In Irena Karafilly’s haunting novel "Tunes for Dancing Bears", a woman gives birth to a stillborn child and struggles with the shock and grief that follows. In September 1991, Lydia delivers a full-term baby in a Montreal hospital.... Read More

Swift and concise, the biography "Out of the Tub" reintroduces William Howard Taft as a president worth celebrating. Carol A. Josel’s "Out of the Tub" is a compact yet revelatory biography of William Howard Taft, the only president of... Read More

An artistic novel, "Blue Mountain Rose" explores new love and new life stages against the backdrop of Shakespearean productions. In Julie Hammonds’s engaging novel "Blue Mountain Rose", the members of an Arizona Shakespeare company... Read More

A Japanese Canadian girl defies social and cultural boundaries in Leslie Shimotakahara’s historical novel "Sisters of the Spruce". During World War I, fourteen-year-old Khya travels with her family to a remote region of British... Read More

"Such Good People" is a hearty novel about injustice that is nonetheless infused with hope. In Amy Blumenfeld’s multifaceted novel "Such Good People", a fateful encounter impacts a close friendship and exposes troubling... Read More

A memoir about personal emergence in the wake of abuse, "Standing Up" is a revealing text. Mary L. Devine’s triumphant memoir "Standing Up" is about emerging from domestic violence to pursue a career in law enforcement. After a heady... Read More

In Ariel Dorfman’s luminous novel "Allegro", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is drawn into a perturbing medical mystery. In 1765, nine-year-old Mozart is thrilled to have his first symphony conducted in London by Maestro Johann Christian Bach.... Read More

In Barbara Sjoholm’s stirring historical novel "The Reindeer of Chinese Gardens", a woman is determined to become a writer. At the turn of the twentieth century, Norwegian Dagny yearns for “foreign places and adventure.” She... Read More