In Edward J. Delaney’s historical novel "The Acrobat", Cary Grant is at the height of his career. He navigates reconciling his past with his present and turns an eye toward embracing his future. Archie Leach dreamed of treading the... 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 psychology enthusiast dives into writings by and about his favorite psychologist in Graeme Macrae Burnet’s literary novel "Case Study". Upon discovering that her sister had been seeing rogue psychologist Collins Braithwaite before... Read More

An elder care worker struggles with her daughter’s choices in Kim Hye-jin’s moving novel "Concerning My Daughter". A mother raises her child, instills good values, and models appropriate behavior: for the novel’s unnamed narrator,... Read More

An observant girl navigates adolescence in a vibrant neighborhood in Chelene Knight’s coming-of-age novel "Junie". In 1933 in Vancouver, Junie and her mother, Maddie, move to the East End, a neighborhood teeming with life and color.... Read More

A newspaper clipping ignites a widow’s search for the truth in Sam Shelstad’s mystery novel "Citizens of Light". Colleen has been going through the motions since the death of her husband, Leonard. While on shift at the call center,... Read More

Over the course of more than a hundred microstories, "Plain Air" outlines the stuttering lives of the inhabitants of Winesburg, Indiana. Winesburg is the definition of a flyover town. It even has the contrails to prove it. But when the... Read More

In Eugen Bacon’s multifaceted and disarming short story collection "Chasing Whispers", women and other beings are caught up in whirlwinds of emotion. In “Chasing Whispers,” a young woman is interested in dating, but being with her... Read More