America for Beginners, Leah Franqui, William Morrow –Pival has barely even traveled within her native Kolkata but after her husband dies, she decides to tour America to find her son who may or may not have died, disowned by his family.
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®
Debut Novel, The Perfect Mother, Earns Movie Contract
The Perfect Mother – The May Mothers and their newborns meet regularly for companionship and commiserating. Their decision to spend a night out having fun without their babies becomes tragic when one baby goes missing.
19th Century Farmer in Search of Giant Mysterious Creatures
West, Carys Davies, Scribner – Widower Cy Bellman reads about huge bones found in Kentucky and becomes obsessed with the idea that the creatures may still live in the unexplored west.
Young Woman Deals with Multiple Selves That Complicate Her Life
Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi, Grove Atlantic – Ada has multiple selves who inhabit the marble chamber of her head and manifest themselves in her interactions with her family, friends and especially the men who have the misfortune of meeting one of her dominant selves.
Tragic Redemptive Debut Novel Captures Journey Through Grief
In Every Moment We are Still Alive, Tom Malmquist, Melville House – Tom and Karin are eagerly anticipating their daughter’s birth when Karin suddenly becomes seriously ill.
Interracial Struggles Amplify Adolescents’ Fears and Longings in Green
Green, Sam Graham-Felsen, Random House – Dave is a “half-Jewish” kid in a mostly black middle school in 1990s Boston.
Intrigue and Dangers in the World of the Djinn
Author Interview: The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty, Harper Voyager – A young woman in eighteenth century Egypt survives by using her wits and stealing from her victims. Nahri doesn’t believe in magic, but she does have tricks for healing. One night while performing what she thinks is a sham zar incantation, she calls up an ifrit – an evil supernatural being who is now out to get her.
One Family’s Aftermath of the Chaotic Katrina Disaster
The Floating World, C. Morgan Babst, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill – In the chaos of Katrina, the Boisdorè family broke up in more ways than one.
Chaotic Week in Pre-War New York Brings Irish Brothers to Brink of Disaster
The World of Tomorrow, Brendan Mathews, Little Brown and Company – Francis and Michael Dempsey join their older brother, Martin, in America in June of 1939.
Italian Teen Learns Life Lessons in Suburban Los Angeles
Italian Teen Learns Life Lessons in Suburban Los Angeles An exclusive Authorlink interview By Diane Slocum November, 2017 Things That Happened Before the Earthquake By Chiara Barzini Buy this Book at Amazon.com Things That Happened Before the Earthquake, Chiara...
