
thirdplacebooks.com | Jessamine Chan
In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgment lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance. An #AWP23 week event!Third Place Books is pleased to welcome Jessamine Chan for the paperback release of her New York Times bestselling novel, The School for Good Mothers.
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Feb 7, 2023 | 
powells.com | Jessamine Chan
Synopses & Reviews Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Selected as One of Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List Picks In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this "surreal" (People), "remarkable" (Vogue), and "infuriatingly timely" (The New York...
