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THE ARTS LATE SUMMER READING By Collin Kelley & Joe Earle SMILE A WHILE Kyle Brooks . 4 7 Better known by his nom de plume, BlackCatTips, the painter and muralist has created his first book, which includes many of his familiar smiling faces alongside poems about things you can do to smile and be happy While it looks like a children’s book, Brooks said “Smile A While” is for all ages. The artist was reluctant to release a book, but after friend and marketing whiz Laura Thompson gave him a small Andy Warhol art book along with a business plan to get the book into the world, Brooks spent a year working on the paintings and verses. The book will debut at a reading and signing on Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at The Grove at Colony Square in Midtown. To order the book and find out about more events, visit blackcattips.com. We Are All Good People Here Susan Rebecca White Two life-long friends reconnect when their daughters are endangered by secrets from their mothers’ radical college days. Ummarriageable Soniah Kamal A thought-provoking retelling of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” in class- obsessed, modern-day Pakistan. The Favorite Daughter Patti Callahan Henry A woman returns WmIM t0 her small South Carolina hometown to care for her father diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and discovers his secret past. None of the Above Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton Robinson, one of the teachers caught up in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, and journalist Simonton explore the racial and economic disparities that brought about the case. none of the above! Deaf Republic Ilya Kaminsky The new director of Poetry at Tech, Kaminsky’s tour-de-force collection of poems weaves a narrative of a town in a war-torn country whose populace goes deaf in protest and resistance againt the occupiers. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Anissa Gray The lives of three sisters are upended when one of them is sent to prison for defrauding the town they live in. AUGUST 2019 ATLANTASENIORLIFE.COM Sunset Beach Mary Kay Andrews A down-on-her luck woman who works for her father, a flamboyant personal injury attorney, stumbles onto a murder in a sleepy beach community. Never Have I Ever Joshilyn Jackson A boozy book club turns into a nightmarish game of one-upmanship as a newcomer threatens to expose secrets and lies about one member’s past. |3 FACEBOOK.COM/ATLANTASENIORLIFE