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,…
Category: parenthood
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…
A Story From the Struggle – The Kindest Lie
In her debut novel, Nancy Johnson explores racial injustice and social inequality. Nancy Johnson’s eloquently written, introspective, and emotionally resonant debut novel, The Kindest Lie, is a timely commentary on social…
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…
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 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…
Review of PERFECT LITTLE CHILDREN by Sophie Hannah
When you haven’t seen friends for a long time, it’s easy to remember their children as the same age you knew them years before. But when Beth Leeson sees her…