Charting a Marriage is a must-read for couples and any other reader with the urge for something refreshing. The central figures of Joanna Kadish’s book, Shelli and Stefan Matson, are a smart, attractive, and educated Jewish couple who reside in suburban New Jersey. After starting...

The Other Side of the Ocean by Beverley Bell is a gripping story of a young boy’s frightening life journey from war-torn Sierra Leone. Saah is the only son of a local elder and enjoys a happy childhood in Freetown with his parents and sisters....

East of Troost: A Novel by Ellen Barker is a gentle yet strangely poignant journey through the structure of American society and the racism that seems deeply ingrained in institutions that regulate the cities we live in. When a successful, middle-class, middle-aged white woman’s life...

The Journey: No Matter How Far You Run, Your Demons Always Follow by Mark T. Rasmussen is a story for adults. One morning, a forty-something-year-old man called Raiden sits in his home considering a decision he's about to make. Raiden battles many demons and has...

Maggie's Story by Diana Stout tells us about a young girl from the Bowery, an impoverished suburb of New York. The events take place at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Maggie lives in poverty. She struggles to get...

Spanning over fifty years, I Remember is the story of a suburban house witnessing the ups and downs of life through the various families that sought its sanctuary. This debut novel by Emily Hoffmann opens with a couple, Elaine and James Morgan, moving into their...

A compelling model of Filipino diasporic literature, Groovy Girl by I.B. Casey Cui is told from the point of view of third grader Isabel "Isa" José as she chronicles the daily rhythms of her family filled with nostalgic longing for the country they have long...

In Attribution by Linda Moore, a woman who never gives up must understand the history of a piece of art in order to unlock her future. Cate Adamson, an art historian, left her parents after the death of her brother to pursue her doctorate in...

In the Shadow of Humanity by N. John Williams, is a science fiction story about two brothers who struggle to define their relationship with each other. One is a human, and the other, not quite. His essence, as it were, was copied from a couple’s...

Ndalla’s World by Beth Franz is a fantasy novel that revolves primarily around two adult women, one named Julia and another, not of this time or world, named Ndalla. Set initially on Earth in the 1980s, Julia's life is transformed within a single morning when...