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From 100 Not So Famous Views of L.A.

Prospect Park Books is an independent trade publisher of print and digital books, with a focus on fi ction, cookbooks, gift, humor, and regional titles.

No, we’re not in that Prospect Park! We were founded in 2006 by sixth-generation Southern Californian Colleen Dunn Bates in her home in Prospect Park, a historic neighborhood in Pasadena, California, and we have a distinctly West Coast sensibility. Prospect Park is dedicated to working with authors, designers, and artists who are outside of the New York mainstream to publish books that combine strong commercial potential with intelligence, creativity, and wit.

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October 2017$29.95

Addicted to AmericanaBy Charles Phoenix

Teepee motelsLost monorails

Vintage bowling alleysDrive-ins & drive-thrus

TomorrowlandEdsels

Tiki tiki tiki!Mermaids & dinosaurs

Breakfast clowns... and so much more!

Fins, Flair & Futurism!Raised on a used-car lot, Charles Phoenix was destined to become the Ambassador of Americana. This riotously colorful book, replete with Charles’s collection of vintage Kodachrome slides and photos from his travels around the nation, celebrates his lifelong quest to unearth the best of classic and kitschy American life and style.

Charles Phoenix is a showman, tour guide, food crafter, photo collector, and author known for his live comedy slide-show performances, madcap test-kitchen videos, fi eld-trip-style adventure tours, and colorful books. The self-proclaimed “vintage culture vulture” has appeared on Martha Stewart, The Queen Latifah Show, and Cake Wars, has been profi led in The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, and has been a guest on NPR's The Splendid Table.

Hardcover: 978-1-945551-19-2

Hardcover $29.95

GIFT

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Doorways of ParisBy Raquel Puig

Nothing captures the spirit, romance, and beauty of Paris more than its doorways. Doorways of Paris takes armchair travelers and Paris habitués alike to the the most captivating ones in the city. Organized by arrondissement, it features 300 photographs by Parisienne Raquel Puig, whose Instagram account is the city's most popular celebration of Parisian doors. Artfully bound, richly colorful, and affordably priced, this hardcover book makes an outstanding gift for Francophiles everywhere.

Hardcover with photographs: 978-1-945551-06-2 | Ebook available

September 2017$19.95

Walk the streets of Paris to

discover 300 of the most romantic,

evocative, architecturally

notable doorways in the world's most

beautiful and beloved city.

Hardcover $19.95

GIFT

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Louie, Take a Look at This!My Time with Huell HowserBy Luis Fuerte with David Duron

Huell Howser, the exuberant host of California’s Gold and other public-television shows, was always exclaiming to the camera, “Louie, take a look at this!” Now Louie—aka Luis Fuerte, an award-winning cameraman—shares all the great stories of their adventures exploring California, making memorable television, and showcasing Howser’s infectious love for the Golden State.

Hardcover with photographs978-1-945551-02-4 | Ebook available

So Happiness to Meet YouBlissfully, Foolishly Stranded in VietnamBy Karin Esterhammer

After job losses and the mortgage meltdown of 2008, Karin Esterhammer and her family fl ee Los Angeles to start over in a most unlikely place: a nine-foot-wide back-alley house in one of Ho Chi Minh City's poorest districts, where neighbors unabashedly stare into windows, generously share their barbecued rat, keep cockroaches for luck, and ultimately help her fi nd joy without Western trappings. Vividly drawn, richly humorous, and wisely observant, this is travel-memoir writing in the best spirit of Bill Bryson and J. Maarten Troost.

Paperback: 978-1-938849-97-8 | Ebook available

100 Not So Famous Views of L.A.By Barbara Thomason

This original collection of paintings offers intimate, often recognizable, sometimes unexpected glimpses of a city known and loved by the artist. Inspired by nineteenth-century Japanese artist Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Barbara Thomason captures the charm and personality of vibrant Los Angeles, with commentary, history, and an introduction by David Ulin.

Hardcover: 978-1-938849-35-0

978-1-945551-02-4 | Ebook available

100 Not So Famous Views of L.A.

Louie, Take a Look at This!


Hardcover $22.95

Hardcover $30

July 2017Paperback $16

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Color PasadenaBy Ali Zigerelli

Featuring charming illustrations, quality paper, and perforated pages, this color-ing book for adults (and older kids, too) has 38 full-page images of Pasadena. Add your own artistic details to everything from the iconic city hall and the famous Rose Parade and Rose Bowl to such beloved local landmarks as Vroman's Bookstore, the Del Mar jacarandas, Huntington Library, Old Town, Arlington Garden, Caltech, and much, much more!

Paperback with illustrations: 978-1-938849-87-9

Paperback $16.95

Color Pasadena

May 2018Flexibound $24.95

GIFT &REGIONAL Hometown Pasadena

Edited by Colleen Dunn Bates

The book that launched Prospect Park Books is back in a gorgeous new edition, reconcieved for a new era. Pasadena is one of the most educated, artistic, culturally rich, architecturally signfi cant, and naturally beautiful cities in the US, and Hometown Pasadena shows you the best of it. Created by locals for locals, it's also a boon to visitors and essential for Huntington, Northon Simon, Rose Parade, Rose Bowl, JPL, and Caltech pilgrims. From the gardens to the food, the people to the art, the hiking trails to the architectural walks, Hometown Pasadena's got it all.note: cover tentative

Flexibound with photographs: 978-1-938849-99-2Ebook available

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Talk Like a CalifornianBy Helena Ventura

Dude, are you pumped to hack California-speak so you don’t sound like a buster? This sweet guide is lit and will get you talking fresh, whether you’re in the 626 or the Yay Area. To translate, this vibrantly designed, modestly priced pocket guide to California slang will help residents and visitors alike feel at home wherever they go in the Golden State, from the beach to a food truck and from a Hollywood soundstage to a Silicon Valley cocktail party.

Paperback: 978-1-938849-85-5 | Ebook availablePaperback $11.95

Mark Twain’s Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health & HappinessEdited by Mark Dawidziak

This handsome illustrated collection presents the best of the curmudgeonly writer's thoughts on diet, exercise, medicine, smoking, drinking, romance, parenting, old age, fashion, finances, politics, and religion. Perfect for anyone who's had enough of Gwyneth's self-righteous advice.


You’re the Best A Celebration of FriendshipBy the Satellite Sisters

From podcast stars the Satellite Sisters—the five Dolan sisters—this is a thank-you note to our friends, the women we call when the best thing in our lives happens—or the worst. This beautifully packaged collection of essays, lists, charts, and more incorporates witty, warm, and wise voices from age 15 to 60, and the result is the must-have gift book on friendship.


Vulture VersesBy Diane Lang; illustrations by Lauren Gallegos

Have no fear: children have every reason to love the critters that scuttle, slither, buzz, and sting—yet do so many good things for us. Through lively, witty rhymes and warm, friendly illustrations, Vulture Verses helps children appreciate and befriend even the scariest critters. That’s right, even the vampire bat!


Hardcover $16.95

Hardcover $19.95

Paperback $9.95


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HUMOR

Non-Essential MnemonicsAn Unnecessary Journey Into Senseless KnowledgeBy Kent Woodyard

McSweeney’s columnist Kent Woodyard brings new life to the mnemonic memory devices of a bygone era, from creative reinterpretations of classic mnemonics to original creations of dubious usage. Paired with whimsical illustrations, it's the perfect gift for the word wizards of the world, as well as devotees of pop-culture trivia.

Hardcover: 978-1-938849-28-2 | Ebook available

Things I Want to Punch in the FaceBy Jennifer Worick

Jennifer Worick had a bad day. And then a bad week. She channelled her aggravation into creating the blog Things I Want to Punch in the Face, which became a sensation. Although her bad week passed, she has continued to take note of the little irritations that torment us all daily. Family car stickers. Food in jars. Yoga pants. Celebrity baby names. The Giving Tree. #blessed. Man caves. It's astounding how the little things can drive a person insane.


The Neurotic Parent’s Guide to College AdmissionsBy J.D. Rothman

The Neurotic Parent, inspired by the popular blog of the same name, is a satiric guidebook mocking the insanity of modern college admissions. Rich with useless yet hilarious charts, graphs, and lists, it’s the perfect antidote for parents (and teens) overwhelmed with FAFSA forms, college tours, SAT prep, and admissions horror stories.

Paperback: 978-0-9834594-1-5 | Ebook available Paperback $16.95

The Break-up Activity BookBy Lynn Chang

What better way to recover from a nasty breakup than... crafting? It’s amazing how many things you can make out of his stuff: a favorite shirt, his precious baseball cards, even the TV remote. For the heartbroken with a sense of humor, this colorful, whimsically illustrated book is the perfect gift.

Paperback: 978-1938849-04-6Paperback $14.95

Hardcover $14.95

Paperback $11.95

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June 2017$29.95

L.A. MexicanoBy Bill Esparza

Richly photographed by Staci Valentine and authentically local, L.A. Mexicano showcases the famously rich and complex Mexican-food culture in Los Angeles. It's an abundancia of home-tested recipes; profi les of chefs, bakers, restaurateurs, and vendors, including the most important culinary pioneers; and neighborhood guides.

Part cookbook, part food journalism, and part love song to the City of Angels, L.A. Mexicano is the defi nitive resource for home cooks, hungry Angelenos, and food-loving visitors. Features a foreword by Taco USA‘s Gustavo Arellano.

"L.A. Mexicano is the book I wish I could write." — Andrew Zimmern, host of such Travel Channel shows as Bizarre Foods

Hardcover with photographs: 978-1-945551-00-0 | Ebook available

The fi rst and best book to celebrate the

vibrant culture of Mexican food in Los Angeles: the people, the recipes, and the neighborhoods


Hardcover $29.95

COOKING

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Little FlowerRecipes from the CafeBy Christine Moore

This award-winning cookbook hails from the home of the country’s best sea-salt caramels. Christine Moore shares her superb and simple recipes for breakfast, lunch, supper, and dessert, each photographed and home tested.

“ We’re set to prepare and devour everything in it.” — Wall Street Journal

Hardcover with photographs: 978-0-9834594-8-4Ebook available

Hardcover $25

Little Flower BakingBy Christine Moore with Cecilia Leung

Christine Moore's baking—and her fi rst book, Little Flower—have won acclaim from an international array of experts, from David Lebovitz to Bon Appétit, and her three LA cafés boast lines out the door. This stunning book shares her very best recipes, adapted and carefully tested for the home cook. Rich in photography, warmth, and wisdom, Little Flower Baking inspires home cooks to make her rustically beautiful, always delicious baked goods.

WINNER!PubWest Design Award

SCIBA Best Nonfi ction

Hardcover with photographs by Staci Valentine: 978-1-938849-60-2 | Ebook available

Hardcover $35

COOKING

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The Auntie Em’s CookbookA Musician’s Guide to Breakfast & BrunchBy Theresa Wahl

Terri Wahl, chef-owner of the LA's (now closed) retro hotspot Auntie Em’s Kitchen, showcases her simple and beloved recipes for breakfast, brunch, and dessert in a cookbook that celebrates seasonal and local fl avors. Drawing inspiration from her past as a punk guitarist, Wahl pairs her recipes with playlists, sharing her belief that food tastes better when there’s music in the kitchen.

Hardcover with photographs: 978-1-938849-26-8

Who Wants Seconds?Sociable Suppers for Vegans, Omnivores & Everyone in BetweenBy Jennie Cook

This gorgeous hand-illustrated cookbook from a celebrated LA caterer offers modern-classic American recipes for home entertaining with a sustainable focus, plus warm, practical advice. Cook makes it easy for home cooks to keep everyone at the table happy, from meat-eaters to vegans, and she'll inspire you to make the world a better place by having more parties.

" This beautiful book shares the spirit of Jennie's cooking.” — Jamie Oliver

Paperback with photographs: 978-1-938849-13-8Ebook available

Celebrating with JulienneBy Susan Campoy

Celebrating with Julienne takes you into the kitchens of Susan Campoy, the founder and chef of Julienne, a romantic French-California spot in the pretty Los Angeles suburb of San Marino. Focusing on food for life's celebrations, it showcases the best recipes of Sue’s career, along with stories, tips, and advice.

Winner SCIBA Best Nonfi ction, 2009!



Celebrating with Julienne

The Auntie Em’s Cookbook

Ebook available

Hardcover $29.95

Hardcover $40

Paperback $24.95


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March 2018$16

Hiroshima BoyBy Naomi Hirahara

"Mas is a hyperobservant, methodical sleuth—a blend of Columbo and Hercule Poirot—

but what makes this award-winning series shine is the way

Hirahara takes readers inside her character’s head."

— Booklist

“Hirahara crafts a superb whodunit.”

— Daily Republic

In the seventh and fi nal book in the award-winning Mas Arai mystery series, LA gardener and detective Mas Arai returns to Hiroshima to bring his best friend’s ashes to a relative on a small island, only to be embroiled in the mysterious death of a teenage boy—one who was about the same age Mas was when he survived the atomic bomb in 1945. The boy’s death affects the elderly, often-curmudgeonly, always-reluctant sleuth, who cannot return home to Los Angeles until he fi nds a way to see justice served.

“ Mas Arai is a wholly original sleuth—reluctant, curmudgeonly, and irresistible." — Nina Revoyr, author of Lost Canyon, Southland, and Wingshooters


Paperback $16

MYSTERY/THRILLER

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Strawberry YellowBy Naomi Hirahara

Gardener/detective Mas Arai returns to the California strawberry farms of his youth for a family funeral and encounters murder, family intrigue, and danger. Was his cousin murdered because of the controversial new berry varietal he’d been developing? Is someone trying to kill Mas? Is there more involved in the GMO protests than just picket lines? In his quiet way, Mas gets answers.

“ A thoughtful and highly entertaining read.” — Library Journal (starred review)


Sayonara SlamBy Naomi Hirahara

Japan faces Korea in the World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium, and curmudgeonly gardener Mas Arai fi nds himself embroiled in a murder. A Japanese tabloid writer drops dead on the fi eld, and Mas gave the victim his last drink. It turns out there’s more at stake than a baseball championship—international diplomacy depends upon uncovering secrets buried decades ago. This is the sixth in the Mas Arai series by the Edgar Award–winning and Anthony and Macavity Award–nominated Naomi Hirahara.

"Mas Arai is in a class by himself." — Sun Sentinel


Blood HinaBy Naomi Hirahara

Mas Arai’s best friend Haruo is getting married, and Mas has grudgingly agreed to serve as best man. But when an ancient Japanese doll display belonging to Haruo’s fi ancée goes missing, Mas must untangle a web of secrecy, heartbreaking memories, and murder.

“ Written with heart and depth, and starring an Everyman for our time.” — Kirkus Reviews



Blood Hina

Strawberry YellowPaperback: 978-1-938849-73-2 | Ebook available

Paperback $15

Paperback $16

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Colorado BoulevardBy Phoef Sutton

When Zerbe, the honorary brother (and roommate) of LA’s toughest bodyguard/bouncer, Crush, is kidnapped, Crush springs into action to save him. Unraveling the mystery takes him to Zerbe’s estranged billionaire father, who’s obsessed with building California’s long-promised bullet train, as well as to Pasadena’s famed Rose Parade along Colorado Boulevard. This third installment in the Crush series (both of which were Kirkus Best Mysteries of the Year) is full of action, humor, and mystery.

Hardcover: 978-1-945551-14-7Paperback: 978-1-945551-15-4Ebook available

Heart Attack and VineBy Phoef Sutton

The second in the LA-based series of crime novels, Caleb Rush (Crush), a bodyguard/bouncer who plays by his own rules, is back—only this time, it's to untangle a mess involving his con-artist friend, Hollywood players, and a cross-country trek to a New Orleans cemetary. Heart Attack and Vine is a witty, intricately plotted LA noir novel in the best tradition of MacDonald, Chandler, Grafton, and Ellroy.

Paperback: 978-1-938849-68-8 | Ebook availablePaperback $16

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CrushBy Phoef Sutton

Caleb Rush, aka Crush, is the toughest, coolest bouncer in Los Angeles, and he lives strictly to his own moral code, which doesn’t exactly hew to US law. When the wild daughter of a scruples-free billionaire tycoon comes to Crush for help, his quiet life roars into overdrive, and he must use his wits, martial-arts training, and knowledge of the Russian mafi a to solve the heiress's dire dilemma—and stay alive.


December 2017Hardcover $24.95 | Paperback $16

MYSTERY/THRILLER

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The Bad BreakBy Jill Orr

When a beloved cardiologist is found murdered in his Tuttle Corner home, newly minted reporter Riley Ellison is assigned not only to write his obituary, but to cover the murder investigation as well. Riley’s desperation to prove herself causes her to blur the line between reporter and investigator...and places her squarely in the killer’s path.

“ Fresh and funny, romantic and sunny.... I loved the hilarious emails the author interjects into the narrative from Riley’s ‘Personal Romance Concierge’ at Click.com.”— Oline Codgill, Sun-Sentinel,about The Good Byline

Paperback: ISBN 978-1-945551-20-8 | Ebook available

The Good BylineBy Jill Orr

Riley Ellison is a smart, quirky young library assistant who's feeling adrift in her hometown of Tuttle Corner, Virginia. When her childhood best friend Jordan commits suicide, the grieving family asks Riley to write her obituary. Jordan’s co-worker, a paranoid reporter with a penchant for conspiracy theories, convinces Riley that Jordan’s death was no suicide, and leads her down a dangerous path toward organized crime, secret lovers, and suspicious taco trucks. Will writing this obituary be the death of her?


Paperback: ISBN 978-1-945551-20-8 | Ebook available

The Good Byline

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Rough cover April 2018Paperback $16

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The Perpetual SummerBy Adam Walker Phillips

A missing teenage girl leads LA corporate HR exec–turned–private eye Chuck Restic to a high-profi le fi ght over a new art museum and a 40-year-old murder that won’t stay in the past. Anyone can be behind the teenager’s disappearance: her fi tness-obsessed mom, switchblade-toting chauffeur, personal life coach, or even the girl herself.

This second in the Chuck Restic series takes aim at the absurdities of corporate America and the realities and eccentricities of life in Los Angeles, while captivating readers with a fi rst-rate detective story.

Paperback: 978-1-945551-12-3 Ebook available

The Silent Second By Adam Walker Phillips

Chuck Restic has achieved the American dream: a successful career with a large corporation, a nice house, and the best health insurance and retirement package… but he’s crumbling inside. Twenty years in Human Resources has pushed Chuck into an existential crisis. Only when he sets out to fi nd a missing employee from his LA fi rm does he start to feel alive again. Applying his HR skills and wit to his moonlight detective work, Chuck unravels a web of crooked real estate deals and three murders, staving off a fourth: his own.


January 2018Paperback $16

August 2017Paperback $16

girl leads LA corporate HR exec–

MYSTERY/THRILLER

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November 2017Paperback $16

It Happened at Two in the MorningBy Alan Hruska

At two in the morning, after another long night of work, brash young lawyer Tom Weldon learns that he’s being passed over for partner at his top-drawer New York fi rm and quits on the spot. On the walk back to his apartment, he happens upon the professional hit of a wealthy power broker. Next thing he knows, Tom’s being held captive in a rural shed with the arrogant daughter of the murder victim. They escape and run for their lives, hiding out in rural Kentucky while Tom tries to unravel from afar the complicated mess they’ve stumbled into—and fi gure out why a hitwoman is out to get them.

Paperback: 978-1-945551-17-8Hardcover and ebook also available

Pardon the RavensBy Alan Hruska

From the author of Wrong Man Running, this fast-paced legal thriller set in the Mad Men era grabs you and doesn’t let go. Gifted young New York lawyer Alec Brno gets the career boost of a lifetime: the opportunity to try a huge fraud case making international headlines. But he risks it all when he falls for an alluring young woman whose estranged husband is a sadistic Mafi a don—and the criminal mastermind behind Alec’s case. Paperback: 978-1-938849-88-6 | Ebook available Paperback $16

Paperback $14.95

The Texas Twist By John Vorhaus

After pulling world-class cons in California and New Mexico, Radar Hoverlander and his crew are back in action, this time in Austin, Texas. So many rich fools to bamboozle—but is Radar having a crisis of conscience? A smart, fast-paced, hilarious work—crime caper fi ction at its best!

The Texas Twist is the third Radar Hoverlander novel.


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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Marry, Kiss, KillBy Anne Flett-Giordano

In this fast-paced and funny Santa Barbara mystery, movie stars are in town for the fi lm festival, powerful business interests are at

stake, and detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony, must untangle the complicated web behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town. Marry, Kiss, Kill has it all: snappy dialogue, memorable characters, and a captivating mystery.


The Spy on the Tennessee WalkerBy Linda Lee Peterson

Maggie Fiori is still the smart-mouthed magazine editor whose curiousity leads her to become over-involved in other people’s business, especially if a crime is involved. But this time the trigger is not a dead body—it’s a cache of journals, letters, and photographs of her great-great-great-grandmother Victoria, a nurse in a Confederate hospital during the Civil War and a woman of much mystery.


The Devil’s IntervalBy Linda Lee Peterson

In this second Maggie Fiori mystery, San Francisco’s favor-ite amateur sleuth is back, still too smart for her own good and foolishly open to another adventure. After a glamorous socialite is murdered in the backseat of a limo, Maggie is on the case—in between marriage-therapy sessions and her sons’ soccer practices, that is.


Edited to DeathBy Linda Lee Peterson

Maggie Fiori has a lot: a job at a chic San Francisco magazine, a handsome attorney husband, two beautiful sons, and a comfortable life in Oakland. But her smart mouth and everyday life as an editor, a loving wife, and mother camoufl age a dark secret. The camoufl age comes off after murder strikes the magazine, and Maggie can’t rest until she solves the killing—and saves her marriage.


Paperback $15

Paperback $15

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February 2017$16

From AwayBy Phoef Sutton

A gripping novel about family, love, loss...and spirits.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of

Wicked Charms, Curious Minds,

and the Crush mysteries

Sammy Kehoe, his sister, Charlotte, and her four-year-old daughter, Maggie, are all each other have left since the car accident that killed the rest of their family. When they visit their beloved old family home on the remote Fox Island in Maine, Sammy and Charlotte each have relationship sparks with island locals. But the budding idyll is shattered when Sammy and Maggie’s unexplained abilities to “see things” are put to the test when dangerous ghosts from the past resurface.

At fi rst, this novel about an unusual and loving family draws readers in with warmth and intrigue—and then it builds with suspense that makes it impossible to put down.


Paperback $16

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FICTION

Odd One OutBy Quinton Skinner

When a Minnesota father of three awakens his children late in the night with news that their mother has left him and is bound for California, they set off on a hilarious, emotionally charged cross-country road trip to fi nd her. That trip is just the beginning; it takes another decade for the mystery of what really happened to be revealed—and for the healing to begin. Odd One Out traces this compelling story in three parts, told from three points of view, and unravels the chain of events that forever changes this unconventional, brilliant, damaged, and loving family.


Mothers and Other StrangersBy Gina Sorell

This is the riveting story of a woman’s quest to understand her recently deceased mother, a glamorous, cruel narcissist who left her only child, Elsie, an inheritance of debts and mysteries. While coping with threats that she suspects are coming from the cult-like spiritual program her mother belonged to, Elsie works to unravel the message her dying mother left for her, a quest that ultimately takes her to the South African family homestead she never knew existed.


Paperback $16

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A Narrow BridgeBy J.J. Gesher

After a childhood of rebellion, Jacob Fisher has grown to find strength and comfort in his Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn and in the home he’s made with his family. In one stunning moment, the life he knows ends. Jacob flees in anguish, ending up in a predominantly African American town in rural Alabama, where he meets Rosie, the single mother of a young son. Their friendship, along with the rekindling of his love of music, precipitates events that will change both their lives.



Bertrand CourtBy Michelle Brafman

From the author of the acclaimed debut novel Washing the Dead, this captivating novel intertwines seventeen luminous narratives about the secrets of a cast of politicos, filmmakers, and housewives, all tied to a suburban Washington, D.C. cul-de-sac. Linked through bloodlines and grocery lines, they respond to life’s bruises by grabbing power, sex, or the family silver. As they atone and forgive, they unmask the love and truth that hop white picket fences.


Washing the DeadBy Michelle Brafman

A suburban Milwaukee woman confronts her exile from the fondly remembered Orthodox Jewish community that was ripped from her by her mother’s affair. When the rabbi’s wife summons her to perform the ritual burial washing of her beloved teacher, she returns to the spiritual and emotional home her mother burned down. Exhuming generations of secrets is the only way she can forgive her mother and, in turn, spare her daughter their crippling family legacy.


Paperback $16

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This Side of Providence By Rachel M. Harper

This tender novel tells a universal story of struggle, loss, and ultimately, survival. Arcelia left Puerto Rico for the American dream, but within a few years she has three children, no job, and a powerful heroin addiction. Through rotating narration, we meet a diverse cast of characters whose futures are inextricably linked as they strive to succeed against the odds.


Paperback $16

FICTION

After Abel and Other StoriesBy Michal Lemberger

How did Eve feel about Cain’s fratricide? What did Lot’s wife do after he offered their virgin daughters to strangers? Frankly feminist, Michal Lemberger’s stories give voice to silent, oft-marginalized biblical women—their ambition, struggles, and love for their children. Informed by her deep knowledge of the Bible, each of Lemberger’s stories vividly re-imagines a biblical saga from the perspective of a pivotal woman.

Finalist, National Jewish Book AwardPaperback: 978-1-938849-47-3 | Ebook available

Paperback $16

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PROSPECT PARK BOOKS ◆ 2018 CATALOGHelen of PasadenaBy Lian Dolan

When her philandering husband is run over by an errant float at the Rose Parade, Helen finds herself broke and in need of a new start. With its keen social observations, laugh-out-loud scenes, and whip-smart dialogue, this romantic comedy is a strong story of midlife reinvention that delivers humor, insight, and wisdom.

One year on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list!Paperback: 978-0-9844102-2-4 | Ebook available

Elizabeth the First WifeBy Lian Dolan

Elizabeth Lancaster, an English professor at a city college, finds her perfectly dull but perfectly orchestrated life upended one summer by three men: her movie-star ex-husband, a charming political operative, and Mr. William Shakespeare. As she did so skillfully with her first novel, Helen of Pasadena, Lian Dolan spins a lively, smart, and very funny tale of a woman reinventing her life in unexpected ways.

“ A joyous and delightful tale" — Shelf Awareness


Paperback $14.95

Paperback $15.95

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Famous BabyBy Karen Rizzo

Ruth Sternberg was the fi rst and most famous mommy blogger. Now, 18 years later, daughter and blog subject Abbie is considerably bitter about her public exploitation, and kidnaps her beloved grandmother to spare her the same fate when she learns of Ruth's plan to move in with her. Famous Baby wisely and hilariously explores mother love, identity, and the hazards of parental over-sharing in the Facebook age.


Plus OneBy Christopher Noxon

Alex is a midlevel marketing exec in LA whose wife Figgy’s fourteenth TV pilot attempt becomes a huge Emmy-winning hit, sucking them into a mad show-business vortex. Alex quits his job to become the family’s domestic fi rst responder, falling in with a posse of Plus Ones—husbands of women whose income and fame far eclipse their own. This wickedly honest comedy follows Alex as he tries to regain his mojo, while remaining a loving and responsible husband and father.


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Lesson PlansBy Suzanne Greenberg

Lesson Plans is a engrossing, dryly funny novel centered on the lives of three Southern California families, each of which has chosen to homeschool for different reasons. As their stories progress and their lives intertwine, each family’s challenges provide a touching and insightful look into the state of American education, the choices parents profess to make on behalf of their children, and the unpredictable ways that new relationships can change our lives.

Paperback: 978-1-938849-24-4 | Ebook available Paperback $15

FICTION

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All the Happiness You DeserveBy Michael Piafsky

The evocative cards of the Tarot deck frame one man’s journey from a Midwestern childhood through an East Coast education and career, and from first love through marriage, parenthood, and old age. Narrated in the second person, this debut novel is a universal meditation on the way we tell the stories of our life.


Paperback $15

Literary PasadenaEdited by Patricia O’Sullivan

The historic, handsome city east of Los Angeles has served as home or creative inspiration to countless writers and artists since the early twentieth century. This collection includes stories and excerpts by David Ebershoff, Scott O’Connor, Michelle Huneven, Ron Koertge, Jim Krusoe, Lian Dolan, Naomi Hirahara, Rachel Harper, Victoria Patterson, and many more. Introduction by Michelle Huneven.


Otherwise FablesBy Oscar Mandel

The first complete collection of Oscar Mandel's fiction, including the Gobble-Up Stories, Chi Po and the Sorcerer, and The History of Sigismund, Prince of Poland. As witty as Sedaris and as profound as Calderón, Mandel’s little moral tales are full of unexpected points, deep lessons, ethical ambiguity, and dry wit.

Paperback: 978-1-938849-21-3

Paperback $16


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COMING ATTRACTIONS Paperback L.A.

Edited by Susan LaTempa

Essays, humor, photographs, and all-around captivating stories, both new and classic, involving the City of Angels. Coming April 2018.

Untitled Chris Erskine ProjectBy Chris Erskine

Just in time for Father's Day, the wryly witty columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune shares—and updates—his favorite musings on the art and anarchy of fatherhood.Coming June 2018.

The Big ConBy Adam Walker Phillips

Our favorite HR guy–turned–detective is back in the third Chuck Restic mystery. Nonsense-spewing corporate consultants, crooked land deals, a Ponzi scheme, and a brutal murder keep Chuck moving through L.A. to solve the mysteries and stop another murder from happening. From the author of The Silent Second and The Perpetual Summer. Coming August 2018.

First We Surf, Then We EatRecipes from a Lifetime of Surf Travel

By Jim Kempton

The former editor of Surfer Magazine and a lifelong cook and surf journalist shares the best recipes, stories, and photos from ten of the world's most delicious surf destinations, including Hawaii, Mexico, Morocco, California, the Basque Country, and Indonesia. With a foreword by Josiah Citrin and an introduction by Steve Pezman. Coming September 2018.

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