My favorite kind of family memoir is one that is as much about food as […]
The Majesties, by Tiffany Tsao
At the outset of Tiffany Tsao’s The Majesties, Doll Worono has suffered a nearly instantaneous […]
Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer
Reading Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven brought up some memories for me that […]
The Schrödinger Girl, by Laurel Brett
Garrett Adams is stuck in his ways at the beginning of Laurel Brett’s The Schrödinger […]
The Downstairs Girl, by Stacey Lee
Stacey Lee explains in her notes at the end of The Downstairs Girl that she […]
Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward
In Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, the Batiste family is lurching through life. Ever since the children’s […]
The Dead Girls Club, by Damien Angelica Walters
Heather Cole has used the time since her best friend died at age 12 to […]
Pet Sematary, by Stephen King
I can understand why Stephen King once called Pet Sematary the book that scared him […]
A Head Full of Ghosts, by Paul Tremblay
How do we help people who seem beyond help? Psychiatry takes time and medication is […]
Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey
From the world of classic detective fiction, Sarah Gailey’s fantastic Magic for Liars is the […]