Sandy Stark-McGinnis has written a poignant and beautiful book about 11-year-old Cassie Rodrigues, her mother who has early-onset Alzheimer’s, and a bucket-list adventure they take together. Stark-McGinnis takes on the challenge of Alzheimer’s without being sentimental or simplistic, allowing young…
Beyond the Ghetto Gates is Silver medal winner for Historical Fiction, The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) “A gripping peek into a bygone Italy and an astute look at the era’s prejudice.” Kirkus Review
Lucie Britsch’s darkly comic debut, Sad Janet, was named one of the Best Books of the Summer by LitHub, The Millions, Refinery29, and Hey Alma, and has earned high praise: “The narrative voice of Janet in Britsch’s debut novel is…
Praise for Spring Girls: “Distinctive characters enhance the fast-moving, twist-filled plot, and the killer’s identity comes as a nice surprise…Katchur is on a roll.” —Publishers Weekly “The dilemmas of two good women struggling in very different ways to do the…
In the last week, we’ve raised more than 20K for the Equal Rights Initiative in their work against mass incarceration, excessive sentences, and racial inequalities. We hope to do more. Several years ago, I found myself on a jury that…
What is your novel about? One cold March morning Sal Prentiss, an orphaned eleven-year-old boy, walks into a fire station to report a body, burned almost beyond recognition, that he found in the high desert hills near the ranch…