Maureen Burdock traces the emotions and events of her life in Germany and the US in her excellent graphic memoir "Queen of Snails". From her perspective as an adult, prompted by her mother’s death, Burdock looks back on the twists and... Read More

The weight of trauma and secrets brings a family to their breaking point in the connected short stories of Toni Ann Johnson’s "Light Skin Gone to Waste". The Arrington family has high aspirations. Phil, a psychologist, wants to have a... Read More

A solitary young woman gazes into a senior’s tumultuous past in "Almost Visible", Michelle Sinclair’s immersive novel about finding connections and living through regrets. Fresh from Nova Scotia, Tess moves to Montreal and in with a... Read More

"Drawn into Danger" is a lush historical thriller in which a man goes to great lengths for his found family. In Keith Costelloe’s thriller "Drawn into Danger", a man travels to North Africa, where deep personal relationships and a... Read More

"Reflections on Mountaineering" is a poetic love letter to the indomitable spirits of Earth’s peaks. Alan V. Goldman’s "Reflections on Mountaineering" considers every aspect of mountain climbing in poetic form, from triumphs to... Read More

Azby Brown looks to the past to find future methods for sustainable living in "Just Enough". Centering his studies on Edo-era Japan, Brown focuses on the concept of the “circular economy,” in which resources are preserved and... Read More

Jillian Haslam’s compelling memoir "A Voice out of Poverty" recounts the penury of her Calcutta childhood and her subsequent determination to become a force for social change. The daughter of a British father and English-Armenian... Read More

Daria’s Secrets is an intimate historical novel about a Holocaust survivor’s rituals, relationships, and emotional reckoning with her memories. In Jeff Ingber’s novel Daria’s Secrets, a Holocaust survivor faces her past with the... Read More