Book Review
The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair
by Karen Rigby
On the path to wisdom, traumas turn into hope in the thought-provoking domestic novel "The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair". In Meg Myers Morgan’s visceral novel "The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair", a woman’s...
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Lies in the Cellar
by Karen Rigby
An oenophile’s mystery novel, "Lies in the Cellar" features a part-time sleuth who benefits from the help of her friends. A Sonoma winery, murder, and the search for a historical treasure combine in Parker French’s fun mystery novel...
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Secrets at the Aviary Inn
by Karen Rigby
Love is a potent force in the surprising novel "Secrets at the Aviary Inn", in which unearthed secrets lead to new beginnings. A woman explores her family background in "Secrets at the Aviary Inn", MaryAnn Clarke’s engaging novel about...
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The Things They Didn't See
by Karen Rigby
Focused but episodic, the novel The Things They Didn’t See is about the sharp realities surrounding grief. In Angela Shaeffer’s heartrending novel The Things They Didn’t See, a family navigates the serious fallout of a boy’s...
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The Light on Horn Island
by Karen Rigby
In Valerie Fraser Luesse’s earthy Christian novel "The Light on Horn Island", women heal from grief as they rekindle their hopes in a bayou town. Edie is in mourning, while Charlotte, a family friend, never recovered from losing a...
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The Remembered Soldier
by Karen Rigby
Amnesia and the complications of rebuilding a marriage inspire Anjet Daanje’s pensive historical novel "The Remembered Soldier", in which a Belgian veteran of the Great War grapples with fragile versions of the truth. After years...
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The Tiny Things Are Heavier
by Karen Rigby
An immigrant contends with alienation and love in Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo’s spirited novel "The Tiny Things Are Heavier". Nigerian Sommy is a graduate student in Iowa, though she’s ambivalent about the virtues of the American...
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The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen
by Karen Rigby
In Shokoofeh Azar’s intricate fabulistic novel "The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen", an Iranian girl comes of age in a time of war. When a gowkaran tree—likened to the Tree of Life, though no one seems certain about its...