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just like february
A young girl’s love for her playful and mysterious gay uncle is the heart of a coming-of-age story framed by the passions of the ’60s and the AIDS crisis of the ’80s.
PRAISE FOR JUST LIKE FEBRUARY
“An ultimately optimistic and hopeful novel about growing up amid personal and political disarray.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Few novels are able to capture so well the truth of James Baldwin’s observation that ‘the individual is history writ small.’ Just Like February is a funny, compelling, and heartbreaking read.” ―Susanne Paola Antonetta, author of Make Me a Mother: A Memoir
“What is February? A wonderful metaphor for the unpredictable, of opposites, a reminder to live without expectation while also appreciating ritual and tradition when it is gifted.” ―Claire McAlpine, Word by Word Book Blog
“Delicate and lovely, troubling and satisfying, this is a story to savor.” ― B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
“A wonderful novel, beautifully told, that vividly captures the sweet love of a young girl for her charismatic uncle. Deborah Batterman has a light touch with tough issues in this poignant coming-of-age story.”―Celine Keating, author of Play for Me
Shoes Hair Nails
The settings of these stories —1980s New York City, 1950s Brooklyn, Las Vegas, an exurban town post-9/11 —are as diverse as the rich palette of characters drawn with heart, humor, and sensuality. With a sharp sense of the telling detail, Deborah Batterman weaves narratives around the everyday symbols in our world and their resonance in our lives.
PRAISE FOR SHOES HAIR NAILS
“There are wonderful stories here, poignant, closely observed, brimming with life.” — Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams
“Using humor to part the curtains, Deborah Batterman steps inside the seriousness of amusingly awry relationships. Such is the illuminated cloth of Shoes Hair Nails that friends and passersby shine as brightly as family and lovers. In Batterman’s heartfelt and jazzy debut, all ties are family ties.” — Nancy Zafris, author of The People I Know
“These are brilliant, timeless, stories, little gems that address the universals, love and birth and loss and death, and in sly and unexpected ways remind us of our vulnerabilities, our foibles, our deep humanity, and our unaccountable against-all-odds will to survive.” — Kiana Davenport, author of The Spy Lover
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Because My Name is Mother
With poignancy and humor, Deborah Batterman reminds us in these brief, linked essays that every mother is a daughter, too. The insights she brings to simple acts — looking at old photographs, recalling the smells and tastes of her mother’s cooking, making her daughter’s bed, or shopping with her—are as beautifully rendered as they are profound.
PRAISE FOR BECAUSE MY NAME IS MOTHER
“Poignant and brilliant collection of vignettes. Deborah Batterman is a writer who can take apart a piece of story like boning a fish, bit by tiny bit, and come out with a delicacy.”—The Bookish Dame
“Deborah Batterman knows what it is to be a mother. Her poignant collection of essays reveals the intricate and deeply complex relationships between mothers and daughters. With poetic language and vivid imagery, she allows the reader to savor each phrase, like nursing a warm cup of tea on a cold, rainy day.” — Jessica Winter Mireles, author of Lost in Oaxaca
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