The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, Harper Collins – Frannie grew up a slave on a Jamaican plantation. Her master, Langton, chose her as his assistant in his experiments on cadavers.
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®
Australian Boy’s Coming of Age Story, a Wild Ride
Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton, Harper Collins – To say that 12-year-old Eli Bell lives an unusual life would be a gross understatement. His brother, Gus, communicates by writing words in the air, some of which seem prophetic …
A Woman is No Man: Three Generations of Women React
A Woman is No Man, Etaf Rum, Harper Collins – Three generations of women in a Palestinian family deal with a culture that considers girl babies a curse and boys a blessing, that teaches that women are inferior to men.
Trying: A Humorous View of Juggling Babies and Careers
Trying, Emily Phillips, Hodder & Stoughton – Olivia and Felix want to have a baby. Most of Olivia’s friends and co-workers are somewhere on the same continuum – trying, pregnant, babe in hand.
Photographer Lee Miller’s Glamorous, Gritty Life Portrayed in Historical Novel
Age of Light, Whitney Scharer, Little Brown – Lee Miller’s flawless beauty made her a photographer’s dream, starting with her father when she was a child and continuing as a fashion model into her twenties.
Sarah Selecky’s Debut Novel Shines a Brilliant Light on Women’s Empowerment
Radiant Shimmering Light, Sarah Selecky, Bloomsbury Publishing – Lilian Quick sees colorful auras around dogs and tries to eke out a living painting their portraits – until she reconnects with her cousin Florence – now known as Eleven – a self-actualization guru for empowering women.
Eugenia Kim’s Debut Novel Explores Korean Immigrant Family
The Kinship of Secrets, Eugenia Kim, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – When the Chos left Korea in 1948 for America, they brought one daughter, Miran, but left their baby Inja with their family in Korea.
Evergreen Tidings by Gretchen Anthony Views Public and Private Family Life
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners, Gretchen Anthony, Park Row Books – Christmas letters don’t always paint a true picture of a family’s life.
Girl Lives by the Gun Searching for Outlaw Brother
Whiskey When We’re Dry, John Larison, Viking – Jessalyn Harney’s mother dies giving birth on the family’s struggling ranch on the frontier, leaving her father and brother, Noah, to raise her.
Irish Detective’s 20-year-old Case Collides with New Mysterious Death
The Ruin, Dervla McTiernan, Penguin Books – When Cormac Reilly was a rookie, he responded to a call for help from a teenager named Maude – her mother was dead.
