The first, short chapter of Kathleen M. Rodgers’ novel The Flying Cutterbucks creates an air of foreboding that the reader never quite shakes. Jewel Cutterbuck is watching the results of […]
Read MoreHow to Make a Life starts in 1905 in Kotovka, Ukraine and ends in 2012 in New York City. It’s a complex, layered story that follows four generations of a […]
Read More“The severance package will be emailed to your personal address.” One sentence transforms Kris Wright’s career and life. Kris is a middle-aged professional woman employed in the eyewear industry. She […]
Read MoreSaving Irene is set in Chicago, present day but pre-Covid-19. It’s a delectable, fun read. Protagonist Henny James tells the story. Her voice is light, witty and brutally honest. Henny’s […]
Read MoreMy Name Is Layla is a layered and powerful story set in present day, small town America. The point of view narrator is Layla, thirteen years old and starting eighth […]
Read MoreWhen my partner Sarah and I moved across Canada, we brought our four cats along with us to live on Vancouver Island. All of them have passed on since the […]
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