A family is caught between the land and the sea in Linda Crotta Brennan’s coming-of-age novel The Selkie’s Daughter—a story rich in Celtic lore. Brigit’s father is a fisherman; her selkie mother chose to live her life on land.... Read More

Donna Russo explores the life of Vincent van Gogh through fresh, feminine eyes in her novel Vincent’s Women. An outcast since birth, Vincent grows from a lonely, sullen, and inquisitive child into an intense, restless adult whose poor... Read More

Public relations specialist Colette A.M. Phillips’s insightful business book "The Includers" is about making workplaces more inclusive and equitable. An immigrant from Antigua, Phillips began a PR firm in Boston. At the time, white men... Read More

A sleepy mishap with a favorite toy leads a little penguin on a frantic search in this cheeky picture book. The little penguin takes his pink teddy bear, Mikki Olsen, everywhere with him; an ill-placed “sticky icky fish” fixes Mikki... Read More

A teenager explores the wide world of nature as it’s seen in her neighborhood in the graphic novel "Wildful", a magical showcase of non-verbal storytelling. Poppy’s grandmother died; her mother languishes on the couch. Poppy escapes,... Read More

In Aurora Ascher’s erotic fantasy novel "Sanctuary of the Shadow", a girl fights for the right to live life as her authentic self. A Water Elemental with the ability to see the future and the sole survivor of the genocide against her... Read More

Marcia A. Zug’s detailed social history You’ll Do covers the evolution of marriage via its economic and cultural motivators. Though the book examines other non-romantic motivations for love, such as colonists marrying Indigenous... Read More

A girl befriends an orphaned monster in the graphic novel "In Utero". Despite her protests, Hailey is dropped off at a holiday camp in an old, near-abandoned shopping mall. As other children discover strange jelly objects, Hailey wanders... Read More