Centering on the story of Ben Barnz and his husband adopting a child, WE alternates between legal suspense story and memoir, examining shifting gender roles in parenting and modern notions of family-construction. The book interweaves Barnz’s path to parenthood beginning with his closeted youth in 1980’s New York, a time when it was statistically more likely he would die from AIDS than become a father. WE delves into the complicated relationships that arise between birthparents and adoptive parents, between birthmothers…

The Last Bookstore is thrilled to welcome to our store for the first time talent manager, educator, and author Brad Lemack, who will talk about his new, third book for actors. The New Business of Acting: The Next Edition is a must-read for anyone seeking a professional acting career and for the already-established actor whose career could benefit from a tune-up and rebranding. Genre: Healing | Self-Help | Motivational

Exiled traces the story of violence through three generations of Cambodian-Americans by profiling a handful of families. It begins with the grandparents, the elderly who will soon be too old to tell their stories of survival. The violence they endured is recognized as the most brutal, a genocide that killed an estimated 20 percent of the Cambodian population. In Cambodia, the criminals have never fully been brought to justice and the victims remain largely silent. The silence is the same…