Story Circle Book Reviews

What would it be like to have special powers? Can you imagine discovering gifts that altered your perceptions of who you are? If you remember being 12 or you ever imagined an alternate universe or a fantasy world, you’re a prime candidate for Payal Doshi’s debut novel, Rea […]

If Sylvie Had Nine Lives is an innovative novel told in stories, each of them a marvel, fresh and surprising. In the first story, “High Beam,” Sylvie is about to marry Jack but is distracted by Erik. It is June 1974 and every time the year advances, as […]

At the start of The Lockhart Women, author Mary Camarillo introduces us to Brenda, a former stay-at-home mom, and her husband Frank. The two are driving erratically down a highway in San Diego, California to get to a party at a fellow postal worker’s new condo. Linda is […]

Phyllis Cole-Dai’s muse nudged her to write material that would help readers cope during the pandemic and launched a free weekly newsletter called “Staying Power” on March 18, 2020. With her book, readers have an opportunity to read those musings, which combine vulnerability, courage, insight, and many good […]

Suddenly, your mother blurts out, “When I was twenty, before I met your dad, I got pregnant and had a baby that I gave up for adoption. You have a sister.” That’s what happened to author Kim Heikkila. Her mother, Sharon Lee Moore Wikstrom, revealed—in those words—her startling […]