The Past That Made Us by Kelly Marks is an unforgettable novel about confronting the past, seizing second chances, and starting over. She had finally built the life she had dreamed of until a shocking diagnosis changed everything. Millie Carpenter has worked to build a...

Sometimes, second chances can be cathartic, and sometimes they cause more pain. Cameron Lane’s The Squaring of a Heart is sprinkled with romance and centered on coming home, fighting for what matters, and discovering that second chances often appear when you least expect them. Coming...

The Faithful Ones by Kathleen J. Waites takes place during World War II. The story primarily revolves around Edward F. Hohlfeld, a young Catholic man from a working-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He loves art, particularly sketching and painting, and has a younger sister, Mary....

The Measure of Enough by Deonna Kay is a profoundly moving and devastating story. When she was a little girl, Kacee Robinson and her father made a pact always to keep the secrets between them. Now, at thirty-four years old, Kacee runs a nonprofit agency helping victims of abuse....

In Sharon Gloger Friedman’s The Other Emma, Rose Litkin was taken to the Children’s Aid Society and placed in the Girls’ Lodging House. After two years, Lucien Boyesten adopted Rose to be a sister and companion for his ten-year-old daughter, Emma. Emma taunted Rose with...

Unfolding over decades, G.W. McCullough’s Texas Loophole takes readers on the reflective journey of Toni (Antonia Liat Wexler). The story is told from her point of view through her childhood and teenage years into her mid-40s, trying to balance her home life in NYC with...

This is Bob: A Guide to Not Dying (Mostly) by Robert J. McCartney is a psychological exploration of chronic suicidality, self-harm, and existential resilience. Part of the Willborne Saga, the story centers around Bob, a character who repeatedly enacts suicide attempts only to reset and...

In The Rabbi’s Suitcase, Robert Kehlmann vividly combines family history with historical facts in a cohesive and emotionally resonant narrative that anchors history in personal experience. Beginning with the family’s migration from Eastern Europe to Jerusalem in the 1880s, he depicts their struggle to preserve...

The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair by Meg Myers Morgan centers on Gemma Sinclair, a married mother of two. Gemma can’t catch a break. Having given birth a few days ago, she can’t shake this insurmountable feeling of pressure. However, she’s not entirely sure where...

Jessica Levine's Three Cousins unfolds beautifully in the constantly changing tide of America in the 1970s, during a period of opportunity, resistance, and personal reinvention. Julia, Anna, and Robin are cousins united by blood, goodwill, and the clutter that typically emerges when a person decides...