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Apr 26

Review of Burst by Mary Otis

Mary Otis's debut novel explores the complicated mother-daughter relationship between alcoholic, erratic Charlotte and rigid,...

Feb 2

Review of Maame by Jessica George

Jessica George's debut Maame takes on big issues of race, culture, and the challenges of growing up between two cultures while shining in...

Dec 13, 2022

Review of The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson

Richardson focuses her historical fiction on Kentucky again, picking up the story of the rural book delivery, Blue People, friendship,...

Nov 29, 2022

Review of The Hero of This Book by Elizabeth McCracken

McCracken straddles the line between novel and memoir in a work whose heart is a love letter to her extraordinary mother. The author...

Oct 11, 2022

Review of I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Former child actress McCurdy's account of her mother's narcissistic, harmful, abusive behavior and how it has shaped the author's life is...

May 26, 2022

Review of One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother at her same age, inspiring...

Apr 19, 2022

Review of Let's Not Do That Again by Grand Ginder

Much of Ginder's novel is focused on a revenge fantasy, but I was drawn more to Nancy Harrison's strong personality and political...

Dec 2, 2021

Review of The Distance from Four Points by Margo Orlando Littell

In The Distance from Four Points, Littell explores deep human connections, grief, womanhood, what strength means, the power of origins,...

Sep 27, 2021

Review of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Zauner takes unflinching looks at her family, herself, and her future, all while exploring the rich flavors, traditions, and challenges...

Aug 24, 2021

Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

Blakemore's book--which is based upon witch hunts during the seventeenth-century English Civil War--is smart, shadowy and gothic, often...

Aug 5, 2021

Review of Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

Walker offers a terrifying, disturbing premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief, and the twist I...

Aug 4, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry's newest light fiction novel about best friends and polar...

Jun 28, 2021

Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy

Young adult Josie's origins--specifically her immaculate conception--have overshadowed everything else in her life. Now she must delve...

Feb 25, 2021

Review of I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman

Waxman offers a nice dose of feminism, realistically fraught mother-daughter interactions, and laugh-out-loud funny moments. Jessica is a...

Feb 17, 2021

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/17/21 Edition

01 The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda Arden Maynor was a small child when she sleepwalked into a storm and was washed away. Three...

Jan 26, 2021

Review of Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Evaristo offers a set of twelve interconnected stories about Black women in contemporary Britain and their friendships, loves, struggles,...

Jan 22, 2021

Six Great Books about the Immigrant Experience

01 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s, a teenager falls for a silver-tongued stranger on the coast of Korea. But when the...

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