The thoughts, feelings, and actions that go into adoption are explored in the novel "The Earthquake Child", which glories in human faults and virtues. Elayne Klasson’s novel... Read More

In the delightful, enthralling memoir "Justice Is Served", Leslie Karst describes her nine-month endeavor to plan an elegant, four-course dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth... Read More

A teenager forges new bonds with people who help her to survive her troubled times in the poignant novel "Eat and Get Gas". A teenager navigates life in "Eat and Get Gas", J. A.... Read More

As much a tragic romance as it is a war drama, the historical novel "Wild with All Regrets" delves into sensitive topics with grace and tact. In E. L. Deards’s historical... Read More

"Underwater Daughter" is a poetic memoir about transformation and transcendence after abuse. Drawing on a collage of dreams, poems, vignettes, lists, and epigraphs, Antonia... Read More

"I Got It from Here" is a memoir about persistence and personal growth in spite of dire odds. Francesca Miracola’s memoir "I Got It from Here" is both a bid for understanding... Read More

Two best friends navigate their young adulthoods in Susen Edwards’s historical novel "What a Trip". Even as the Vietnam War rages on, Fiona and Melissa feel that they have... Read More

A Civil War soldier endures tough losses and faces a long moral reckoning as a ghost in the historical novel "Long Shadows". A Confederate ghost confronts his Civil War memories... Read More

A record of discoveries that mirror the paradoxes of a changing, surviving Mexican culture abroad, this memoir exemplifies the complexity of immigrant identities. Yvonne... Read More

Winter’s Reckoning is a folksy historical novel in which a local healer cements her determination to forge a better future. In Adele Holmes’s enchanting historical novel, an... Read More

"Ivy Lodge" is a resonant memoir that looks beyond the “opulent facade” of a mid-century family’s stately home. Built in the 1800s, Linda Murphy Marshall’s childhood... Read More

Corie Adjmi’s captivating novel "The Marriage Box" is situated among the opulent but restrictive culture of Syrian American Jews in the 1980s. Casey was a cheerleader at her... Read More