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
Azzedine T. Downes’s memoir "The Couscous Chronicles" moves across cultures, continents, languages, and time, embracing personal and global transformations during the 1980s and 1990s. Downes begins his story with his time in the Peace... Read More
“What if death can truly become part of the cycle of life?” That rhetorical question animates Lama Lhanang Rinpoche and Mordy Levine’s "The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners", which explicates the Buddhist text, sharing... Read More
Lily Meade’s captivating thriller "The Shadow Sister" is about sisterhood, race, and generational trauma. Casey and her older sister Sutton don’t get along—a challenge for Casey after Sutton goes missing. While the town rallies to... Read More
"The Rooster House", Victoria Belim’s poignant memoir, unveils the Ukrainian roots of a family mystery. Born in Ukraine, Belim moved to the United States with her family when she was fifteen. Decades later, while living in Brussels,... Read More
Mike Brown’s empowering guidebook illuminates a clear pathway to financial independence, via getting rid of debt, saving, and investing, all working toward a comfortable retirement. It names common pitfalls and recommends behaviors... Read More
The fates of a girl who loves the stars, a real estate agent, an envoy for the king, and a taxidermist are plied by the goddess of love in Antoine Laurain’s scintillating, era-crossing romance novel "An Astronomer in Love". Venus does... Read More
Itamar Vieira Junior’s novel "Crooked Plow" is a work of magical realism in which sisters fight to survive and improve conditions on the land they love. As children in Brazil, Bibiana and Belonísia discover their grandmother’s... Read More