Andrea Thalasinos’s novel "The Loneliness of Horses" follows two animal-loving women in Canada. When Belle leaves Scotland in 1778 searching for a different life, she doesn’t know what she will find. Her horses bring her company even... Read More

In T. L. Simpson’s absorbing novel "Cope Field", a student’s fast track to the big leagues changes when a community service project and a new friend give him the courage to ask hard questions. Craw, an ace pitcher whose teammates... Read More

In Binnie Kirshenbaum’s novel "Counting Backwards", a woman is thrust into the role of a caregiver. After Addie’s husband, Leo, is diagnosed with Lewy Body disease in his early fifties, he begins to lose touch with his former self.... Read More

A troubled but resilient teenager and her friends are profiled in the suburban coming-of-age graphic novel "Rigsby WI". Beth is somewhat new to Rigsby, Wisconsin, where she is homeschooled by her Aunt Alice to escape her mother’s... Read More

A gifted man caught between his parents’ two cultures seeks greater peace and understanding between communities in the thoughtful novel "A Meticulous Plan". In A Mohit’s celebratory novel "A Meticulous Plan", diverse beliefs are... Read More

The thoughtful novel "Intersections" undertakes a compelling exploration of unexpected friendships and hard choices. Karen F. Uhlmann’s ruminative novel "Intersections" is about tough family relationships and difficult mercies. When a... Read More

An earnest, inquisitive woman faces horrors in her daily life, but may be rescued by motherhood, in the evocative novel "The Unseen Goddess". A woman sees goddess images everywhere, though none seem to be protecting her, in Sangeetha... Read More