Fall is in the air, which means it's time for a change—at least according to the author's in this month's crop of new releases. October's new books bring genre-shifts from best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize-winners experimenting with form, and a treasure trove of unexpected material for every kind of reader.
Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan
Best known for her meditations on love and family in novels like The Joy Luck Club, Tan moves in a new direction with this memoir. Some subject matter, such as the focus on mother-daughter relationships, which stems from Tan’s own childhood, will remain achingly familiar to her long-time readers, but the book is as much a profile of a working novelist—her quirks, her process, her connection with her editor—as it is an autobiography.
Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan, $19, amazon.com on October 17. Shop
