Daughters of Shandong, Eve J. Chung, Berkley – Eleven-year-old Hai was the oldest in a family of girls living in rural China on the wealthy Ang family farm where her grandmother, her Nai Nai, ruled over the other females.
Diane Slocum
Diane Slocum has been a newspaper reporter and editor and authored an historical book. As a freelance writer, she contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers. She writes features on authors and a column for writers and readers in Lifestyle magazine. She is assigned to write interviews of first-time novelists and bestselling authors for Authorlink®
Pivotal Summer in Turkey for Teenager and Her Mom
Holiday Country, Inci Atrek, Flatiron Books – Ada was born and raised in California with a Turkish mother and American father, but she and her mother spend their summers at her grandmother’s villa in the Turkish beach city, Ayvalik.
Missing Indigenous Girl Inspires Peters’ Novel
The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters, Catapult – Joe and Ruthie are the youngest children in a Mi’kmaq family in Nova Scotia. While the family is on their annual trip to Maine to harvest blueberries, four-year-old Ruthie disappears.
Authorlink Chat: Three Women Dismantle Their Obsessions
Authorlink Chat: The Sun Sets in Singapore, Kehinde Fadipe, Grand Central Publishing – Dara has been working for years to advance to partner in her law firm in Singapore and is almost there. Amaka is a banker with an addiction for luxury goods she buys with passion. Lillian was a concert pianist before she married Warren and moved with him to Singapore.
Authorlink Chat: Can a woman have a second chance at life?
Authorlink Chat: The River Runs South, Audrey Ingram, Alcove Press – Camille’s life as a Washington, DC lawyer with a loving husband and strong-willed young daughter is hectic but satisfying.
Authorlink Chat: Writing team fosters empathy in You Were Always Mine
You Were Always Mine, Christine Pride & Jo Piazza, Atria Books – Cinnamon’s life is turned upside down when she finds a white newborn baby in the park where she usually met her friend, Daisy.
AUTHORLINK TALK: EGYPTIAN TEENS DEAL WITH LIFE IN AMERICA
Interiew: Between Two Moons, Aisha Abdel Gawad, Doubleday – Amira and Lina are teen-age twin sisters about to graduate from high school in the Arab American enclave of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.
Author Interview: Alex Hays’ Housekeepers seek revenge
Interview: The Housekeepers, Alex Hay, Graydon House – The master of the house has just died, and his daughter has taken over.
INTERVIEW: Neighborhood Secrets Turn Block Party to Tragedy
Who is the victim of Day’s Block Party? Interview – The Block Party, Jamie Day, St Martins Press – The exclusive Alton Road cul-de-sac Block Party is always a big deal, but no one would have guessed what kind of a big deal this year’s party would turn into.
Authorlink Chat: Women Slaves rebel against forced pregnancies
Authorlink Chat: Night Wherever We Go, Tracey Rose Peyton, Ecco – Six women are a struggling Texas plantation’s only slaves. They labor in the cotton fields and carry out other daily chores, but it isn’t enough to keep the farm thriving.
