The thoughts, feelings, and actions that go into adoption are explored in the novel "The Earthquake Child", which glories in human faults and virtues. Elayne Klasson’s novel "The Earthquake Child" concerns adoption, addiction,... Read More

In the delightful, enthralling memoir "Justice Is Served", Leslie Karst describes her nine-month endeavor to plan an elegant, four-course dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband Marty. When Karst’s father,... Read More

A teenager forges new bonds with people who help her to survive her troubled times in the poignant novel "Eat and Get Gas". A teenager navigates life in "Eat and Get Gas", J. A. Wright’s endearing novel about love, family flaws, and... Read More

As much a tragic romance as it is a war drama, the historical novel "Wild with All Regrets" delves into sensitive topics with grace and tact. In E. L. Deards’s historical novel "Wild with All Regrets", an Irish World War I veteran is... Read More

"Underwater Daughter" is a poetic memoir about transformation and transcendence after abuse. Drawing on a collage of dreams, poems, vignettes, lists, and epigraphs, Antonia Deignan’s unusual memoir "Underwater Daughter" concerns the... Read More

"I Got It from Here" is a memoir about persistence and personal growth in spite of dire odds. Francesca Miracola’s memoir "I Got It from Here" is both a bid for understanding and a cautionary tale by a woman who married the wrong man.... Read More

Two best friends navigate their young adulthoods in Susen Edwards’s historical novel "What a Trip". Even as the Vietnam War rages on, Fiona and Melissa feel that they have bigger problems: Melissa needs an abortion and a reality check... Read More

A Civil War soldier endures tough losses and faces a long moral reckoning as a ghost in the historical novel "Long Shadows". A Confederate ghost confronts his Civil War memories when a couple moves into his childhood home in Abigail... Read More