I Couldn’t Love You More by Esther Freud
A Magdalene Laundry looms over three generations of mothers navigating life and loss. In her new novel, I Couldn’t Love You More, prizewinning author Esther Freud — great-granddaughter of Sigmund and…
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WHERE I LEFT HER by Amber Garza
Motherly Love Can Be Deadly In her newest thriller, WHERE I LEFT HER, bestselling author Amber Garza once again takes readers into a mother’s worst nightmare. Whitney Carter is a…
Chronicling Historical Butchery
How Audrey Clare Farley turned a story about eugenics into a book. Living in an alternate reality between 2016 and 2021 caused me to fear that American social justice, and…
Unpacking the “Man Box”
Dynamic duo Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague dare boys to be different. “I dare you.” These familiar and effective words are used to taunt kids around the globe.…
Altered in an Instant – BLIND TURN
Author Cara Sue Achterberg explores how one mistake can change lives forever. Mothers fear for our children’s safety and futures. Invincible kids have a hard time believing that one stupid,…
Brandon Hobson’s THE REMOVED: A Novel
A Cherokee family struggles to survive trauma past and present. Author Brandon Hobson is well versed in tales of tragedy suffered by the Cherokee Nation. His novel Where the Dead Sit…
The Garden Secret
A dogged heroine struggles to untangle herself from the mysterious Vine. In her debut novel, Daughters of the Wild, Natalka Burian crafts a tale of magical realism mixed with a woman’s determination to…
PSA: Austin’s “Mother Teresa of Montopolis” Needs Your Help
There’s Florence, Italy, Florence, South Carolina, and closer to home and heart is the iconic Austin social advocate Florence Ponziano—the “Mother Teresa of Montopolis.” If you visit 515 Kemp Street,…