Four terrific new books join our Midwest Connections Picks starting in May! You’ll find a memoir, a study of friendship, fiction, and natural history to capture your interest.
Click on the title links below for much more information about each one of these books for adults. And check out our new children’s Midwest Connections Picks which launch in May, too.
COOP
A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
by Michael Perry
Already a Heartland Indie Bestseller!
The often hilarious and always deeply heartfelt new memoir from the bestselling, award-winner author of TRUCK: A LOVE STORY, POPULATION: 485, and OFF MAIN STREET.
MBA Booksellers — A Midwest Connections sign, shelf-talker, and other display and promo materials are available for this title!
THE GIRLS FROM AMES
A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
by Jeffrey Zaslow
Already a Heartland Indie Bestseller!
The inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the enduring, deep bonds of women as they experience life’s challenges and to the power of friendship to overcome even the most daunting odds.
A Novel
by Joe Meno
A breakout new novel from the critically acclaimed novelist and playwright Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned.
MBA Booksellers — A Midwest Connections sign, shelf-talker, and other display and promo materials are available for this title!
BEYOND WALDEN
The Hidden History of America’s Kettle Lakes and Ponds
by Robert M. Thorson
The geology, ecology, and cultural history of kettle lakes in the Upper Minnesota – Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin — and from Maine to Montana.
Buy these books from your favorite locally owned and operated Midwest independent bookseller! Click here for the directory of our member bookstores.
