Gloria Frensham is in a bad place at the beginning of The Woman Who Kept […]
LaRose, by Louise Erdrich
When I read a book, I almost always try to work out some kind of […]
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I picked up The House of the Seven Gables, one of Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s best known […]
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
Language and what it can and cannot be used to express lie at the heart […]
Madame Victoria, by Catherine Leroux
In the notes and acknowledgements at the end of Madame Victoria, by Catherine Leroux and translated […]
Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich
Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich, is part of a dialogue in […]
How to Be Safe, by Tom McAllister
Tom McAllister’s How to Be Safe tackles one of the biggest flash points in American politics: […]
The Bookshop, by Penelope Fitzgerald
In a depressed town on England’s eastern coast, Florence Green is determined to open a […]
What’s Left Unsaid, by Deborah Stone
Trigger warning for child abuse and rape. Sympathy for fictional characters is often a matter […]
Friday Black, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Reading Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s collection, Friday Black, was like sticking my finger in a light socket. The […]