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  • The cover of Lia Park and the Missing Jewel depicts a dark-haired girl holding up a sparkling gem.

    Courage and Korean Culture

    Fall 2022

    New Works

    Jenna Yoon ’02 spoke about her path to writing the middle-grade fantasy Lia Park and the Missing Jewel and the importance of depicting courageous girls.

  • The cover of Mother Daughter Traitor Spy shows a painting of a woman in a black hat and black dress, her face partially hidden.

    Called to Spycraft

    Fall 2022

    New Works

    In Mother Daughter Traitor Spy , the first stand-alone novel from Susan Elia MacNeal ’91, author of the bestselling Maggie Hope series, readers get a cracking-good spy story told from a new perspective.

  • The cover of Good Grief depicts portraits of a pet bird, gerbil, cat, tortoise, fish and dog, each in a gold frame.

    A Poignant View of Lost Pets

    Fall 2022

    New Works

    Anyone who has ever loved and lost a pet will find comfort in Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter by E.B. Bartels ’10.

  • The illustrated cover of "I Love My Body Because" shows children of different races and abilities playing together.

    Freshink

    Summer 2022

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • The cover of "A Problem of Fit" consists of an illustration of a price tag surrounding the title.

    Counting the Cost

    Summer 2022

    New Works

    Phillip Levine, the Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, addresses the vast, complex, and often mind-boggling world of college price-setting and financial aid in his new book.

  • The cover of Warming Up Julia Child depicts the chef preparing a dish as another chef looks on.

    Dish by Dish with Julia Child

    Summer 2022

    New Works

    Warming Up Julia Child: The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend takes a refreshing approach to the woman who, dish by dish, became one of the most esteemed and industry-shaping home cooks in the American...

  • The cover of By the Book is an illustration depicting a young Black couple exchanging pages of a manuscript.

    Freshink

    Spring 2022

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • The cover of The People's Painter is a stylized illustration of Ben Shahn at work on a painting of a dove.

    Showing and Telling About Social Justice

    Spring 2022

    New Works

    The People’s Painter , a picture book for young readers by Cynthia Yenkin Levinson ’67, tells the story of artist Ben Shahn and how he grew into his purpose of depicting injustice and activism.

  • Never Forget

    Spring 2022

    New Works

    The Plum Trees by Victoria Shorr ’71, a beautiful and painful novel, is a tribute to those who survived and those who died in the death camps of the Holocaust. It is nothing like current events, yet it feels particular powerful at this moment in history.