A climate of progressive change backdrops a determined widow’s efforts in the male-dominated art world in the lovely historical novel "Saving Vincent". In Joan Fernandez’s engrossing historical novel "Saving Vincent", Vincent van... Read More

Memorializing the pets who shaped her with humor and keen affection, "Dog Love Stories" is a moving memoir. Patricia Eagle’s affecting memoir "Dog Love Stories" celebrates the unique personalities of various dogs who had an integral... Read More

When Kwesi confides to his Nana Ruby that he is embarrassed by his inability to swim, she makes him a deal: if he learns to swim, she will, too. Surprised that Nana Ruby can’t swim, Kwesi learns about segregation—and its lingering... Read More

Julian Borger’s illuminating, elegiac memoir "I Seek a Kind Person" traces his search for his Viennese father’s wartime history. In 1983, Borger’s father, Robert, committed suicide. Borger, a journalist, later discovered an... Read More

An Irish woman finds solace with a Donegal weaver in Jennifer Deibel’s warm historical romance novel "Heart of the Glen". Saoirse, running from her past, is set to become a housemaid. When the job falls through, she’s taken in by... Read More

In Sarah M. Eden’s romance novel "The Tides of Time", a seamstress fleeing persecution is cast eighty years into the future, where she faces unresolved pain from her revolutionary past. In France, Lili smuggles people to safety from... Read More

Excavating vulnerable anecdotes from the past and connecting them to larger social issues, "Portrait of a Feminist" is an inspiring memoir. Marianna Marlowe’s "Portrait of a Feminist" is a passionate, unapologetic memoir told through... Read More

Innate chemistry helps ferry a couple through their challenges in the exciting romance novel "And They Had a Great Fall". A guarded widow and a movie star keep their budding relationship a secret in Shelby Saville’s moving romance... Read More