Recent local releases showcase a variety of new titles, including a cookbook from a popular vegetarian restaurant, engaging poetry collections, exquisite art volumes, and a diverse selection of fiction. Notable works include 'Soft Core' by Brittany Newell, which paints a vivid picture of San Francisco through the eyes of a dancer and sex worker. Kirsten Singer-Anderson's 'Expert of Subtle Revisions' combines mystery and historical fiction with time travel. Kate Folk's upcoming novel offers a quirky take on obsession and destiny, intertwined with San Francisco's character.
Newell's novel about a dancer and sex worker who lives in drafty Victorian is full of character and life, as Ruth, aka Baby, inhabits an underworld of beautiful women, complicated needs, late-night hours, and lots of secrets.
Folk's upcoming novel, also full of San Francisco connections, about a frequent flyer with an unusual sexual obsession with planes who believes it's her destiny to marry one of her suitors and unite with her soulmate plane for eternity.
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