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Heavy Lifting and Familiar Themes in John Irving’s “The Last Chairlift”

Family matters. Size matters. Actually, pretty much everything matters, in the world according to John Irving. For readers fanatical about his work or those who might see him as an acquired taste they haven’t yet acquired, I’ll let you in on a not-so-secret secret: John Irving is one of the…

Jim AlkonOctober 17, 2022

Fiction

Assassin Turned Artist in Haunting World War II Novel

Stephen P. Kiernan was inspired by the stained glass works of Marc Chagall to write The Glass Chateau, a haunting, unforgettable work of post WWII historical fiction. Chagall was born Moishe Shagal in 1887 near Vitebsk, Belarus, then a part of the Russian Empire. This thriving Jewish community endured 19th…

Linda HitchcockJune 19, 2023

Fiction

Murder, Loss and Vengeance Across the Post-Civil War Frontier

It’s a well-established fact that journalist, poet, and author of multiple works of fiction and non-fiction Paulette Jiles is a powerhouse, award-winning, best-selling writer whose work you don’t want to miss. Her latest book Chenneville is an exceptional example of historical fiction, solidly grounded in real history. The subtitle is…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 12, 2023

Fiction

“The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County” Unite Community in Uplifting Novel with Midwestern Charm

Claire Swinarski welcomes new fans and graces her readers with a charming, uplifting novel The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County. Anyone who has ever lived or spent time in Midwestern or Southern states is familiar with the comforting custom of feeding the family, friends and mourners a meal at the…

Linda HitchcockApril 4, 2024

Fiction

Jennifer Belle Talks New Hilarious and Wildly Shocking Coming-of-Age, “Swanna in Love”

How could one resist a novel called Swanna In Love? As with Jennifer Belle’s previous books, Going Down, High Maintenance, Little Stalker and The Seven Year Bitch, her wit and unforgettable voice hook the reader at once. We are swept into fourteen-year-old Swanna Swain’s first-person narration in this latest tale.…

Susan Shapiro BarashApril 17, 2024

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Humble Farmer Aims to Abolish Slavery in Uplifting Historical Fiction

An Irish potato farmer flees the famine for Jamaica where he strives to abolish slavery The Irish Connection, latest historical fiction by award-winning novelist Norma Jennings, brings together two historic events of the mid-1800s—Ireland’s potato famine and Jamaica’s convoluted and brutal fight to abolish slavery—with a highly sympathetic protagonist, visceral…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 15, 2023

From Delhi to Edison: A Bollywood Dream

Edison by Pallavi Sharma Dixit is a gem of a novel and a paean to Edison, New Jersey’s Little India. Dixit’s debut novel is crowded with people and noise, music, movie stars, and mobsters. We follow an unlikely hero named Prem, the youngest in a family of great wealth in…

Sherri DaleyJune 4, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Call as Response: An All-Consuming Christian Anthropology

“It is time to change the course of history, starting with the past.” -The Dawn of Everything Daofeng He’s The Human Calling is a sweeping and powerful account of the philosophical foundations of Eastern and Western Civilization, a bold and unapologetic Christian anthropology, a jeremiad against empty materialism and unbridled…

John FlowerApril 5, 2023

Fiction

Search for Lost Book Leads Translator Down Unexpected Paths in “The House on Moon Lake”

Divided into three parts, each one dedicated to a woman in our protagonist’s life, The House on Moon Lake (Delphinium) by Francesca Duranti tells the story of a complicated man named Fabrizio, his lifelong friend Mario, and the object of both their affections: a woman named Fulvia. All three live…

Sherri DaleyMay 5, 2020

Fiction

“The Reading List” Author Returns With Lush Story of Community Gardens and Found Family

Sara Nisha Adams’ debut novel The Reading List, was so utterly exquisite it caused this reviewer to wonder whether her second could measure up to what seemed an impossibly high bar. All doubts have been allayed as it too is an absolute gem. The Twilight Garden is beautifully written in…

Linda HitchcockMay 23, 2024

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Circumstance Threatens A Man’s Character Even as His “Unyielding Destiny” Unfolds

“A swift, thoughtful thriller … as fast-paced as it is philosophical. … Great for fans of Leonardo Sciascia, Tod Goldberg’s Gangsterland. … Grittily realistic.” —BookLife —∞— The average person might not realize that in the 1960s, some 300 civilians lived on the maximum-security federal prison known as Alcatraz, in the waters off…

Jim AlkonMarch 8, 2022

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Get Ready for Strange Happenings in “Kaleidoscopic Shades: Within Black Eternity”

If you enjoy a slow-burn with twists and turns, then search no further, because Kaleidoscopic Shades: Within Black Eternity (Gatekeeper Press) by David A. Neuman is all that and more. The tale is rich with intrigue, and the plot will captivate paranormal readers from beginning to end. Readers are also…

Monique SnymanApril 20, 2022

Fiction

Identity and Introspection in the Captivating World of “Jersig”

Who’s to say whether author J.B. Whitehouse had some of literature’s iconic “identity seekers” like Holden Caulfield or George Webber in mind when he constructed Quentin Dettweiler in his riveting debut novella Jersig. But the mere fact that they come to mind either says something about me as a reader…

Jim AlkonSeptember 3, 2020

Fiction

“James Grant” Reckons With the Conflicted Upper Class

At the very end of the novel entitled James Grant, Misha, our narrator and the best friend of the title character, watches his young daughter laughing and splashing in the family pool. “Her window on life has such a clear and unblemished pane of glass framed within it,” he observes.…

Jim AlkonJanuary 18, 2021

Fiction

Stanislas Yassukovich Opens Our Eyes to the Power of Nostalgia in “Short Stories”

Whether we care to admit it or not, the consuming public is fascinated with the high corners of society. There will always be an audience thirsty for information on the rich and famous, or simply the rich and pretentious. It’s a cultural phenomenon that colors leisure entertainment with movies, TV…

Jim AlkonJuly 30, 2021

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Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

Perhaps the greatest compliment one can pay a writer is this: As long as Stanislas Yassukovich keeps writing stories, I will keep reading them. I remember being introduced to this author when someone handed me James Grant, a long, dense novel about a privileged yet troubled young man that I…

Jim AlkonJanuary 10, 2024

Heavy Lifting and Familiar Themes in John Irving’s “The Last Chairlift”

Humble Farmer Aims to Abolish Slavery in Uplifting Historical Fiction

Call as Response: An All-Consuming Christian Anthropology

Search for Lost Book Leads Translator Down Unexpected Paths in “The House on Moon Lake”

Circumstance Threatens A Man’s Character Even as His “Unyielding Destiny” Unfolds

Get Ready for Strange Happenings in “Kaleidoscopic Shades: Within Black Eternity”

Identity and Introspection in the Captivating World of “Jersig”

Stanislas Yassukovich Opens Our Eyes to the Power of Nostalgia in “Short Stories”

Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

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