The Chosen and the Beautiful Valentine Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions (October

Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions (October 1

Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy

and his wife’s family

It is also a beautiful and affecting memoir about childhood and parenthood

Limited to 500 copies signed by Patrick Loehr and Nathan Ballingrud

The Chosen and the Beautiful Valentine Publisher: Wide Eyed Editions (OctoberImmigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American societyshe has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. Shes also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost