Laden with symbolism, Jen Doktorski’s heartrending novel "Finding Normal" follows two teenagers with disordered eating on a cross-country road trip. Gemma is sick of living on the hospital’s eating disorder floor. Forced to do group... Read More

In Zeeva Bukai’s novel "The Anatomy of Exile", a Jewish Israeli mother struggles to reconcile herself to a tragedy from her past while watching a similar situation unfold for her own daughter. Tamar’s sister-in-law, Hadas, is killed... Read More

As a man’s connection to God matures, he finds strength and learns to deal with the painful repercussions of his mistakes in the lesson-filled novel …And She Named Him Chance. Roberts Essex’s vibrant novel …And She Named Him... Read More

In the thrilling novel "Mean Low Water", a Southern lawyer searches for her missing childhood friend with desperate hope. In Stephanie Alexander’s emotive novel "Mean Low Water", longtime friends who share a special gift experience... Read More

In Leslie Gentile’s sensitive novel "Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter", a girl’s relationship with her mother is centered. From the Eagle Shores Indian Reserve in Vancouver Island, twelve-year-old Truly settles into life with Andy... Read More

Phyllis Gobbell’s novel "Prodigal" tells a parabolic story of homecoming in a Southern small town. Connor, a preacher’s son, is cast adrift after becoming an accomplice in the Independence Day shooting of a convenience store clerk.... Read More

In Tammy Oberhausen’s piercing, entertaining historical novel "The Evolution of the Gospelettes", a religious Kentucky family spends decades performing together. In the 1970s, the Holliman patriarch, Garland, is inspired by his... Read More

A moralizing novel, "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr." focuses on a boy’s coming-of-age in a hardworking turn-of-the-century ranching community. In Judith A. Perkins’s novel "The Emancipation of William Jones, Jr.", a boy grows... Read More