Purchase a copy for yourself here! Dominicana is the third novel from Angie Cruz, a fictional retelling of Cruz’s mother’s journey from child bride to immigrant mother. The novel centers on the perspective of a fifteen year old girl, Ana Canción, who is living in the Dominican countryside with her family when we first meet… Continue reading Dominicana by Angie Cruz
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The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Grammarians is the eleventh novel from Cathleen Schine, and like the ten that preceded it, it is suffused with Schine’s trademark erudite wit. The novel traces the lives of identical twins, Daphne and Laurel, as they navigate womanhood both together and apart. From birth, the twins share an… Continue reading The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Sabrina & Corina is the debut story collection from Kali Fajardo-Anstine, which gained notoriety as a National Book Award finalist this year. The collection centers itself in stories of indigenous Latinas living in the American West, mainly in the Denver area where Fajardo-Anstine grew up. The stories are structured… Continue reading Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel, The Dutch House, is a warmhearted modern fairytale that feels particularly luxurious in an era where urgent writing has become the standard. In her eighth novel, Patchett tells the decades long tale of Danny and Maeve Conroy, who spend their youth in the foreboding mansion… Continue reading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Home Making by Lee Matalone
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Home Making is the debut novel from Lee Matalone, whose fiction and essays have been featured in publications such as the Los Angeles Review of Books, Denver Quarterly, and Tin House. The novel is a bite-sized (under 200 pages) narrative about the intersections between homemaking, family, and identity. Told… Continue reading Home Making by Lee Matalone
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Margaret Wilkerson Sexton’s second novel, The Revisioners, is a sprawling multigenerational tale about the pain and wisdom that is passed on through generations. The book is centered on two perspectives and in two time periods, one being 1924, well into the Jim Crow south in New Orleans, and the… Continue reading The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The Need by Helen Phillips
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Need is a genre-bending psychological thriller/family drama/speculative fiction novel that has been receiving rave reviews for its portrayal of the chaos surrounding identity and parenthood. The novel centers on Molly, a mother of two young children whose life seems to revolve around anticipating the needs of her children.… Continue reading The Need by Helen Phillips
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel is a richly textured story concerned with loyalty and compassion imagined within the confines of tight crime-novel pacing. Braithwaite’s masterful prose and sharp wit gave me that rare feeling when I finished the novel that I had not actually taken a breath since starting it.… Continue reading My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Purchase a copy for yourself here! The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s response to fans that have been clamoring for answers about the fate of characters from her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. This original text has taken on a new relevance in the Trump Era, as the religious right has risen to prominence once again,… Continue reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith
Purchase a copy for yourself here! Sarah Elaine Smith’s debut novel, Marilou is Everywhere, is a less than glamorous coming-of-age story about what it means to be an outsider in one’s own body. The novel, set in a quiet town in southwestern Pennsylvania, is told from the perspective of fourteen-year-old Cindy Stoat. Cindy’s mother often… Continue reading Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith