The devastation wrought upon US farming communities is tracked in Sonja Trom Eayrs’s courageous book "Dodge County, Inc.", in which the family farm that Eayrs grew up on becomes a microcosmic example of the ills afflicting thousands of... Read More
Human life flourishes under different stars thanks to thousands of years of meticulous planning in the speculative science fiction novel "The Ark 47 Librae". In Boris Stern’s sweeping science fiction novel "The Ark 47 Librae", human... Read More
"Beyond the Land of Dreams" is an imaginative coming-of-age fairy tale set in a struggling, storied land. In Susan Bruck’s charming series fantasy novel "Beyond the Land of Dreams", a girl comes of age in a fairy-tale setting. Darkness... Read More
In Amalie Jahn’s heartfelt novel "A Walk between Raindrops", estranged sisters attempt to mend their relationship while on a tour of American theme parks. Elise and her younger, pretty, popular sister Wylla haven’t spoken to each... Read More
The emotional, provocative stories collected in What’s Next? concern the apprehension that accompanies change. There is one echoing question in the throes of transformation—a question that can linger and settle in the bones, a... Read More
In "Lech", lives intersect in the mountains of New York, exposing the countless banalities and brutalities of generations. Within pages of the book’s start, a character recalls being assaulted as a child. This sets the tone for the... Read More
Ben Aitken’s "The Marmalade Diaries", is about becoming housemates with a much older stranger during Britain’s second Covid-19 lockdown. Aitken met Winnie in October of 2020. Winnie’s children were concerned about their... Read More
In Jennifer Dupree’s gripping novel, two women in rural Maine examine the meanings of motherhood and family. Rose is thirty-nine and married, with a two-year-old son and a second child on the way. She and her husband Hank are building... Read More