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The Missing Morningstar

by Karen Mulvahill

The artful stories of Stacie Shannon Denetsosie’s unflinching collection "The Missing Morningstar" are set in the Navajo Nation, where people who struggle to overcome adversity often derive comfort from their community’s traditions.... Read More

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The Formation of Calcium

by Karen Mulvahill

M. S. Coe’s experimental novel "The Formation of Calcium" is presented as the transcripts of tapes made by a middle-aged woman who is stuck in upstate New York with her depressed and abusive husband. Mary Ellen is quirky and... Read More

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Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters

by Karen Mulvahill

Several of the stories in Maya Sonenberg’s collection "Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters" are fairy tales. Although populated with kings and princesses and dragons and giants, these fairy tales also contain a dash of the modern. There’s a... Read More

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The Honeybee Emeralds

by Karen Mulvahill

What young woman wouldn’t want to discover a secret basement room filled with sequined gowns, feather boas, and wigs? In Amy Tector’s novel "The Honeybee Emeralds", Alice Ahmadi is that lucky woman. And then she puts her hands in the... Read More

Book Review

My Annihilation

by Karen Mulvahill

“Turn the page, and you may give up your entire life” begins "My Annihilation", Fuminori Nakamura’s jigsaw puzzle of a novel exploring themes of connection and consequence through personal identity and responsibility. In a remote... Read More

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Dangerous Waters

by Karen Mulvahill

In Susan Hunter’s thriller Dangerous Waters, a newspaperwoman undertakes a murder investigation while navigating the difficulties of her romantic life. Leah returns to her dilapidated hometown after a failure in the big city. Leah’s... Read More

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The White Angel

by Karen Mulvahill

A Scottish nanny is shot and dies in the home of her wealthy employers, initiating the scandal that inspired John MacLachlan Gray’s novel "The White Angel". It takes a sweeping view of life in Vancouver in 1924. Labor unrest, enormous... Read More

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