Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings, Harper Collins – Josephine’s mother disappeared when she was 14. No one knew what happened, but the conjectures ranged from suspicions that she was murdered to that she was a witch.
Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings, Harper Collins – Josephine’s mother disappeared when she was 14. No one knew what happened, but the conjectures ranged from suspicions that she was murdered to that she was a witch.
Interview: Greenland, David Santos Donaldson – Kipling Starling has three weeks to rewrite his novel about E.M. Forester and his lover, Mohammed Ed Adl into Mohammed’s point of view so he boards himself up in his basement vowing not to come out until he is finished.
Interview: The Patron Saints of Second Chances, Christine Simon, Atria Books – If the plumbing in the tiny village of Prometto, Italy, isn’t fixed, all the residents will have to move out. The cost of the repairs is enormous.
Interview: Four Treasures of the Sky, Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Flatiron Books — Daiyu was named after a tragic figure in a popular story. She lived in a small village in China until her parents disappeared when she was 12.
The Arc, Tory Henwood Hoen, St. Martin”s Press – Ursula was 35 years old, and still single. When she was in a relationship, she felt as if she lost herself, which was followed by wanting out. Rafael was over 40. He had been badly hurt by a previous relationship and was wary of a repeat performance. Then came The Arc.
Interview: The Maid, Nita Prose, Ballantine Books – Debut Mystery, The Maid, to Be Film With Florence Pugh
Dava Shastri’s Last Day, Kirthana Ramisetti, Grand Central Publishing – Dava Shastri spent her life making a name for herself creating foundations to help musical artists, struggling women and other organizations devoted to helping people.
Interview: Win Me Something, Kyle Lucia Wu, Tin House – Willa Chen’s parents divorced when she was young, remarried, and had more children.
My Monticello, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Henry Holt & Company – In six stories in her debut collection Johnson studies racism, belonging, a sense of home.
Interview: The story begins on a snowy mountain in Korea where a starving hunter saves a Japanese officer from a tiger. Later, a young girl named Jade is sold by her poor mother to a famous madame with a courtesan school.