Spotlight of Life and Other Love Songs by Anissa Gray

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life and other love songs

ANISSA GRAY

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF CHELSEA PASCOE | PUBLICIST | BERKLEY | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE 

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LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS is Anissa Gray at her very best.

 

From the author of the can’t-miss novel, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, comes another powerful narrative following one Black family in America from the Great Migration to the 1990s, and exploring the realities of race, class, and generational history in the twentieth century.

Gray is skilled at constructing fully realized characters and digging into the triumphs, trials, and traumas of being Black in America. 

 

Gray’s debut, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls (2019), was named an Indie Next, Library Reads and B&N Discover pick and received wall-to-wall attention from outlets like The Washington Post, The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Essence, and People.

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 Berkley Hardcover Original

April 11, 2023

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PRAISE FOR life and other love songs:

“Riveting, rhythmic, transcendent, Life and Other Love Songs is a stellar family saga. Anissa Gray is a writer to watch.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone

“Life and Other Love Songs builds beautifully—we care about these characters while coming to understand that the ground beneath their feet is constructed of secrets. Anissa Gray’s novel feels musical in structure—the octaves rise when the music calls for it; truths are revealed by the invisible beats of this gorgeous, rich story.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward and Oprah Book Club Pick Hello Beautiful

“Anissa Gray's Life and Other Love Songs is one of those rare novels that pulled me out of my life for a few days. The characters are real, vivid, complex - as in life. It's a story that explores the depths of darkness and fear, yet offers a window into hope.”—Mary Beth Keane, New York Times bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes

“Cleverly structured and emotionally precise, Love and Other Love Songs is a powerhouse ballad about a family whose histories—shared and individual—will pierce straight to the heart. With empathy and insight, Anissa Gray writes an expertly crafted family drama perfect for fans of Celeste Ng.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author The Last Romantics

“Life and Other Love Songs is a harsh, sometimes haunting, astonishingly moving, exceptionally complex novel about family and music and hurt  and fear and pride and love and loss. Anissa Gray tells this story with such grace, insight and precision that readers will think of these characters long after they close the book. This is what writing should be.”—LaToya Watkins, author of Perish

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 BOOK'S AMAZON PAGE**

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ABOUT life and other love songs:

The story: It’s a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together.

But he won’t make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear.

 

In the days, months, and years to follow, Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known.

In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York, we follow the hopes, triumphs, losses, and secrets that build up and tear apart an American family.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Anissa Gray is a senior editor at CNN Worldwide and a contributor to Emmy and duPont-Columbia award-winning coverage of some of the most consequential stories of our time. 

She began her career at Reuters as a reporter, based in New York, covering business news and international finance. 

Born in St. Joseph, Michigan, Gray studied English and American literature at New York University. 

She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her wife.

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