In a depressed town on England’s eastern coast, Florence Green is determined to open a […]
The Kinship of Secrets, by Eugenia Kim
An impossible choice separates a Korean family just before the Korean War breaks out in […]
What’s Left Unsaid, by Deborah Stone
Trigger warning for child abuse and rape. Sympathy for fictional characters is often a matter […]
Melmoth, by Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry’s haunting novel, Melmoth, revolves around two ideas: loneliness and bearing witness. Throughout history, humans […]
The Collector’s Apprentice, by B.A. Shapiro
In The Collector’s Apprentice, B.A. Shapiro continues her series of standalone novels of fictionalized art history. […]
In Your Hands, by Inês Pedrosa
Unlike anger, which writers can call to readers mind by making us think about the […]
A Cloudy Day on the Western Shore, by Mohamed Mansi Qandil
Trigger warning for rape. A Cloudy Day on the Western Shore, by Mohamed Mansi Qandil […]
The Dark Blue Overcoat and Other Stories from the North, edited by Sjón
The stories in The Dark Blue Overcoat are written by authors from every Scandinavian country, including […]
Reckonings, by Mary Fulbrook
In Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, Mary Fulbrook concentrates on the […]
Gone So Long, by Andre Dubus III
Some actions are unforgivable. Though our Western culture is steeped in a religion that exhorts […]