Memory, family, and generational trauma guide Marina Jarre’s steps in her Holocaust memoir "Return to Latvia". Jarre was young when her parents separated. She left Latvia and grew up in Italy with her Italian mother; she maintained no... Read More

In Angela Woodward’s ruminative surrealist novel "Ink", everyday life is juxtaposed with testimonies related to war crimes. The skill most appreciated in a typist is accuracy. All Marina and Sylvia know about their new job is that they... Read More

Vengeance and justice drive Laura Shepperson’s historical novel "Phaedra", set in Ancient Greece. Phaedra, princess of Crete, lives in the shadow of her sister, Ariadne, a renowned beauty destined for greatness. Though she’s... Read More

The price a family pays for succumbing to the fear of the atomic bomb is at the center of Ciera Horton McElroy’s historical novel "Atomic Family". Dean, Nellie, and Wilson Porter are an all-American family living in the suburb of a... Read More

Violence, passion, and murder abound in Constanza Casati’s stunning historical novel "Clytemnestra". The daughter of King Tyndareus and Queen Leda of Sparta, headstrong, intelligent Clytemnestra lives a charmed life as a princess.... Read More

Susanne Pari’s "In the Time of Our History" is a sprawling story of loss and healing in the immigrant experiences of an Iranian American family. Sisters Anahita and Mitra are each other’s opposites. Anahita, the favorite, is married... Read More

Love is the driving force in Alina Adams’s intimate novel "My Mother’s Secret", set in Josef Stalin’s Soviet Union. A firm believer in communism, Regina dreams of building a socialist Jewish society in Birobidzhan, the designated... Read More

Broken dreams and family bonds are at the center of Gert Loschütz’s novel "A Fine Couple". After World War II, Georg and Herta ended up in East Germany. Herta had been looking for a way to escape the confines of her hometown; she... Read More