Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.

In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade. Julie Chan has nothing. Her twin sister has everything. Except a pulse. Julie Chan, a supermarket cashier with nothing to lose, finds herself thrust into the glamorous yet perilous world of her late twin sister, Chloe VanHuusen, a popular influencer. Separated at a young age, the identical twins were polar opposites and rarely spoke, except for one viral video that Chloe initiated (Finding My Long-Lost Twin And Buying Her A House #EMOTIONAL). When Julie discovers Chloe’s lifeless body under mysterious circumstances, she seizes the chance to live the life she’s always envied. Transforming into Chloe is easier than expected. Julie effortlessly adopts Chloe’s luxurious influencer life, complete with designer clothes, a meticulous skincare routine, and millions of adoring followers. However, Julie soon realizes that Chloe’s seemingly picture-perfect life was anything but. Haunted by Chloe’s untimely death and struggling to fit into the privileged influencer circle, Julie faces mounting challenges during a weeklong island retreat with Chloe’s exclusive group of influencer friends. As events spiral out of control, Julie uncovers the sinister forces that may have led to her sister’s demise and realizes she might be the next target.

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song--complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

Rebecca a les cheveux plats, les cuisses molles et une confiance en elle qui frôle le sol. Lorsque son petit ami la trompe et que Bethsabée, sa meilleure amie, commence à lui mentir, elle pense ne pas pouvoir tomber plus bas. Mais elle se trompe : quand elle découvre que Bethsabée est une Cupidon (non pas un angelot potelé, mais une créature capable de lier les âmes à coup de flèches), tout bascule. Sa découverte la met en danger. Pour ne pas se faire repérer, Rébecca va devoir intégrer la Cupidon Squad – et se faire passer pour la petite amie d’Amaury, le grand frère de Bethsabée. Son premier amour qui l’a cruellement rejetée des années plus tôt…

Sicile, XIVe siècle. Dès l’enfance, Virdimura apprend de son père l’art de guérir : les connaissances anatomiques, les propriétés des herbes et surtout la compréhension que le corps ne guérit pas si l’âme souffre.Adulte, elle choisit de soigner les laissés-pour-compte, les marginaux, les enfants, les jeunes femmes qui ont subi des violences. Elle utilise son savoir médical mais aussi la parole, la danse, le sens de la beauté. Cependant, sans la présence d’un homme, Virdimura n’a pas le droit de soigner et est arrêtée puis jugée.Ce roman, inspiré de faits réels et des minutes de son procès, est le plaidoyer qu’elle présente pour exercer – contre la volonté de tous – son métier.Dans ce livre qui fait de la Sicile – avec ses odeurs, ses saveurs, son parler, mais aussi avec la famine, les superstitions et l’intolérance – un personnage à part entière, Simona Lo Iacono nous raconte une aventure passionnante, émouvante et pleine de courage, sur la première femme médecin jusqu’ici oubliée par l’Histoire.« Un hymne au courage des femmes, à la laïcité, à l’humanité qui aide les malades, à la terre sicilienne. » - Il Sole 24 OreSimona LO IACONO est née à Syracuse, en Sicile, en 1970. Elle est magis­trate et travaille à Catane. Autrice de plusieurs livres, La Guérisseuse de Catane, phénomène éditorial en Italie, est son premier roman traduit en français.

Sicile, XIVe siècle. Dès l’enfance, Virdimura apprend de son père l’art de guérir : les connaissances anatomiques, les propriétés des herbes et surtout la compréhension que le corps ne guérit pas si l’âme souffre.Adulte, elle choisit de soigner les laissés-pour-compte, les marginaux, les enfants, les jeunes femmes qui ont subi des violences. Elle utilise son savoir médical mais aussi la parole, la danse, le sens de la beauté. Cependant, sans la présence d’un homme, Virdimura n’a pas le droit de soigner et est arrêtée puis jugée.Ce roman, inspiré de faits réels et des minutes de son procès, est le plaidoyer qu’elle présente pour exercer – contre la volonté de tous – son métier.Dans ce livre qui fait de la Sicile – avec ses odeurs, ses saveurs, son parler, mais aussi avec la famine, les superstitions et l’intolérance – un personnage à part entière, Simona Lo Iacono nous raconte une aventure passionnante, émouvante et pleine de courage, sur la première femme médecin jusqu’ici oubliée par l’Histoire.« Un hymne au courage des femmes, à la laïcité, à l’humanité qui aide les malades, à la terre sicilienne. » - Il Sole 24 OreSimona LO IACONO est née à Syracuse, en Sicile, en 1970. Elle est magis­trate et travaille à Catane. Autrice de plusieurs livres, La Guérisseuse de Catane, phénomène éditorial en Italie, est son premier roman traduit en français.

Nata in un giorno di pioggia e di presagi, Virdimura porta il nome del muschio che affiora tenace dalle mura di Catania e della sua nascita non sa quasi nulla. A crescerla è suo padre, il maestro Urìa, medico ed ebreo, « il più alto dei giudei, il più forte, il più santo ». Un uomo che conosce i segreti delle spezie e i progressi delle scienze, che parla molte lingue, che sa che da tutto bisogna imparare: dalla natura, dalla strada, dalla poesia. A Virdimura insegna a guarire sia i corpi sia le anime, senza distinguere tra musulmani, cristiani o ebrei. E soprattutto le trasmette il segreto più importante: « La medicina non esige bravura. Solo coraggio ». Queste parole Virdimura ripete, ormai anziana, alla Commissione di giudici riunita per decidere se concederle, prima donna della storia, la « licenza per curare ». E davanti a loro Virdimura ripercorre, in un racconto vividissimo, tutta la sua vita: la lotta di suo padre contro l'epidemia di tifo che infesta la città, la solitudine dopo la sua scomparsa, gli studi instancabili sui libri che le ha lasciato, le donne visitate in segreto e operate di notte, le accuse di stregoneria da cui deve difendersi, e soprattutto il legame con Pasquale, l'amico d'infanzia che torna al suo fianco dopo un lungo apprendistato in Oriente, anche lui medico, per restarle accanto sempre, alleato fedele contro tutti gli attacchi della sorte. Sullo sfondo di una Catania fiammeggiante di vita, commerci, religioni, dove i destini si incrociano all'ombra dell'Etna ribollente, Simona Lo Iacono ci regala il grandioso ritratto di una protagonista indimenticabile, fiera e coraggiosa, che combatte le superstizioni e le leggi degli uomini per affermare il diritto di tutti a essere curati e delle donne a essere libere.