In Renée D. Bondy’s historical novel about clerical sexual abuse, "[non]disclosure", a survivor finds the courage to tell her story. As a girl at a Catholic school, the unnamed narrator is taught that the reward for confession is no... Read More

The personalized guide "The Art of Living Yoga" is an appealing starting point for yoga practitioners to find their own motivation and reasons to learn. Christine Lily Kessler’s thorough manual "The Art of Living Yoga" describes... Read More

In the reassuring epistolary novel "Letters to Annie", a grandmother writes fairy tale–evocative letters to her granddaughter, drawing parallels between the child’s woes and the stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Ariel. In Monika... Read More

Harmony and clarity are found as four men pursue happiness in tandem in the endearing novel "The Overexamined Life of Jacob Hart". In Jerry Wald’s soulful novel "The Overexamined Life of Jacob Hart", the longtime friendships between... Read More

Lithuanian-Canadian Antanas Sileika’s memoir "The Death of Tony" is about moving between two worlds. Sileika’s parents fled Lithuania following the Soviet takeover in 1944. Sileika grew up outside of Toronto, where he had jaunty... Read More

The allegorical novel "The Alchemy of The Beast" follows as a once-busy woman redefines her sense of what’s ordinary. An unexpected trip to Central America is healing for a young entrepreneur in Alyssa Noelle Coelho’s allegorical... Read More

The unknown and serendipity get the last word in the tragicomic novel "Crossing Lake Pontchartrain", about a writer’s midlife crisis. In Arthur Byrd’s heartfelt novel "Crossing Lake Pontchartrain", a man pursues artistic liberation... Read More

A common goal is sought between two contentious groups in the philosophical science fiction novel "The Limits of My World". In Gregory Coles’s future-set science fiction novel "The Limits of My World", a war between aliens and humans... Read More