Kate Gavino
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Shirin, Nina, and Silvia have just gotten their first jobs in publishing, at a University Press, a traditional publisher, and a trust-fund kid's "indie" publisher, respectively. And it's . . . great? They know they're paying their dues and the challenges they meet (Shirin's boss just assumes she knows Cantonese, Nina cannot get promoted by sheer force of will, and Silvia has to deal with daily microaggressions) are just part of "a career in books."...
2) Sanpaku
Author
Language
English
Description
Marcine is fascinated with the Japanese theory of Sanpaku. It states that seeing the white around the iris of one's eyes is a bad omen. But it's everywhere Marcine looks-her grandmother has it, some of her classmates at Catholic school have it, JFK had it . . . even Marcine might suffer from this odd condition. It's believed that eating a strict macrobiotic diet and meditating is supposed to help, but no matter how much Marcine wants it to, these...
