Tamara Dean’s introspective memoir-in-essays "Shelter and Storm" is about sustainable living in a Wisconsin farming community. Pursuing a “new beginning,” Dean left the city and purchased a small farm in a southwest Wisconsin... Read More

Enchanting watercolor illustrations enhance this emotional story about the boundless depth of a parent’s love. Mama and Papa Bear have long awaited the arrival of their cub. When a fish in a bowl is sent down from the stars, they... Read More

This charming picture book for all ages celebrates life on four wheels in lovely watercolor style. A parade of campers is introduced, each with its own personality and attributes: Bob the Boler cruises down an autumnal road, cutting a... Read More

In J. T. Falco’s atmospheric thriller "Blood on the Vine", a seamy side of idyllic Napa Valley is unearthed. Lana, a seasoned FBI agent in the San Francisco field office, navigates uncertain motives and personal demons as she... Read More

A decadent horror story (for the oyster) narrated with awe and gusto, Andreas Ammer’s "Portrait of an Oyster" is must for all who find their joy on the half shell. Once “a cheap form of nourishment” twice consumed to near... Read More

An ambitious reconstruction of a hidden personal life, "Gabriële" is Anne and Claire Berest’s biographical novel about their formidable great-grandmother. At twenty-seven, Gabriële Buffet had carved out an unusual life—studying... Read More

Jessica Zucker’s self-help book "Normalize It" demonstrates that storytelling is the way to break the cycles of silence, stigma, and shame that keep women from disclosing difficult episodes in their lives. Zucker shares composite case... Read More

Familiar yet otherworldly, Errick Nunnally’s novel "The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile" follows a Black boy growing up in 1970s Boston. Approaching his teenage years, Sean listens to his mother Sojourner’s stories about... Read More