In Mariana Travacio’s compact and lyrical novel "All That Dies in April", a woman leaves the parched landscape of her village above the Argentinian pampas to search for the sea. For fourteen years, Lina begged her husband Relicario to... Read More

In Jacqueline Harpman’s riveting novel "I Who Have Never Known Men", a girl emerges from dehumanizing confinement into a troubled and deserted landscape. Following a terrifying event called “the disaster,” thirty-nine women are... Read More

In Hiromi Kawakami’s transfixing novel "The Third Love", a Tokyo woman evades unhappy realities through her complex, sensual dreams. Even as a child, Riko was drawn to charming Naa-chan. While the “enfolding warmth” that she felt... Read More

Linda Segtnan’s haunting true crime book delves into the 1948 murder of a Swedish girl and the intense psychological effects Segtnan experienced while researching the crime. In 2018, Segtnan was working on a project at the National... Read More

A bereaved composer keeps the memory of his late wife alive by unusual means in Anne Sénès’s mesmerizing novel "Double Room". In the late 1990s, Stan receives an offer to compose music for a theatrical production. He travels from... Read More

A gifted young woman comes into her own in the engrossing historical saga A Clan Chief’s Daughter, part of a continuing series. Sarah V. Barnes’s riveting historical novel A Clan Chief’s Daughter continues the prehistoric saga of... Read More

Barbara Stark-Nemon’s elegant, suspenseful historical novel Isabela’s Way follows the escape route of a Portuguese girl fleeing the horrors of the Inquisition. In 1605, while her father is away on business, fourteen-year-old Isabela... Read More

The moving memoir "You Might Feel a Little Pressure" honors the often minimized pain that can accompany miscarriages. Mary Adkins’s affecting memoir "You Might Feel a Little Pressure" is about enduring three miscarriages in nine... Read More