daughters and faces crises of faith and consciencecase study by graeme macrae burnetin this novel an unworldly young woman believes that a charismatic psychotherapist collins braithwaite has driven her sister to suicide intent on confirming her suspicions she assumes a false identity and presents herself to him as a client recording her experiences in a series of notebooksthe colony by audrey mageein 1979 as violence erupts all over ireland two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers despite what it may cost the islandersmaps of our spectacular bodies by maddie mortimerit is a story of comingofage at the end of a life utterly heartbreaking yet darkly funny it is a symphonic journey through one womans body a wild and lyrical celebration of desire forgiveness and the darkness within us allnightcrawling by leila mottleybased on a true crime in 2015 involving institutional exploitation brutality and corruption in the oakland police department nightcrawling gives voice to 17yearold kiara johnson who after her fathers death and mothers detention in a rehab facility becomes a sex worker to pay for rent hikesafter sappho by selby lynn schwartzthis book begins in 1880s italy introducing the baby who will grow up to become the italian poet lina poletti and moves forward through time spotlighting groundbreaking writers and artists including virginia woolf josephine baker and radclyffe halloh william by elizabeth stroutthe book explores william and lucys relationship past and present with impressive nuance and subtlety including their early attraction their missteps their deep abiding memories and ties and their lingering susceptibility vulnerability and dependence on each othermeanwhile for the unacquainted the booker prize for fiction is not to be confused with the international booker prize which is focused on translation the winner of this the primary award in the booker foundations work receives 50000 each of the six authors eventually shortlisted is to receive 2500 and a specially bound edition of her or his bookfinally the shortlist of six books will be announced on september 6 and the winner will be announced on october 17