 | June 1, 2010 | Everywhere
Great New Books to Take on Vacation
ShopTalk: 16 Fun Summer Reads
Prevent summer brain mush with these five engaging picks.  | Funny Ha-Ha
When we get past our seething jealousy, we love Sloane Crosley’s self-deprecating, witty charm, on full display in her second collection of essays, How Did You Get This Number (June 15). | |  | Even Bigger Love
Golden Richards, the protagonist of The Lonely Polygamist, has four wives and 28 kids — yet you’ll relate. Even when he’s driving his hearse, peeing in the closet, and breaking up sister wives’ tiffs. | |  | Rags to Riches
Make sure you’re in a comfy chair when you start Girl in Translation, the story of a Hong Kong immigrant who works in a sweatshop and graduates from Harvard. Once you start, you can’t stop. We read it in a day. | | |
 | Food for Thought
Big names (Ruth Reichl, Alice Waters) appear throughout food writer Kim Severson’s memoir Spoon Fed. But the real story is hers, from feeling like an outsider at work to coming out as a lesbian. | |  | Perfect Harmony
If you liked The Help, you’ll love The Long Song. Miss July is born a slave in Jamaica, taught to read and write, then seduced by her overseer. It’s gritty, honest, and the pages practically turn themselves. |
We’ve got you booked through Labor Day. Check out our picks at ShopTalk. | | | |
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