Susan Bailey

The Lives of 5 Historical Figures Intersect in “A Worse Place Than Hell”

Many of us have never experienced a war, especially if we were born after 1960. How would you react if confronted with it? How would it change you? Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson gives readers a chance to ponder that thought and much more in his latest nonfiction offering, A…

Susan BaileyFebruary 9, 2021

Book Club Network Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

True Grit in “The Bond,” a Memoir About Family Survival

“A poignant, infuriating, informative, and ultimately triumphant account of an unusual clan.” — Kirkus —∞— “Grotticelli’s unsparing honesty … will make readers wince and keep them marveling at the indomitability of these children.” — BookLife.com —∞— After enjoying the 2013 TV series The Fosters (ABC Family/Freeform), which follows the stories…

Susan BaileyDecember 16, 2020

Author Spotlight Fiction

Recently Uncovered Louisa May Alcott Story Ends in Mystery

“Aunt Nellie's Diary,” a newly discovered work by a teenaged Louisa May Alcott, has been published for the first time in the current issue of The Strand. The only problem? Alcott abandoned the story at a crucial moment, leaving the reader dangling with the final line, “I begged and prayed…

Susan BaileyJune 30, 2020

Fiction

“The Jane Austen Society” Unites an Unlikely Band of Wounded Souls

First, a disclaimer: I have never read anything by Jane Austen, though I have seen (and enjoyed) Pride and Prejudice. So why is someone almost totally ignorant of Austen's work writing a review of a novel about characters obsessed with this author? Because I loved this book and you don't…

Susan BaileyMay 26, 2020

Fiction

After Her Dad’s Death, a Secret Sibling Emerges to Join “The Sweeney Sisters”

What if your beloved father was not all you thought him to be? How could his death change your life? From the best-selling author of Helen of Pasadena and Elizabeth the First Wife comes The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan (William Morrow). Dolan, the creator and host of the popular…

Susan BaileyApril 28, 2020

Miscellany

Louisa May Alcott: Inspiring Women Writers, Rocking the Vote

Patti Smith. Simone de Beauvoir. Cynthia Ozick. Sonia Sanchez. J.K. Rowling. What do all of these have in common? When Louisa May Alcott set out to write her most cherished work, Little Women, could she have foreseen the impact it would have on generations of women writers, even to this…

Susan BaileyMarch 25, 2020

Children's Books

“The Wish and the Peacock:” An Allegory of Letting Go and Growth

From the best-selling author of A Monster Like Me comes Wendy S. Swore’s new novel, The Wish and the Peacock (Shadow Mountain Press), a fun and ultimately rich story of a young girl’s struggle with loss, grief and change. Twelve-year-old Paige’s world experiences a seismic shift with the sudden death of…

Susan BaileyFebruary 21, 2020

Fiction Young Adult

Past Lives, Second Chances Intersect in “Life on Repeat”

Author Amy Larson Marble explores these questions and more in a haunting YA novel titled Life on Repeat, the first book in a series known as the Sarah Sagas, published by Hildebrand Books. As the story opens, we are introduced to 14-year-old Sarah McKenzie, a ninth grade student in Mount…

Susan BaileyFebruary 20, 2020

Susan Bailey

The Lives of 5 Historical Figures Intersect in “A Worse Place Than Hell”

True Grit in “The Bond,” a Memoir About Family Survival

Recently Uncovered Louisa May Alcott Story Ends in Mystery

“The Jane Austen Society” Unites an Unlikely Band of Wounded Souls

After Her Dad’s Death, a Secret Sibling Emerges to Join “The Sweeney Sisters”

Louisa May Alcott: Inspiring Women Writers, Rocking the Vote

“The Wish and the Peacock:” An Allegory of Letting Go and Growth

Past Lives, Second Chances Intersect in “Life on Repeat”

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