Tag: literary fiction
Filipina Teen Struggles to Achieve Her Dream in America
Love Can’t Feed You, Cherry Lou Sy, Dutton – Filipina Teen Struggles to Achieve Her Dream in America
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Friend’s Death Sends Psychiatrist on Road to Discovery
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Ecklund? by Anna Montague, ecco – Magda Ecklund’s best friend, Sara, has died and Magda is having a hard time coping.
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O’Connor Explores Island Life in Whale Fall
Whale Fall, Elizabeth O’Connor, Pantheon – Elizabeth O’Connor’s beautifully stark debut novel Whale Fall is set on a remote Welsh Island in the fall of 1938.
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Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
Every Man Dies Alone, Hans Fallada, Melville House Publishing – 55 Jablonski Strasse. An ordinary apartment house in Berlin, 1940. The Persicke family, Hitler loyalists to a fault, live on the first floor.
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Teenager Makes Her Way on Texas Border Despite Family Curse
Malas, Marcela Fuentes, Viking – After a strange, old woman appears, tragedies mar Pilar’s life.
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The Mother Act by Heidi Reimer
The Mother Act, Heidi Reimer, Penguin Random House – Author Heidi Reimer’s “The Mother Act” is a love story that revolves around two main characters:
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Clytemnestra’s Bind: The House of Atreus by Susan C. Wilson
Clytemnestra’s Bind: The House of Atreus, Susan C. Wilson, Neem Press – Wilson’s novel begins with Clytemnestra’s first marriage to King Tantalus of Mycenae, a gentle, caring man who dotes on Clytemnestra and their new child, Iphitus.
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Sentient Robot Designed to Please Owner Thinks for Herself
Annie Bot, Sierra Greer, Mariner Books – Annie’s body and her mind were designed to be a perfect girlfriend for Doug.
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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.
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Where do stories come from? Jill McCorkle Shares
Old Crimes, Jill McCorkle, – In Old Crimes Jill McCorkle tells stories about the lies we tell ourselves and the secrets we keep that nonetheless echo across our lives.
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Rediscovered Novel Finds Posthumous Publication
The Fetishist, Katherine Min, – The writer Katherine Min’s posthumously published book, The Fetishist, explores themes of race, femininity, complicity and visibility of Asian women in a savagely funny and incisive way.
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Good Book to Read: The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
Good Book to Read: The Curse of Pietro Houdini, Derek B. Miller, Simon & Schuster – From the Dagger Award–winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult
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