title: You Gotta Have Balls: A Novel
author:  Lily Brett 
description: In this frank, entertaining novel, a father and daughter haunted by loss learn to reclaim meaning and passion in their lives. Australian author Brett brings back the cast of <i>Too Many Men</i>, including her heroine, Ruth Rothwax, a 54-year-old Jewish Australian running a successful corporate letter-writing business in New York. Ruth's husband, Garth, is currently away painting for six months, leaving her time to develop a women's support group, kick off a line of innovative greeting cards and hatch schemes to keep her irrepressible octogenarian father, Edek, out of trouble. But Edek has fantastical plans to open an exotic meatball emporium with the help of busty Polish migr Zofia and her best friend, Walentyna. A Holocaust survivor, Edek is determined to enjoy the last chapter of his life, even if it means taking outrageous risks. For Ruth, years of downplaying her emotions (any difficulty pales compared to the Holocaust's horrors) has led to bottled-up anxiety, but handling Edek's exuberant brand of chaos now forces her to loosen up. Brett allows her very likable characters to wander down winding, comedic alleys, while the novel remains anchored by the serious subtext: the psychological impact of the Holocaust a generation later. The result is lighthearted but substantive novel. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # NautiCal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lucy Lennox
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Lucy Lennox
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover Art: AngstyG
  
  
  Cover Photo: Eric McKinney
  
  
  Editing: [One Love Editing](http://www.oneloveediting.com)
  
  
  Proofreading: Lori Parks and Victoria Rothenberg
  
  
  Beta Reading: [Leslie Copeland](http://www.LesCourtAuthorServices.com), May
  Archer, Shay Haude, Sloane Kennedy, and Chad Williams.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Special Thanks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Samantha Marscot for coming up with the perfect title for Cal’s story.
  You’re a special kind of cornball. I still can’t thank you enough for having
  so much patience with me four years ago when we you were coming up with the
  cover 