The women in Alice Grace Kyles’ family have always been considered odd. They have special […]
The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo
Content warning for rape. Every culture has its stories and rituals for death. In The Afterlife […]
The Nightmarchers, by J. Lincoln Fenn
I’m not sure it’s a common lesson in the fiction I read or just fiction in genre, […]
The Safe House, by Christophe Boltanski
In The Safe House, Christophe Boltanski uses the house on rue de Grenelles, in Paris, as […]
The Caregiver, by Samuel Park
There are certain characters that appear in fiction (and some times in life) as background […]
Transcription, by Kate Atkinson
What does one look for in a potential spy? Is it loyalty to a country? […]
The Book of Dirt, by Bram Presser
Unless a family is particularly close knit, garrulous, and practice good document management, the histories […]
The Sisters of the Winter Wood, by Rena Rossner
The Leib family lives in exile, because their parents married for love. Their mother’s Christian […]
Secret Passages in a Hillside Town, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Do not be fooled by the cover of Secret Passages in a Hillside Town. Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen’s […]
Deviation, by Luce d’Eramo
As I read Luce d’Eramo’s Deviation (translated by Anne Milano Appel), I had the image of […]