It isn’t a mystery, yet in many ways, Jill McCorkle’s novel builds like one as characters appear, reveal more of their secrets and expose their connections.
It takes a village to raise a child. But as Akwaeke Emezi implies in this novel, it takes a culture and its mythologies to erase a child.
The discovery of a random crime leads to an empathic exploration of family, connection and creativity in Margot Livesey’s ninth novel.
Much of ‘The Margot Affair’ has a very cinematic quality to it, in the vein of classic French cinema.
The clash between rich and poor animates J. Courtney Sullivan’s quietly perceptive new novel.
Lee Conell’s debut will make you laugh even as you grapple with how money defines many of its characters’ most significant choices.
Rachel Beanland loosely based her first novel on the story of her great-great-aunt Florence. It’s a worthy tribute and a satisfying historical family drama.
Funny and relatable, this is a tender tale of two women who are lost and alone, but who eventually become allies and each other’s biggest champions.
In the late 19th century, two sisters founded two fried chicken joints, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s. The rivalry continues to the present day.
A story of good but difficult characters and the openhearted people who love them, ‘All My Mother’s Lovers’ is a compassionate and insightful work.
In the hands of an author with darker leanings, this novel could have morphed into a creep show, but Kate Russo plays on the lighter side.
Lisa Duffy paints a portrait of a community of people trying to find out who they are—and with whom they can be themselves.
Emma Straub’s writing is witty, informal and deceptively simple, drawing readers in as if they’re having a conversation with a close friend.
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