A Jewish circus artist’s daring spirit sees her through World War II in Kathy Kacer’s latest Holocaust Remembrance novel, "Hidden on the High Wire". Irene is a fifth-generation performer with her family’s Lorch Circus. She thrills... Read More

Inspired by the season, Stella wants to go caroling, but her friends and neighbors are all too busy—or too grumpy—to join her. Her first caroling companion is an unconventional one: Mercy, a pig. A cat and a horse soon join the... Read More

In the snowy Minnesota woods, a family of three straps on snowshoes and skitters across the frozen landscape, seeking out a place to set up camp. They hunker down by a frozen lake, where a cozy night precedes a day of exploration. Animal... Read More

An elder care worker struggles with her daughter’s choices in Kim Hye-jin’s moving novel "Concerning My Daughter". A mother raises her child, instills good values, and models appropriate behavior: for the novel’s unnamed narrator,... Read More

In "Same Ground", Russell Wangersky searches for family and belonging along the trail of the California gold rush. In 1849, William Castle Dodge gave up training to become a lawyer to travel to California and join the gold rush.... Read More

Leigh Seippel’s brooding literary novel "Ruin" explores fishing, the depths of the soul, and troubled waters. The life that Frank once led is over after financial missteps led him to ruin. He’s a fractured man, but also primed to... Read More

Mary W. Kerr provides plenty of inspiration and tips for working with worn quilts and orphaned blocks in "The Art of Make-Do Quilting". Old quilts and unfinished blocks can often be found in antique and thrift stores, prompting quilters... Read More

In Murray Lee’s engrossing novel Compass, a travel writer with an encyclopedic knowledge of previous polar expeditions sets out on his own trip to the Arctic. Guy narrates, mixing dark comedy into his tale with high dramatic stakes.... Read More