Analytical and entrenched in personal experiences, "Forty Years to Life" is a singular exploration of the experiences of late-transitioning trans people. Brenda Bradford Ward’s memoir–cum–social science survey "Forty Years to Life"... Read More

Young members of intertwined families forge a complicated bond in the tense coming-of-age novel "All I Know". As she grows up from girlhood, a young woman comes to terms with the devastating effects of her family trauma in Holly C.... Read More

"Emotion Catchers" is a quaint modern fairy tale that’s most focused on the happenings of daily life. In Beatrice Descamps’s charming coming-of-age novel "Emotion Catchers", girls harness their empathic powers to fight off evil... Read More

In Eva Menasse’s short story collection "Animals", families, parents, and lovers are understood in terms of excerpted zoological descriptions of animal behavior. “Butterfly, Bee, Crocodile” delves into the private grief of a woman... Read More

Women storytellers and communal bases of women’s knowledge undergird a woman’s year of self-discovery in New York in the intimate novel "Daughter of a Promise". In Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg’s coming-of-age novel "Daughter of a... Read More

Political scheming reveals the complicated historical webs that plague diverse contemporary New Orleans in the thrilling novel "The Prophets of Gentilly Terrace". An extortion-related political conspiracy unravels against New Orleans’s... Read More

The Witchfinder’s Serpent is a fantastical novel about coming of age in the face of parental loss and a small town’s tragic, violent history. In Rande Goodwin’s fantasy novel The Witchfinder’s Serpent, a small Connecticut town... Read More

All living creatures should be treated with love—and with respect for their differences—according to the inspirational picture book Molly’s Miracle. A beagle escapes from an abusive household, seeking a loving owner, in W. B.... Read More