Book Review
Paris Lost and Found
by Karen Rigby
Narrated with Carpenter’s characteristic humor, the memoir-in-essays "Paris Lost and Found" addresses French bureaucracy, scenery, and joie de vivre, but also the distinctive challenges of living between two countries. Set against the...
Book Review
A Scammer, A Diamond, & Ransom
by Karen Rigby
A lonely man falls for an internet scheme in the cautionary novel A Scammer, A Diamond, & Ransom. In J. Morewood Osborne’s based-in-truth psychological thriller A Scammer, A Diamond, & Ransom, a catfishing scam functions via...
Book Review
The New Frontier
by Karen Rigby
A boy learns resilience following a life-altering move in the arresting historical novel "The New Frontier". In Wayne L. Wilson’s tense historical novel "The New Frontier", a Black adolescent confronts racism and other dangers when he...
Book Review
The Witch's Secret
by Karen Rigby
An exiled witch contends with murderous forces in Stacie Murphy’s beguiling novel The Witch’s Secret. In the Civil War-era, Joya, having misused her magic against the strict rules of her Boston magisterium, is sent to live with...
Book Review
One Year, One Night
by Karen Rigby
S. L. Roman’s historical novel "One Year, One Night" is centered by a teenager’s World War II diary. In 1960, Annie returns to Millside for a World War II commemoration that a famous actress is expected to attend. While there, she...
Book Review
Between the Sound and Sea
by Karen Rigby
A lighthouse and its storied secrets feature in Amanda Cox’s engrossing novel "Between the Sound and Sea", in which a woman helms a restoration project and meets a widower who longs for atonement. Joey was an event planner in Copper...
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Prisms, Veils
by Karen Rigby
In theologian David Bentley Hart’s erudite short story collection, characters from Greek myths and literature have happenstance encounters with scholars and others. Hinting at both focused, rational ways of understanding the tangible...
Book Review
Full Beaver Moon
by Karen Rigby
A hero with a troubled past journeys into the deep South in search of understanding in the rich historical novel "Full Beaver Moon". In Peter Skinner’s spellbinding literary novel "Full Beaver Moon", a biracial teenager plans his...