Seeds of the Pomegranate is a well-written debut novel with an inside look at organized crime, counterfeiting, and the desperation of immigrants in early 1900s New York City. The plot […]
Read MoreWhen I saw the title, I knew I wanted to read Andrea Simon’s book, Did You Have the Life You Wanted? How would people answer? What would work in their lives and […]
Read MoreFission: A Novel of Atomic Heartbreak is a WWII story that covers a different ‘front’—a little-known group of technical/electronic intellectuals who gave up much to stop Hitler. They were part […]
Read MoreSince its publication in 1992, The Secret History by Donna Tartt has probably become the template for the genre of “novels about a group of privileged students at an elite […]
Read MoreMany people associate the name Auschwitz with death and despair. But life also occurred at the place of horror. Diane Botnick based her novel on one of the few babies […]
Read MoreClearly, Cathy Rigg loves the rugged Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia where her family ties go back seven generations. The four narrators of this beautifully written Civil War-era novel—Rigg’s debut—feel […]
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