Cartoonist Denise Torrance in her memoir skillfully and with extreme sensitivity covers a problem that is currently afflicting many American families. How do children care for seniors when the latter are no longer able to care for themselves? Finding her mother alone and ill, she flies from London to the hospital in frigid Iowa, where
“With dynamic characters and strong realm crafting, Blood Mage is set in a world of magic and mystery. A world ruled by deceit and threatened by treachery. Only the ancient practice of blood magic will prevail. This young adult fantasy is brilliantly written and hard to put down.” —Eric Smith, Portland Book Review
“One woman’s ups and downs in life whirlpool into a beautiful, emotional memoir. From fighting her inner demons to feeling deep love and also facing great heartbreak, the woman must find her strength to continue to live. With intimate, personal details meant to help readers travel on their own journeys, A Book Without a Title
“Investigative journalist Annie Price is at it again in Deadly Secret. When a church-led secessionist movement pushes the envelope, someone must dig deep to find the truth. Well-written with a strong female protagonist, Deadly Secrets employs themes of greed, religious takeovers, and political turmoil, yet is balanced with those of love, trust, and personal growth.
In a part of Seoul, South Korea, marked for demolition and full of people who live on the wrong side of the tracks, shadows are beginning to walk away in this haunting but hard to follow at times novel. People are warned not to follow their shadows, but some do follow their shadows, have long
In the summer of 1989, the sweltering heat is no longer the primary danger in Lamesa, Texas. A slew of grisly murders have struck the youth of the small town and Tolly Driver is at the center of the carnage. Tolly is a high school misfit who spends most of his free time with his
The Goddess of Warsaw is rare among the women’s historical fiction that I have found. Most of what I have read have been good books with intriguing stories, as this is, but most also feel softened, as though women’s fiction must of necessity keep a certain distance from not only harsh emotions but also the
As the day begins, Mother Bear and her cub enjoy their time together. They play in the water as they have their morning bath time. Mother Bear makes Cub tall by putting Cub up on her shoulders and carrying Cub to the top of the mountaintop, but Cub needs to hold on really tight. They
The eponymous story in this collection is probably its strongest. “Who’s Going to Pray for Me Now?” is a few paragraphs of loss and grief with a sudden twist at the end that is as much a punchline as it is a gut-punch. I was impressed by how much Reddick could pack into just two
Poetry, smoetry. The last poetry book I read that I liked was Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends because, well, who doesn’t? But when I saw the title of this book, my interest was piqued. Why is the author telling me to sit down and have a beer? What is in this book that goes
