Memory Markers: What I Was Reading When
Books, like people, make such good companions. Getting us through the bad times and helping us celebrate the good times. Making us calmer or piquing our energy. It’s amazing what…
Category: family
Review of DARK AUGUST by Katie Tallo
Loneliness, Lies, and a Dog Named Levi In her debut novel DARK AUGUST, author and screenwriter Katie Tallo delves into the life of August “Gus” Monet, a young woman who’d…
Review of THE SILENCE by Susan Allott
The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…
Review of SISTER DEAR by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Envy and obsession explode in author Hannah Mary McKinnon’s newest thriller, SISTER DEAR. Eleanor Hardwicke is a loner, and she deserves it. Her mother has reminded her since childhood that…
Review of The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…
THE SHAPE OF FAMILY – A Novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Will tragedy bind a husband, wife, and their kids together, or rip them apart? The contour of a family is a fragile, fluid thing — tragedy can change its lines…
The Sword of Justice: Cheering For Tori Eldridge’s Unlikely Ninja Hero
In her debut novel, The Ninja Daughter, author Tori Eldridge turns a young woman with a passion for justice into a modern-day martial-arts hero. Lily Wong is an anachronism — a…
Sisters, Secrets, and Ties That Bind in LAST DAY by Luanne Rice
Two sisters, part of a pact of “blood-sister” best friends—the Compass Rose. One of them is murdered. In LAST DAY, prolific author Luanne Rice explores how secrets can lurk just…