Yield is one of the first words in one of the documents—a dictionary and family […]
The Fragments, by Toni Jordan
Trigger warning for brief domestic violence. Now that I’ve sat down to write a review […]
Under the Cold Bright Lights, by Garry Disher
Alan Auhl puzzled me. For most of Under the Cold Bright Lights, by Garry Disher, […]
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted, by Robert Hillman
Tom Hope is a good man. He is kind. He is reliable. Unfortunately, he is […]
The Book of Dirt, by Bram Presser
Unless a family is particularly close knit, garrulous, and practice good document management, the histories […]
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan
Personhood is complicated. There is the person we present to our family, who might be […]
Crossing the Lines, by Sulari Gentill
Thousands of years ago, a Chinese philosopher wrote about waking from a dream in which […]
The Swan Book, by Alexis Wright
Alexis Wright’s The Swan Book is hypnotic and disturbing. Wright pairs the long history of injustice […]
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, by Dominic Smith
The artist at the center of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, by Dominic Smith, […]
The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman
Any story about two mothers contending for custody of a child is immediately going to […]