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Critic's Choice The Good Parents by Joan London Published 2009 by Grove Press Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The award-winning author of "Gilgamesh" delivers a tender and compelling taleof mother love and the harrowing moment when a daughter spreads her wings andvanishes from her parents' orbit. A two-time winner of Australia's prestigious The Age Book of the Year Award, Joan London's debut novel, Gilgamesh, was published to rapturous acclaim both in her native Australia and in the United States.... More... Bordeaux by Paul Torday Published 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: A haunting, dazzling novel of obsession and addiction, loyalty and betrayal--and, of course, fine wine Late one summer evening, Wilberforce--young, rich, work-obsessed, and self-contained--makes an unexpected detour on the way home from work and unwittingly takes the first step on a journey that will change his life.... More... The Vagrants by Yiyun Li Published 2009 by Random House Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The astonishing first novel from the author of the award-winning story collection "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" weaves together the delicate moments between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, illuminating the reality of oppression and pain. Brilliant and illuminating, this astonishing debut novel by the award-winning writer Yiyun Li is set in China in the late 1970s, when Beijing was rocked by the Democratic Wall Movement, an anti-Communist groundswell designed to move China beyond the dark shadow of the Cultural Revolution toward a more enlightened and open society.... More... Brothers by Yu Hua Published 2009 by Pantheon Books Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: From the acclaimed--and controversial--Chinese novelist comes a spirited comedy of society running amok. By turns comic and tragic, filled with sly humor and a vibrant sense of life in China today, "Brothers" is the most important work to date from this award-winning writer.... More...