Fiction: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newFiction.xml New Fiction Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Spirits and Wine | by Susan Newhof http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=4138911 A ghostly presence compels a couple to seek the truth about their home's unsettling past Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont | by Jason Karlawish http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3849699 A fictionalized case of medical ethics in Northern Michigan Faithful Unto Death | by Becky Thacker http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3889940 Arsenic shatters a family in 19th-century Michigan A Spell on the Water | by Marjorie Kowalski Cole http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=3337037 New fiction from an award-winning author Whispers of the Ancients: Native Tales for Teaching and Healing in Our Time | by Tamarack Song and Moses (Amik) Beaver http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1642728 Narratives inspired by the retelling of Indian stories and legends, with gorgeous artwork Good for the Jews | by Debra Spark http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1271746 A funny, sexy novel about Jewish families in the Midwest. The Echoes of L'Arbre Croche | by Donald A. Johnston http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1053995 Mystery, intrigue, romance, and history in a novel set on the Great Lakes. Imagining America in 2033: How the Country Put Itself Together after Bush | by Herbert J. Gans http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=226276 NEW IN PAPER! A utopian narrative. Grand River and Joy | by Susan Messer http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=364373 A novel that puts the reader right in the heart of the 1967 Detroit race riots. A Watch of Nightingales | by Liza Wieland http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=342691 A rich, textured exploration of fear and remorse and the complicated tensions that grow between parents and children, and get passed down through generations. The American Wife | by Elaine Ford http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=296285 A stirring collection of keenly observed stories from the 2007 winner of the Michigan Literary Fiction Award for short fiction. The Agnostics | by Wendy Rawlings http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=296299 A family epic of a generation coming of age in a time of cultural upheaval.