The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Buy this Book at Amazon.com Plans Go Awry in Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Project An exclusive Authorlink interview with Graeme Simsion, Author of The Rosie Project By Diane Slocum November 2013 Geneticist Don Tillman may be the most...
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Buy this Book at Amazon.com An exclusive Authorlink interview with Hannah Kent, Author of Burial Rites By Diane Slocum October 2013 In 1820s Iceland, Agnes Magnusdottir has been condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two...
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Alan Averill Buy this Book at Amazon.com An exclusive Authorlink interview with Gavin Extence, Author of The Universe Versus Alex Woods By Diane Slocum Septmber 2013 From meteorites to marijuana, it seems even the universe is out to...
The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill Buy this Book at Amazon.com Alan Averill Turns Time Travel into Pancakes By Diane Slocum August 2013 If time travel really takes you to different time lines instead of backwards and forwards in time and unscrupulous people try to...
Susan Nussbaum’s award-winning debut novel, Good Kings Bad Kings, enters the world of youths with disabilities who are housed in a facility that is run by a company that cares more about its bottom line than the welfare of its charges.
When a woman made of clay and a man of fire meet in the immigrant neighborhoods of turn-of-the-century New York will sparks ignite? A peculiar man with mysterious powers on a compulsive quest who cares not who might be harmed in the process is but one more of the fascinating characters populating Helene Wecker’s debut novel of history and fantasy, titled The Golem and the Jinni.
Renowned surgeon, failed husband and father Kweku Sai stumbles out of his home in Ghana one morning and dies. Years earlier, he had walked out of his family home in America and never returned. His estranged wife and now grown children have each dealt with his abandonment in their own private way and it has taken a toll on their lives.
A baby is abandoned on the doorstep of the YMCA. She becomes Shannon as she passes through foster homes where she is sometimes abused or neglected. Her life turns for the better when she is adopted by Miranda, a single mother raising another daughter. But she still never quite feels as if she fits in.
In Carlene Bauer’s debut novel, Frances and Bernard meet at an artists colony. Though very different in temperament, they continue their friendship through letters and occasional visits. They discuss their faith, their families and their feelings. As the intensity of their relationship grows, from 1957 to 1968, and their writing careers develop, so does the difficulty in maintaining their lives and their sanity.
In Michael Dahlies second novel, The Best of Youth, Henry Lang is trying to find his way in life after his parents die and leave him 15 million dollars. Henry is not quite sure how to handle much of anything including his fourth cousin Abby, a million-dollar herd of heirloom goats and some inherited pistols.
