A sensitive and beautiful memoir, "Falling from Disgrace" is about perseverance, doubt, and the importance of claiming one’s identity. Tammy Dietz’s memoir "Falling from Disgrace" is about growing up Mormon in the affluent Bay Area.... Read More

Secrets choke two London-dwelling refugees from the former Yugoslavia in Christine Evans’s startling, sensitive novel "Nadia". In Nadia’s childhood, being Muslim in Sarajevo was unremarkable. By her young adulthood, it made her a... Read More

Nico Slate’s memoir "Brothers" circles the question of race’s meaningingfulness and meaninglessness as a social construct as seen through the relationship of two siblings: one Black and one white. "Brothers" is a memento mori for... Read More

Telling the story of World War II bombers through the personal lens of family experiences, "The Job to Be Done" is a compelling slice of military history. Inspired by an inheritance of air force memorabilia, Clint L. Coffey’s "The Job... Read More

In the contemplative Western novel "Langtry", men in the still-untamed desert cling to their remaining independence. In Sid Stephenson’s sprawling Western novel "Langtry", a violent showdown leads to a bloody quest for retribution. In... Read More

An atypical mother fights for the daughter whom she loves in the moving legal novel "Raising Dawn". Diana Richmond’s melancholy contemporary novel "Raising Dawn" whorls around the question of what makes, and maintains, a family. Karen,... Read More

In the ambitious dystopian novel "Lifezones", three citizens on a desert planet seek freedom from oppression. P. B. Molinar’s science fiction novel "Lifezones" follows three separate missions to subvert a dystopian regime. The people... Read More

"Nova" is an introspective novel about teenagers in search of self-confidence, who find meaningful connections when they embrace others. In Tricia Jacobson’s brisk, hopeful young adult novel "Nova", troubled teenagers use a... Read More