Triumphs do not come in the form a young immigrant expected in the nuanced memoir "Open Turns". Hendrika de Vries’s moving memoir "Open Turns" is about facing postwar... Read More

Siblings reunite for a weekend in Linda Dahl’s "Tiny Vices", a wise novel about navigating midlife in which tense relationships and a woman’s self-protectiveness collide. On... Read More

Accessing the universal through the specific, "Infinite Paradise" is a poetic memoir that exalts a cherished homestead. Celebrating the complex, startling beauty of a singular... Read More

About an intercultural childhood impacted by international tensions, "The Roots of the Guava Tree" is a revealing memoir. Sonia Daccarett’s moving memoir "The Roots of the... Read More

"The Lavender Blade" is a powerful fantasy novel about pursuing love despite all obstacles. E. L. Deards’s appealing fantasy novel "The Lavender Blade" is about exorcising... Read More

A memoir about personal emergence in the wake of abuse, "Standing Up" is a revealing text. Mary L. Devine’s triumphant memoir "Standing Up" is about emerging from domestic... Read More

In Jessica Levine’s heartfelt coming-of-age novel "Three Cousins", college roommates bond while figuring out who to become and how to love. In 1976 at Yale, three cousins... Read More

In the moving novel "The Untended", a community’s grit, hardiness, and sense of unity become apparent, even as its citizens struggle with addiction. In Mattea Kramer’s... Read More

"Maya Blue" is a startling memoir about the long road to recovery from trauma. Brenda Coffee’s gripping memoir "Maya Blue" is about being the wife of an addict and a survivor... Read More

"Girl, Groomed" is a riveting, often disturbing memoir about redemption from sexual abuse through therapy. Carol Odell’s intimate memoir is about how her childhood trauma... Read More

A climate of progressive change backdrops a determined widow’s efforts in the male-dominated art world in the lovely historical novel "Saving Vincent". In Joan Fernandez’s... Read More

Memorializing the pets who shaped her with humor and keen affection, "Dog Love Stories" is a moving memoir. Patricia Eagle’s affecting memoir "Dog Love Stories" celebrates the... Read More