A spooky, delightful Halloween read… A happy, content Decimus Croome changed for worst after his wife’s untimely demise and is a bitter old man now who despises every festival, especially Halloween. A cranky recluse, he lives in his gloomy… Read More ›
A consuming tale of love and loss… Seventeen-year-old Cassie is forced to leave her home, her city, and school after her mother’s death and live with a family friend in California. The trauma of leaving everything behind is too… Read More ›
A though-provoking, engrossing novel… Phillips spins a briskly paced, keenly observed story in which a broken, abusive marriage impacts a child’s life in devastating ways. Set in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe and Australia, Jenny Phillips’s narrative of young Jessie’s life over… Read More ›
Original, one of a kind… Set in Dambilo in a fictitious era, Gut Punch explores the widespread political corruption mounting under the thumb of Mphongo, son of the ruling President and second-in-command of the government. A top-ranking government official’s assassination… Read More ›
Poignant and impeccably graceful… In Friends of the Library, Susan Cushman celebrates big lives in small southern towns of Mississippi while emphasizing the many ways libraries affect lives. As readers accompany the protagonist Adele on her book tour of small… Read More ›
Evocative and deeply moving… This exquisitely written coming-of-age novella by Reiza tells the story of a young woman marked by a traumatic experience of her teenage years. Marie and her sibling are struggling to fit in a new town… Read More ›
A moving story of longing and loss… Ivanka, a Russian art patron, has almost given up on life after a difficult clinical diagnosis when a wrongly delivered letter put her in touch with Maria, a reclusive gifted musician. Ivanka… Read More ›
