Sari Fordham grew up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church as the child of missionaries; her poetic memoir "Wait for God to Notice" is about her childhood experiences in Uganda, during Idi Amin’s 1970s reign of terror. The second child... Read More

"Into the Wind" is a poignant novel about an unexpected, enriching friendship between a young boy and an elderly woman. Rusty lives with his family in a New England coastal town. During the summer before he enters sixth grade, he is in... Read More

"101 Amazing Uses for Cinnamon" is wellness blogger Nancy Chen’s love letter to the simultaneously sweet and savory spice. The book begins with a bit of background on the popular pantry staple, including the story of cinnamon’s... Read More

Told as a series of interconnected stories, Linda Kass’s captivating, based-in-truth novel "A Ritchie Boy" is about assimilation, hope, and perseverance. When he was fifteen, Eli and his parents escaped war-torn Austria, which had... Read More

Ann Harleman’s "Tell Me, Signora" is about heartbreaking loss, second chances, and resurrecting and righting the past. Kate, an archaeologist who’s still reeling from the death of her husband, is awarded a three-month fellowship in... Read More

"The Freelance Academic" is both a how-to guide for those thinking of branching out on their own in academia and the personal story of what led its author, Katie Rose Guest Pryal, to freelance herself. Pryal worked as a contingent... Read More

Heidi James’s "So the Doves" triumphs with just the right blend of psychological suspense and lilting prose that practically dances off the page. Spanning over two decades, the slim but mighty novel tells the story of Marcus, a... Read More

"Owen and Eleanor Make Things Up" is the second in a series of books for young readers starring cheeky Eleanor and her neighbor and sidekick Owen, both second graders. In this installment, Eleanor has a school assignment to write a true... Read More