A psycholinguist and a Czech immigrant to Canada, Julie Sedivy lost her first language, so much so that her “Czech heritage began to feel more and more like a vestigial organ.” She is not alone in this experience: Generation 1.5... Read More

"The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond" vivifies and contextualizes a pivotal turn-of-the-century crime. Patrick Jenning’s riveting "The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond" is a combination regional history, true crime, and biography... Read More

Maryse Condé’s novel "Waiting for the Waters to Rise" addresses immigration, nationalism, friendship, colorism, and political power through the intersecting lives of three friends. Babakar, a handsome obstetrician in Guadeloupe, is... Read More

In Susie Finkbeiner’s touching novel "The Nature of Small Birds", an unusual adoption shows that families don’t have to be perfect in order to be loving. In the first of three interconnected story lines, Linda marries into the... Read More

"Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops" is an immigrant’s memoir that moves from Taiwan to America, charting challenges and triumphs along the way. Allison Hong Merrill relates an emotional story of faith, love, and perseverance in her memoir... Read More

Though love often blooms in adversity, an arranged marriage, class differences, and a sudden devastating accident all act as impediments to intimacy in Rebecca Anderson’s sweet clean romance novel, "Isabelle and Alexander". Isabelle... Read More

In the urban fantasy novel "The Aria of She", a young woman in a troubled relationship learns to lean on her friends, her family, and herself. In L. Margetts-Bullock’s fantasy novel "The Aria of She", a siren falls under the spell of a... Read More