Bittersweet and troubling, "Visions of Destiny" is a fantasy novel in which a gifted boy cannot escape what the future has in store for him. In Edward R. Lipinski’s fantasy novel "Visions of Destiny", a reluctant clairvoyant muddles... Read More

Music helps a family to heal their broken bonds, moving past hurt silences, in the lovely novel "Water Music". A summer holiday on Cape Cod tests a family’s wills and loyalties in Marcia Peck’s tender novel "Water Music". In 1956,... Read More

Traumas can be escaped via acceptance in the heart-stopping novel "These Things Happen", about cycles of abuse and addiction. In Michael Eon’s novel "These Things Happen", a recovering alcoholic struggles to help his troubled older... Read More

In Jon Fosse’s novel "A Shining", a walk in the forest leads to an inexplicable, supernatural experience. Out of sheer boredom, a man goes for a drive and ends up lost in the forest on a snowy autumn night. There, strange encounters... Read More

In Savyon Leibrecht’s novel "The Bridesman", an Iranian Israeli family is changed by the arrival of a new bride. Micha was just nine years old when his elders embarked on an impossible quest to find a suitable bride for his Uncle... Read More

A motherless, neurodivergent boy bonds with his childless teacher in Elaine Feeney’s novel "How to Build a Boat". Jamie’s first day of secondary school was a complete catastrophe. But he also met Tess, an English teacher who treats... Read More

In Frederika Amalia Finkelstein’s novel "Forgetting", an insomniac grapples with the past and the future of a world perhaps beyond saving. Alma’s grandfather did not die in a concentration camp, but sometimes she says he did. And... Read More

Afghani young adults face hazardous, uncertain futures in Siamak Herawi’s novel "Tali Girls". Kowsar was quite young when the government built a school in Tali, her village. Though she shows great academic promise, the Taliban ends her... Read More