Fresh reads for February
crop of new books this month asks readers to consider their roots. Some of the authors of February’s most anticipated releases mine their histories to understand how the places they come from have shaped who they are. Others craft narratives that explore the complications that come with moving away but never on from the past. Some voices, like Clare Beams and R. Eric Thomas, are emerging. Others, like veterans Colum McCann and Erik Larson, are celebrated. All are exploring how attachments to home define the
