New books from San Francisco Bay Area authors, listed by release date.
New in Hardcover
The Man Who Could Move Clouds
Ingrid Rojas Contreras (San Francisco)
(Doubleday, July 12)
A memoir interweaving family stories, resurrected Colombian history, and deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality.
Your Blue and the Quiet Lament: Poems
By Luba Safi (Berkeley)
(Texas Tech University Press, Aug 2)
Records the textures of grief after a cousin’s murder at the hands of the Syrian state reaches the poet through a long-distance phone call
Self-Care in Underwear
By Ton Mak (San Francisco)
(Chronicle Books, August 2)
A collection of 50 easy self-care practices as demonstrated by one of Ton’s Flabjack characters, No-Pants Pansy.
LEO + LEA
by Monica Wesolowska (Berkeley), illustrated by Kenard Pak
(Scholastic, August 2)
The story of a boy who counts and a girl who draws, in a celebration of friendship, math, and the natural world.
Swaddle Me Up
By Meleah Ekstrand (Marin)
(Chronicle Books, August 9)
A guide to the ins and outs of swaddling a baby, babywearing safety, plus tips on sleep and soothing.
New in Paperback
Bloody Pages
By Bruce Lewis (Walnut Creek)
(Black Rose Writing, Aug 11)
Unraveling a 100-year-old family secret is key to solving a $3 million book theft and bloody attack on the guard trying to protect it.