With the support of others, an abused woman comes into her own in the revealing bildungsroman "Where Love Lies". A loving family, financial privilege, fashionable clothes, and academic success offer no protection against insecurity and a... Read More

A wounded woman is assisted in the search for the truth about her late father in the empathetic novel "Threads of Us". Christie Havey Smith weaves together four entwined perspectives in "Threads of Us", a novel about grieving a parent... Read More

In the reassuring epistolary novel "Letters to Annie", a grandmother writes fairy tale–evocative letters to her granddaughter, drawing parallels between the child’s woes and the stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Ariel. In Monika... Read More

Historical tensions are vivified in the novel "The Girl of Many Crowns", in which a noblewoman fights for self-determination. D. H. Morris’s historical novel "The Girl of Many Crowns" covers seven years in the life of Judith of... Read More

A scarred art therapist who’s hungry for personal healing returns to her hometown to confront troubling memories in the cathartic novel "What Was Lost". In Melissa Connelly’s evocative novel "What Was Lost", a woman’s pursuit of... Read More

Harmony and clarity are found as four men pursue happiness in tandem in the endearing novel "The Overexamined Life of Jacob Hart". In Jerry Wald’s soulful novel "The Overexamined Life of Jacob Hart", the longtime friendships between... Read More

In Suzanne Kamata’s novel "Cinnamon Beach", a man’s death brings together the grieving women in his family for a summer of self-reflection and discovery. To spread the final portion of Ted’s ashes, his family gathers along the... Read More

"A Mercy of Widows" is a moving and nuanced novel about grief and forgiveness. In Marcy Lane’s novel "A Mercy of Widows", a Calgary woman acts as a caregiver for her sweetheart and, after his death, grapples with grief, guilt, and... Read More