Stacey Lee explains in her notes at the end of The Downstairs Girl that she […]
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free, by Andrew Miller
There are always questions when a soldier returns home. The questions range from the obvious […]
The Girl with No Face, by M.H. Boroson
After the events of The Girl with Ghost Eyes, Li-lin has set up shop as […]
The Oracle of Cumae, by Melissa Hardy
Melissa Hardy’s hilarious novel, The Oracle of Cumae, is set up as a story, within […]
Out of Darkness, Shining Light, by Petina Gappah
Petina Gappah’s novel, Out of Darkness, Shining Light, is based on the true story of […]
The Sweetest Fruits, by Monique Truong
At one point in Monique Truong’s novel, The Sweetest Fruits, one of the narrators tells […]
The Trojan War Museum and Other Stories, by Ayşe Papatka Bucak
The stories in Ayşe Papatka Bucak’s collection, The Trojan War Museum, are the kind that […]
Woman 99, by Greer Macallister
The more I learn about the history of psychology, the more I realize how very […]
The Taste of Empire, by Lizzie Collingham
It’s not unusual for me to have mixed emotions while reading a book. Some books […]
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura, by Christine Wunnicke
It’s a remarkable coincidence that I finished reading The Spirit Catches You and You Fall […]