"Blooming in Winter" is the biography of a fascinating woman who managed to live her long life to the fullest. "Blooming in Winter", Pam Valois’s biography of her vivacious nonagenarian friend, Jacomena “Jackie” Maybeck, celebrates... Read More
In Sten Nadolny’s masterful "The Joy of Sorcery", magic, love, and family illuminate a tragic time in world history. Pahroc is the sorcerer son of a Paiute Indian man and a Berliner woman. In a series of letters to his young... Read More
Daniel Browne’s "In the Weeds" is set in Brooklyn, New York’s famously diverse borough of neighborhoods. In recent decades, Brooklyn’s status has changed; it is no longer shadowed by mighty Manhattan. Brooklyn is a destination of... Read More
This comical take on a woman’s second coming-of-age is breezy and whimsical. Heidi Mastrogiovanni demonstrates that even middle-age adults can come of age in the hilarious and uplifting Lala Pettibone’s Act Two. Its whimsical... Read More
A heartbreaking coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of China, Abdulla Kazim’s "Memories from the East" explores a traumatized man’s psyche as he prepares to commit suicide at the age of twenty-nine. Gerald Arsov watched as... Read More
Generosity and eccentricity associated with the wealthy are catalysts for countless novels, a perfect example of which is Owen’s Day, the story of elusive publisher Owen Adair, a courageous soul who risks his life to prevent... Read More
“[Y]ou don’t notice that the team isn’t the same you just miss a few players each year and life goes on. Lose someone and he’s replaced with a new player.” That’s how cowboy mafioso and professional bank robber Lynn Dale... Read More
Every day 140348 people die and 140347 of them are not prepared for it…at least according to Second Chapter’s main character Ben Hoffman. As the book opens Ben a celebrity writer is still suffering from the death of his bride Janet... Read More