How many official wedding day photos have you seen where the bride appears somewhat put out with such ceremony? The cover of Joyce Lohse’s latest novel, Among Canyon Shadows, features […]
Song of Belonging: A Novel
Author: Michelle St. Romain“Our stories start in the water.” Song of Belonging is a meditation on the interconnectedness of sea life, Earth, and humans’ roles within that system. Told through perspectives from three […]
Sisters of Influence
Author: Andrea Friederici RossThe family life of three sisters, Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay, is well presented within Sisters of Influence. More than once I had to remind myself that this book is […]
Ashes and Ruins
Author: K. Lang-SlatteryAshes and Ruins begins in the home of an affluent Jewish German family in 1935. The protagonist, Clara, came from a large and very wealthy family, and her eight siblings […]
Broken Open
Author: Martha GiesBroken Open, Martha Gies’ collection of essays, might invite one to think of an unfurling iris, like the textured petals on the book’s cover, or the iris as an aperture […]
Coloring Outside the Lines
Author: Elizabeth A. Patterson, MDElizabeth Patterson creatively closes her life story using the voice of a jewelry armoire, escorting the reader drawer by drawer to examine some of the pieces tucked inside: awards, ribbons, […]







