Ballerina: A Novel in Fractals, Jimmy Esmaeli’s debut, tells the harrowing tale of Jennifer Bronson, from her teenage years through her early thirties, as she endures rape by her father, abuse by drug dealers, and poverty. Jennifer’s... Read More

Chances are you have snippets of twelve-step recovery programs in your head, even if you’ve never set foot in an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting. Concepts like surrendering to a higher power and making amends for wrongdoings have... Read More

From 2009 to her graduation in 2011, a young woman studying at Mount Holyoke College maintained a blog containing personal thoughts, opinions, and reflections. Using the pseudonym Rinth de Shadley (her real nickname, Rinth, and... Read More

Harvey Adjovitz Edwards’s new novel, "The Road Show Saga", follows the paths of two young men, Jay and Denny, friends since their Depression-era childhood. Edwards relates their stories from their younger years on neighboring farms in... Read More

If judged solely as a work of history, Marge Rieder’s biography of the seventeenth-century Swedish Queen Christina easily merits four stars. However, the author’s use of past-life regression hypnosis upon a thirty-two-year-old... Read More

Without including magic, witches, curses, violence, or villains of any sort, Rajesh Talwar has lovingly crafted a short but big-hearted tale of a princess choosing a suitor in "The Bearded Prince". As with many works for children, The... Read More

Described as historical fiction, but easily mistaken for memoir, the second volume of Jean Ayer’s Tales of Chinkapin Creek is an absolute delight. Names and locations have been changed, and the first-person narrator represents the... Read More

Dr. David Demko, who holds certifications in gerontology and retirement planning, thinks Boomers—otherwise known as people born between 1946 and 1964—have a lot to learn if they are to live longer, healthier, and happier lives, and... Read More