Blue Suburbia
The chronicle of a determined young woman who overcomes family limitations, socio-economic obstacles, and personal fears to build a happy—and blessedly ordinary—life. Written entirely in free verse, Blue Suburbia’s cadence is a steady rhythmic heartbeat, pulsing with pain, rebellion, love, and triumph. This is the story many of us might tell, if we had the courage.
“Lyrical. Albanese delivers a rare reading experience—moving but never sentimental.”
— Entertainment Weekly (Editor’s Choice)
The Miracles of Prato
A vibrant and enthralling historical novel about art and passion, The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz brings Italy in the era of the Medici to glorious life—as it tells the story of an illicit love affair between the renowned painter Fra Filippo Lippi and his muse, a beautiful convent novitiate. A magnificent blend of fact, historical color, emotion, and invention, The Miracles of Prato is a novel that will delight the many fans of Tracy Chavalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring and Susan Vreeland’s Girl in Hyacinth Blue.
“Like Fra Filippo’s paintings, this love story, set in one of the most intriguing historical periods, is suffused with clear, warm color and fine attention to detail.”
— Debra Dean, author of The Madonnas of Leningrad
Lynelle by the Sea
Lynelle names her newborn daughter Grace after her own mother, who died when Lynelle herself was still a young child. Tragically, the joys of motherhood are shattered when Grace is found dead in her crib two mornings after her birth. Pierced by a renewed sense of loss, Lynelle flees her beloved husband and their home in New Jersey, and returns to Florida, seeking solace in the comfort of her childhood home. The story that unfolds explores the gut-wrenching depths of the emotional struggles these two women face, and examines the sustaining connections of family, love, and the power of loss.
”Albanese blazes her own path through the familiar landscape of motherhood. Resonant and charged with feeling. Offers a resonant and complex portrayal of Annie and Lynelle coping with motherhood, loss and forgiveness.”
— Publishers Weekly