"Tales of the Elder Statesman" gathers stories of gentle mayhem and commonplace events, all from a colorful vantage. The short stories of Edward Faith’s "Tales of the Elder Statesman" are set among the townsfolk of Rough Edge, Alabama,... Read More

The historical novel "Human Destiny" follows an earnest young man’s missions in the outback. In H. B. Waldegrave’s whimsical historical novel "Human Destiny", a Queensland boy witnesses an otherworldly intervention in the clash... Read More

"Stars in Our Eyes" is an eloquent memoir about family lives that were separated by violence. Lee Darby’s memoir "Stars in Our Eyes" is kaleidoscopic as it traces her midcentury childhood and her experiences of grief. Inspired by... Read More

André Alexis ruminates on romance and matrilineal legacies in his eloquent novel Ring, in which Torontonians’ lives are touched by a mysterious ritual. Fusing chance encounters with myth, poetry, and questions of faith and love, this... Read More

In Basma Abdel Aziz’s haunting novel about state oppression, "Here Is a Body", homeless youth are conscripted into a rehabilitation program sponsored by a general, while ordinary citizens, who oppose him, protest a recent coup. In this... Read More

Amanda Cox’s poignant novel "The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery" waltzes “between grief and joy” as its mothers and daughters grow to appreciate each other’s strengths. Sarah, after being widowed, returns to the Old Depot... Read More

In Jo Watson’s endearing novel "Big Boned", a talented artist’s ideas about her self-worth bloom after she moves to Cape Town. After her parents divorce, Lori transfers to Bay Water High. Her mother, in her distracted grief, rebrands... Read More

Set between Cuba and the US, the imaginative novel "Gilded Prisons" involves baseball, kidnapping, and a troubled marriage. Redemption is available in Linda Gould’s romance novel "Gilded Prisons", in which an athlete is kidnapped at... Read More