What does it feel like to struggle with dyslexia and autism, to cope with cognitive disorders that make reading and writing impossible to master? In "Dummy", David Patten explains precisely how frustrating and demoralizing it was to have... Read More

As many as 90 percent of us will experience at least one serious traumatic event during our lives, report Stephen Southwick and Dennis Charney in Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges. These can range from... Read More

Children aren’t always aware that not everyone around them is just like them. In I See The World, Jean Barlow offers a children’s book based on a poem by Karen Benedetto. It’s all about sight and it works on several different... Read More

For anyone who has ever longed to see one of those hatemongering, rightwing blowhards get their comeuppance, Robin Lamont’s "Wright for America" is that revenge fantasy come to print. The author has crafted a delightful, if at times... Read More

The long-term impact of the recession that started in 2008 continues to be felt by millions of Americans, but among the hardest hit were men of the “Boomer” generation (born between 1946 and 1964). The recession, writes journalist... Read More

To a casual observer, it would seem that Boston psychiatrist Regina Moss is surrounded by chaos and instability all day long but has her own life under complete control. Yet appearances can be deceiving, as David Maine makes clear in his... Read More

Detroit, 1912. Will Anderson, a key figure in D.E. Johnson’s previous two novels, The Detroit Electric Schemes and Motor City Breakdown, seeks to help Elizabeth Hume uncover the truth about her cousin Robert, a patient in Eloise Insane... Read More

At its best, historical fiction allows the reader to become immersed in another world, presenting a character’s life and issues in a way that fully develops the setting. The Raven’s Heart, the story of a disinherited, tenacious girl... Read More