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2 weeks ago | 
publishersweekly.com | Jonas Hassen Khemiri |Maria Reva |Meg Clayton |Lori Ostlund
Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (656p) ISBN 978-0-374-61889-6Khemiri (The Family Clause) follows three sisters and their childhood friend, a fellow Swedish Tunisian named Jonas, over decades in this wondrous novel.
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2 weeks ago | 
publishersweekly.com | Maria Reva |Meg Clayton |Lori Ostlund |Lincoln Michel
Gaëlle Belem, trans. from the French by Hildegarde Serle. Europa, $24 (192p) ISBN 979-8-88966-100-9French author Belem’s remarkable U.S. debut chronicles the life of trailblazing Creole horticulturalist Edmond Albius (1829–1880). Edmond was born into slavery in La Réunion. After his mother dies in childbirth, he’s raised by his enslaver, Ferreol, who teaches him the principles of botany, fueling the passion that will define his life.
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1 month ago | 
hastingstribune.com | Meg Clayton
By Meg Waite Clayton - Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES - 42-16-42. That may sound like ever more outlandish measurements for the Barbie doll that inspired 2023's top-grossing film, but it is in fact good news for real women in Hollywood in 2024: Last year - and for the first time in the decades it's been studied - the number of female protagonists in the 100 top-grossing films equaled the number of males. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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1 month ago | 
thederrick.com | Meg Clayton
LOS ANGELES — 42-16-42. That may sound like ever more outlandish measurements for the Barbie doll that inspired 2023’s top-grossing film, but it is in fact good news for real women in Hollywood in 2024: Last year — and for the first time in the decades it’s been studied — the number of female protagonists in the 100 top-grossing films equaled the number of males. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Meg Clayton
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1 month ago | 
latimes.com | Meg Clayton
Maui’s bigger, but Moana takes the lead in “Moana 2,” one of the movies that helped push female and male protagonists into parity last year. That may sound like ever more outlandish measurements for the Barbie doll that inspired 2023’s top-grossing film, but it is in fact good news for real women in Hollywood in 2024: Last year — and for the first time in the decades it’s been studied — the number of female protagonists in the 100 top-grossing films equaled the number of males.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Meg Clayton
42-16-42. That may sound like ever more outlandish measurements for the Barbie doll that inspired 2023’s top-grossing film, but it is in fact good news for real women in Hollywood in 2024: Last year — and for the first time in the decades it’s been studied — the number of female protagonists in the 100 top-grossing films equaled the number of males. Forty-two films featured female protagonists, 16 featured female and male co-leads, and 42 featured male leads.
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
piedmontexedra.com | Meg Clayton
New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date. New in HardcoverTell the RestBy Lucy Jane Bledsoe (Berkeley, CA)(Akashic Books, March 7, 2023)Twenty-five years ago, Delia and Ernest escaped together from a conversion therapy camp. Both reckon with the power of friendship in the face of trauma. Worthy OpponentsBy Danielle Steel(Delacort Press, March 7)A woman running her family’s luxury department store battles the wealthy investor who threatens to take it over.
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Apr 3, 2023 | 
localnewsmatters.org | Meg Clayton
New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date. New in HardcoverTell the RestBy Lucy Jane Bledsoe (Berkeley, CA)(Akashic Books, March 7, 2023)Twenty-five years ago, Delia and Ernest escaped together from a conversion therapy camp. Both reckon with the power of friendship in the face of trauma. Worthy OpponentsBy Danielle Steel(Delacort Press, March 7)A woman running her family’s luxury department store battles the wealthy investor who threatens to take it over.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
localnewsmatters.org | Meg Clayton
New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date. New in HardcoverTHE IN-BETWEENBy Katie Van Heidrich (Oakland)(Alladin, January 17)A middle grade memoir in verse chronicling a young girl and her family who must start over after losing their home. AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIABy Susan Wels (Mill Valley)(Pegasus Books, February 7)This true-crime odyssey explores the connections between a free-love community in upstate New York and the 1881 assassination of President James Garfield.
