Book Review
Casting Onward
by Kristen Rabe
"Casting Onward" is Steve Ramirez’s insightful, entertaining account of his fly fishing trips to scenic waterways across the US. It includes advice from expert anglers and an impassioned plea for conservation. After he left behind a...
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The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach
by Kristen Rabe
In Jennifer Dupree’s gripping novel, two women in rural Maine examine the meanings of motherhood and family. Rose is thirty-nine and married, with a two-year-old son and a second child on the way. She and her husband Hank are building...
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I Who Have Never Known Men
by Kristen Rabe
Jacqueline Harpman’s "I Who Have Never Known Men" is a brilliant, spare science fiction novel in which a curious girl asks what remains after everything has been stripped away. In the beginning, the girl is caged with thirty-nine women...
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The Samaritan Woman's Story
by Kristen Rabe
A fierce and luminous interpretation of an iconic biblical story, Caryn A. Reeder’s book challenges historical views and reimagines the role of women in the church. The featured story, from the gospel of John, describes a dialogue near...
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Requiem for America’s Best Idea
by Kristen Rabe
Pondering the impact of climate change on the national parks, "Requiem for America’s Best Idea" is a nature guide and travelogue with a powerful message of environmental advocacy. Featuring five of the largest Western parks—Olympic,...
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The Crocodile Bride
by Kristen Rabe
In Ashleigh Bell Pedersen’s captivating coming-of-age novel "The Crocodile Bride", eleven-year-old Sunshine lives with her father, Billy, in the bayou town of Fingertip, in a yellow house that tilts, “exhausted, to one side.” Her...
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Ruin
by Kristen Rabe
The engrossing short stories of Cara Hoffman’s "Ruin" are at once familiar and otherworldly. These arresting, disorienting stories demand attention, like the “image of a mirror that reflects another mirror.” In one tale, a...
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Light Up the Night
by Kristen Rabe
Travis Lupick’s "Light Up the Night" takes a compassionate look at the US’s drug overdose crisis and those working to address it. Two visionary reformers who themselves wrestled with drug addiction, Louise and Jess, are at the center...