After reading Chris Offutt’s My Father, the Pornographer, I figured I needed a book with a […]
The Sealed Letter, by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue’s The Sealed Letter is another example of a subgenre I adore: historical fiction based […]
The Lie, by Helen Dunmore
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”—so says the […]
The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell
Reading David Mitchell’s Slade House a couple months ago sent me back to the library to […]
Mrs. Engels, by Gavin McCrea
I’ve always hated the question: what do women want? It presumes that a) there’s one […]
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
I am lucky in the way that the women in Kate Walbert’s A Short History of […]
Slade House, by David Mitchell
I’m not sure what I expected from David Mitchell’s Slade House after reading (and loving) Cloud Atlas. […]
The Return of Captain John Emmett, by Elizabeth Speller
Shell shock. Battle fatigue. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Society seems to have only started to take […]
We That Are Left, by Clare Clark
When a loved one dies, their story ends. Their bereaved, however, have to find a […]
At Home, by Bill Bryson
Home is the place we feel utterly comfortable. Things are arranged the way we like. […]