Memoir: The Only Girl: My Life & Times On The Masthead of Rolling Stone, By Robin Green, Vira...
Non-fiction: There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story, By Pamela Druckerman, Doubled...
Much like their film projects, the Duplasses’ memoir is brimful of charm, and thoughtfulness
Lucy is the astute yet depressed narrator of The Pisces, a woman whose life has derailed since the breakdown of her last, wholly dysfunctional relationship
SELF-HELP: Uncle Dysfunctional: Uncompromising Answers to Life’s Most Painful Problems, By AA Gill, Canongate, €13
MEMOIR: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, By Roxane Gay, Harper Collins, €19.60 (available August 8)
FICTION: The Idiot, By Elif Batuman, Vintage, €14.95
It takes some beating as an outlandish tale, but those hoping for catharsis or answers may be left wanting
It’s not often that a book has the power to offer both delight and heartbreak
The protagonist in Hilton’s trilogy, Judith Rashleigh, is forthright and formidable, a killer with no remorse
More bite and grit than your average commercial title – but there’s something sugary and addictive within this novel
FICTION: Harvesting, By Lisa Harding, New Island Books, €13.95
Fiction: When Light Is Like Water, By Molly McCloskey, Penguin Ireland, €14.95
All Grown Up’s anti-heroine Andrea Bern is your common-or-garden bachelorette. And yet positively bristles with energy and newness
Self-help: A Beginner’s Guide To Losing Your Mind, By Emily Reynolds, Yellow Kite Books, €17.25
