With sensual finesse, the historical novel "The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty" captures the decadence of a changing nation via a couple’s unique marriage. Kirsten Mickelwait’s shimmering historical novel "The Ashtrays... Read More

About an intercultural childhood impacted by international tensions, "The Roots of the Guava Tree" is a revealing memoir. Sonia Daccarett’s moving memoir "The Roots of the Guava Tree" is about being the daughter of a Jewish mother and... Read More

Guiding partners to assess and maintain a mutual sense of openness, "The Aperture Effect" is a supportive relationship guide. Psychiatrist and couples therapist Kathryn Ford’s relationship guide "The Aperture Effect" utilizes... Read More

Edited by Suzanne Barbezat, Frida Kahlo’s Love Letters is a collection of the artist’s correspondence illuminated by Kahlo’s unique spirit. Barbezat was inspired to compile a selection of Kahlo’s correspondence while researching... Read More

Benoît Gallot’s book explores France’s famed Père-Lachaise Cemetery, the final resting place for centuries of Parisians and the site of numerous celebrity graves, including those of Frédéric Chopin, Colette, Oscar Wilde, and Jim... Read More

Helen Wolff’s exquisite autobiographical novella "Background for Love" captures a brief yet idyllic Côte d’Azur respite from the impending fascism of 1930s Germany. A nameless German woman travels with her forty-year-old lover from... Read More

First published in 1962, Edith Bruck’s masterful short story collection "This Darkness Will Never End" bears witness to the atrocities of World War II and the lives of those affected by the Holocaust. Hungarian-born Bruck was liberated... Read More

In Irena Karafilly’s haunting novel "Tunes for Dancing Bears", a woman gives birth to a stillborn child and struggles with the shock and grief that follows. In September 1991, Lydia delivers a full-term baby in a Montreal hospital.... Read More