After the life she’s had, it’s probably not a surprise that Herbjörg María Björnsson (better […]
1,000 Days on the River Kwai, by Cary Owtram
To date, most of what I know about the experience of Allied prisoners of the […]
Nothing is Forgotten, by Peter Golden
If one’s parents are from Europe and emigrated to America in the late 1940s or […]
Hotel on Shadow Lake, by Daniela Tully
Maya Weisberg, the protagonist of Daniela Tully’s underwhelming Hotel on Shadow Lake, is on a quest […]
White Chrysanthemum, by Mary Lynn Bracht
In 1992, South Korean women began a weekly demonstration that lasted more than twenty years. […]
Red Sky at Noon, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
It’s a shame that this book is the conclusion to Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Russian trilogy. Red […]
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 […]
Ivan’s War, by Catherine Merridale
It seems appropriate that I finished this book on the eve of Veteran’s Day. Merridale’s […]
The Houseguest, by Kim Brooks
What do we owe one another? This question and some of its variations keep coming […]
Displaced, by Stephan Abarbanell
Lilya Wasserfall is a soldier in the fight for an independent Jewish state when she […]