In the novel "The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi", a Nigerian American couple confronts the underlying tensions in their marriage. In Chinedu Achebe’s winding domestic novel "The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi", a man’s wife and his... Read More

The thoughts, feelings, and actions that go into adoption are explored in the novel "The Earthquake Child", which glories in human faults and virtues. Elayne Klasson’s novel "The Earthquake Child" concerns adoption, addiction,... Read More

In Alle C. Hall’s candid novel-in-stories "As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back", a teenage runaway flees an incestuous situation to pursue a new version of herself. Armed with survival ideas from Lonely Planet, Jen vows... Read More

Halloween meals mark the anniversary of a twin sister’s death in Sarah Gilmartin’s novel "Dinner Party". Growing up, Kate thought that people either wore their emotions on their sleeves or suppressed them. Her melodramatic,... Read More

In Kate Marchant’s novel "Whistleblower", a young journalist chases a story about a revered football coach’s misconduct. Laurel is a junior at Garland, a southern California college, who believes herself to be forgettable. The Daily,... Read More

Spirited Clarice returns in Lauren Childs’s chapter book "Clarice Bean, Scram!", encountering a stray dog whose arrival inspires warm capers. Clarice—a curious, naïve, and high-strung girl—wants nothing quite so much as her older... Read More

In Sarit Yishai-Levi’s sprawling historical novel "The Woman Beyond the Sea", three generations of women consider what it means to love and the power of knowing your history. Although its chapters are narrated by a rotating cast, the... Read More

Out of the cloister and into the world, a young nun with a tragic past is presented with a chance for a new beginning in Anna Quinn’s novel "Angeline". After taking vows to escape losses that she cannot talk about, Angeline fades into... Read More