“No one can humiliate you like your parents. No one else in the world has that tremendous power: the same power we have over our own children.” So declares Ernesto, the antihero in Ana María Shua’s latest novel, whose relationship... Read More

Looking for a companion in the twenty-first century may require online dating services, computerized matchmaking, and nights in the city at known singles establishments such as bars and nightclubs. A fortunate few will meet and fall in... Read More

In "My Only Sunshine", author Lou Dischler creates an anti-hero’s antihero, Charlie Boone, sets him in a family of criminals, and then sends him on a dark and humorous romp. Dischler stages this coming-of-age story in the Louisiana low... Read More

There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, We must rise and follow her; When from every hill of flame, She calls and calls each vagabond by name.—William Bliss Carman On the side of a deserted road in Central Florida in... Read More

Soldiers come home from wars with all kinds of wounds, some visible to strangers and some hidden so deeply that even close friends can’t discern the damage until it’s too late. Tommy Jack McMorsey found his own way to calm the demons... Read More

Molly Moore, slight and unobtrusive, is silent but watchful. The youngest in a family of five children, she is the peacemaker and confidante, the keeper of secrets and the interpreter of desires. From her silent post, Molly is witness to... Read More

Young and mature women alike wonder whether their lives would have been different if they possessed or lacked beauty. In "Beauties", a novel by Mary Troy, this question is explored. Yet her examination of the power, scope, and mere... Read More

"Who Occupies This House" is a haunting family saga that will sweep readers into a world of love, loss, and memory. At the death of her mother Kate, the narrator begins an investigative journey into the history of her family and the... Read More