THE STARS ARE NOT YET BELLS by Hannah Lillith Assadi is one of NPR’s Best Books of 2022. Author and editor Leland Cheuk writes: “Hannah Lillith Assadi’s second novel, THE STARS ARE NOT YET BELLS, is vastly different from her dazzling debut, SONORA. While SONORA was a contemporary, coming-of-age story centered on female friendship, THE STARS ARE NOT YET BELLS is a historical romance, spanning generations. Suffering from Alzheimer’s, Elle, the novel’s elderly protagonist, looks back on a lifetime of compromises in love and health. Assadi’s sharp and impressionistic sentences elevate a familiar premise into an exhilarating reading experience.” Riverhead Books published the novel on January 11, 2022.